Housing prices in Poland were 18% higher than a year earlier in the first quarter of 2024, which was the largest figure in the European Union for the second successive quarter, new Eurostat figures showed. Poland was followed by Bulgaria and Lithuania, which saw increases of 16% and 9.9% respectively. At the other end of…
A Polish rocket that uses a pioneering type of environmentally friendly fuel has reached space for the first time. Taking off from the Andoya base in Norway on July 3 and travelling at a speed of up to 1.4 km per second, the ILR-33 Ambert 2K rocket passed an altitude of 100 km, which marked…
Poland’s Defence Ministry threatened legal action against an opposition-aligned media outlet that reported alleged plans to cut the defence budget by a quarter. The ministry says the story is false and suggests that Russia could be behind it. But opposition MPs claim to have confirmed it is genuine. On July 4 morning, TV Republika, a…
The US will lend Poland a further $2 billion (8.1 billion zloty) to fund the purchase of American air and missile defence systems, the Polish Defence Ministry has announced. The agreement, which marks the second such loan to Poland under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programme following one in September last year, is “an expression…
Polish state energy giant Orlen has opened its first publicly available hydrogen refuelling station. The facility – the first of 100 Orlen plans to open in Poland and neighbouring countries until 2030 – is part of the firm’s efforts to move away from its traditional focus on oil and towards greener forms of energy. The…
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has confirmed that a planned “mega-airport” and transport hub in central Poland, a flagship project of the former ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, will go ahead. The decision ends months of uncertainty over the plans following December 2023 change of government. However, Tusk also accused PiS of wasteful spending on…
The National Museum in Krakow has launched the world’s first “library of heritage smells”, through which it uses scientific methods to capture and reproduce the scents associated with historical objects. The first fragrance produced as part of the project was extracted from Leonardo’s da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine, the most famous painting held by…