Poland’s government has announced that it will end the 0% VAT rate on food introduced two years ago to help soften the blow of soaring inflation. The Finance Ministry argues that the recent slowing of price rises renders the measure no longer necessary. However, the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, which introduced the VAT…
A contract has been signed to build what will be Poland’s longest tunnel, stretching almost 3.8 km (2.4 miles) through part of the Western Beskids mountains in the south of the country. Once completed, the tunnel and related rail modernisation will cut the train journey time between Krakow, Poland’s second-largest city, and Nowy Sacz, a…
Poland’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of suspending the country’s participation in an international treaty limiting the size of military forces in Europe that has been in place since 1990. The move is part of a wider NATO decision to suspend the operation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) in…
Poland has signed a EUR 1.5-billion (6.5 billion zloty) deal for the supply of thousands of Carl Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition from Sweden, as the Nordic country prepares to join NATO. The shoulder-fired Carl-Gustaf rifles, produced by Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab, are designed to target…
A famous fast food stand located in front of Warsaw’s iconic Palace of Culture and Science is set to disappear after over three decades. The owner, who has been operating the premises without permission in recent years, has now given up his fight to keep it open. However, some local residents have launched a campaign…
Poland has signed a $2.5-billion (10 billion zloty) deal with the United States for an advanced air defence system. Once implemented, Poland will be the first country other than the US itself to use the system. The Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) – which will be delivered between 2024 and 2031 – will be part…
Russia is the largest supplier of onions to the Polish market from non-EU countries, and the third after Germany and the Netherlands. This is reported by EastFruit analysts with reference to the official trade statistics of Poland. “From the beginning of the season (August 2023) to the end of December 2023, Poland purchased 24.3 thousand…