Poland’s state-owned fuel company PKN Orlen will announce 13 more locations for BWRX-300 small modular (nuclear) reactors (SMRs), the company’s CEO, Daniel Obajtek, has said. In mid-April, Obajtek announced seven preliminary sites where Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE), a special purpose vehicle created by Orlen and the Polish chemical firm Synthos, could build BWRX-300 reactors…
The vast majority of Polish firms now employ Ukrainians, according to a new research. The survey carried out by the Gremi Personal analytical centre found that 80% of firms now had Ukrainians on their books, while in one-third of the firms Ukrainians now accounted for 10-20% of staff. Ukrainians occupy both highly qualified and low-qualified…
Warsaw’s Chopin Airport has serviced nearly 5 million passengers since the beginning of the year, with 1.4 million flying from or to the terminal in April alone, a Chopin spokeswoman has said. Over 4.4 million passengers booked international flights and 483,000 domestic flights from Chopin over the first four months of 2023, only around 5%…
Warsaw-Radom Airport, located around 100 kilometres south of the Polish capital, has serviced 4,500 passengers since it re-opened for business four weeks ago after an extensive modernisation. The airport, which has a chequered history, started handling flights again on April 27, after being officially opened by Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister. The only public airport…
Poland booked a EUR 2.9-billion trade surplus in January-March, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) said on May 18 citing data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS). PIE wrote that the surplus was partly due to a nearly 16% rise in export prices and an only 11% rise in import prices. The institute noted that export…
Poland’s GDP growth should average 0.6% in 2023, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a government-affiliated economic think-tank, reported on May 17. In a commentary to GDP growth data provided by the Central Statistical Office (GUS), PIE wrote that the growth rate was expected to pick up in the second half of the year, mainly owing…
Poland’s current account surplus rose to EUR 1.64 billion at the end of March, against a surplus of EUR 1.41 billion recorded at the end of February, according to central bank figures released on May 15. Market analysts surveyed by PAP offered median forecast for a EUR 2.13-billion surplus. Poland recorded a EUR 608-million surplus…