Poland’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 2% YoY in the fourth quarter of 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on February 28, adding that this was in line with its earlier flash estimate. Poland’s economy expanded by 3.6% YoY in the third quarter of 2022, after a 5.8% growth in the second quarter…
In 2023, Polish airports are likely to service around 91% of the total number of passengers recorded in 2019, the year before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. “Polish airports are likely to service nearly 44.7 million passengers this year, or around 91% of the 2019 pre-pandemic figure,” Piotr Samson, the president of the Civil…
The Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) has signed a deal to co-manufacture Korean K2 tanks and K9 howitzers. The deal, an offset of the Polish Defence Ministry’s purchase of 672 K9 units and 1,000 K2 tanks from Korea, was sealed with their respective Korean manufacturers, Hanwha Aerospace and Hyundai Rotem Company. The tanks will be produced…
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…
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’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’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…