Most Ukrainian women who fled the war in their country have found jobs in Poland, a deputy president of the Polish Development Fund (PFR) has said. Bartosz Marczuk said on December 28 that the Polish central government, local governments and society had managed to accommodate the huge influx of refugees from Ukraine, mostly women and…
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) has closed the purchase of a 65.03% stake in the Armenia Securities Exchange (AMX). On December 27, WSE paid PLN 5.5 million (EUR 1.17 million) in the first tranche of the total purchase valued at PLN 9.6 million (EUR 2.05 million). The second tranche of PLN 4.1 million (EUR 0.87…
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Poland and the Poles have provided Ukraine and the Ukrainians with PLN 35-40 billion ($8-9 billion) in aid, Deputy Chairman of the Polish Development Fund (PFR) Bartosz Marczuk has said on Twitter. He said that approximately PLN 10 billion (about $2.3 billion) had been provided in…
Poland’s unemployment rate remained unchanged MoM at 5.1% in November, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. Economists polled by PAP expected a 5.2% unemployment figure in November. The number of registered unemployed measured 800,200 in November against 796,000 in October, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated November’s unemployment at 5.1%.…
A bill is being prepared in Poland aimed to provide for reinsurance of risks of enterprises with Polish capital registered in Ukraine in the areas of contracts and investments. Reinsurance will be provided by a Polish state Insurance Corporation (KUKE) for a long-term period (2 years or more). It is also planned to introduce reinsurance…
Poland’s GDP will increase by 1.5% in 2023 while annual average inflation will stand at around 12%, the development and technology minister has said. Minister Waldemar Buda said that he was optimistic about a GDP growth in 2023 and that he believed it would amount to 1.5%. “Analyses speak about values ranging from 0.5% to…
Poland has been for years the EU’s largest carp producer with its domestic production accounting for 30% of the total EU output, according to the National Support Centre for Agriculture (KOWR). Poland is followed by the Czech Republic and Hungary. According to KOWR, there are over 850 aquaculture farms in Poland with a total pond…