Poland: over 900,000 Ukrainians find work

Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Malag said during a press conference in the southeastern city of Rzeszow that over 900,000 Ukrainian citizens were now employed in Poland. Malag announced on February 24 that under a special act, introduced a few months after the outbreak of the war, over 900,000 Ukrainian citizens had found…

Ukraine: joint energy projects to be implemented with Poland

On February 23, Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki. The topics discussed included deepening cooperation in the energy sector and the importance of Poland’s stand in imposing sanctions against rosatom. “We have a successful experience of cooperation with Poland…

Poland: unemployment up in January 2023

Poland’s unemployment rate went up to 5.5% in January from 5.2% in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on February 23. Economists polled by PAP expected a 5.4% unemployment figure in the first month of 2023. The number of registered unemployed measured 857,600 in January against 812,300 in December 2022, GUS also said.…

Poland: jobless rate to go up in coming months

Poland’s unemployment rate may inch upwards in the coming months, a think tank analyst has said. Poland’s unemployment rate went up to 5.5% in January from 5.2% in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on February 23. Sebastian Sajnog, an economist with the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a government-sponsored think tank, said in…

Poland: most employees work with foreigners

The majority of Polish employees have worked with people of different nationalities, a poll new has shown. According to the survey carried out by the recruitment website pracuj.pl, 56.5% had worked with foreigners. It also found that 61% of men had worked with non-Poles in contrast to 52% of women. An overwhelming majority of respondents,…

Poland: retail sales down in January 2023

Poland’s retail sales decreased in real terms by 0.3% YoY and by 23.1% MoM in January, the Central Statistical Office said on February 21. Economists polled by PAP expected January’s retail sales to grow in real terms by 0.8% YoY and to fall by 22.3% MoM. In current prices, retail sales increased by 15.1% YoY…