Polish firm Vigo Photonics, which specialises in producing advanced infrared sensors, photon detectors and semiconductor materials, has acquired US rival InfraRed Associates for $8.4 million (31.2 million zloty). The Polish firm hailed the deal as a “major step in the company’s global expansion strategy” that would “significantly strengthen Vigo’s footprint in the United States and…
Poland’s new deposit-refund system has already doubled the proportion of plastic bottles that are being recycled since it was launched in October 2025, says Climate Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska. However, she also acknowledged public criticism of how it operated and said that the ministry would continue to implement improvements. One recent opinion poll found that half…
Poland’s capital, Warsaw, has announced a ban on nighttime sales of alcohol in shops and petrol stations across the entire city. The new measure will come into force on June 1 and will apply from 10 p.m to 6 a.m. “We have listened to the voice of residents,” declared mayor Rafal Trzaskowski after the city…
On March 9, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine Oleksandr Krasnolutskyi held an online meeting with the Bureau for Chemical Substance of the Republic of Poland on the development of bilateral cooperation in chemical safety. Oksana Mylianyk, an expert from the Recovery and Reform Support Team (RST), also took part in the…
A Polish Pendolino high-speed train has begun running in the Czech Republic for the first time. The development is part of a certification process that could allow Polish long-distance operator PKP Intercity to deploy the trains on international routes in the future. The train started operating between the Czech capital of Prague and the town…
Housing prices in Poland have fallen on both the primary and secondary markets for the first time in over 12 years, new data from the National Bank of Poland (NBP) show. Previously, Poland saw some of the fastest-rising property prices anywhere in Europe. The NBP data show that, in the fourth quarter of 2025, average…
Renewables now account for over half of installed power capacity in Poland, with the country’s climate minister calling it a “breakthrough moment”. “For the first time in history, the share of renewable energy sources in the installed capacity in our country has exceeded 50%,” wrote Paulina Hennig-Kloska on social media, noting that the latest data…