Poland’s Development Ministry has unveiled plans for a new mortgage subsidy scheme aimed at first-time homebuyers. It hopes to launch the programme early next year. However, two other ministries, the central bank and trade unions have expressed concern that the scheme could put further upward pressure on housing prices, which are already rising at the…
Krakow has appointed a “night mayor” who will be responsible for reconciling the needs of the city’s residents, business owners and tourists. Jacek Jordan, a historian and tourist guide with 18 years of experience, was on July 16 named the first person to hold the office. “Amsterdam, Toulouse, Florence, Prague and, as of today, Krakow…
The European Commission has approved Polish plans to use around EUR 194 million (900 million zloty) of EU funds towards construction of a terminal for offshore wind farms in the city of Gdansk. The terminal will be located at the Baltic Hub – Poland’s largest container port – and will facilitate the installation and servicing…
Poland, France, Germany and Italy signed a letter of intent to jointly develop long-range cruise missiles on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. “The aim is to establish cooperation in the development of our key deep strike capability,” said Poland’s Defence Ministry. This will lead to “joint projects regarding specific solutions that…
Hungary is blocking around EUR 2 billion (8.5 billion zloty) of EU funds earmarked for Poland to compensate for military aid Warsaw has provided to Ukraine. “The Polish government has been repeatedly communicating to Hungary at all possible levels that we are dissatisfied with the fact that Hungary has, for a year now, been blocking…
Polish scientist Olga Malinkiewicz and the team she leads at Saule Technologies have won the European Inventor Award for their work in developing a printable solar cell that is cheaper and more flexible than traditional photovoltaics and can even produce power from artificial light. They won in the small and medium enterprises category and were…
Poland is looking at the possibility of sending electricity generated by Polish power stations using Polish coal to Ukraine this winter, as its neighbour faces an energy crisis caused by Russian attacks against its infrastructure. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 8, said that his government was…