Poland will spend the equivalent of 4.12% of its GDP on defence this year, which is the highest level among NATO members and more than double the alliance’s guideline of 2%. The figure – part of estimates published by NATO this week for all its members – marks a rise from the 3.92% of GDP…
Poland’s Health Ministry has introduced a monitoring system for opioid prescriptions amid concerns over a growing number of cases relating to the use of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 20 to 40 times more potent than heroin linked to almost 75,000 deaths in the United States last year. Since the beginning of this year, Poland’s state…
The Polish city of Bialystok hosted a meeting of representatives of the dairy sector of Ukraine and Poland. The meeting brought together State Secretary of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Viktor Kantsurak and Secretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland Stefan Krajewski. Dairy associations were…
Poland’s government has approved a proposal to raise the monthly minimum wage to 4,626 zloty (EUR 1,059) gross next year, which would mark a 7.6% increase. It is the first decision regarding the minimum wage level made by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Cabinet, which took office in December 2023. And it has been cautiously welcomed…
Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith has encouraged global tech firms to invest in Poland. He says the country has the opportunity to establish itself as an “AI Valley” pioneering the development of artificial intelligence, an idea he discussed last week with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. “I can tell investors: if you come from…
Poland’s Health Ministry has introduced a labelling system for pharmacies that can provide women with the morning-after pill without requiring a doctor’s prescription. The pharmacies are part of a pilot programme that allows pharmacists to prescribe the medication without the involvement of a doctor. The measures were introduced by the government in response to conservative…
A law automatically imposing a lifetime driving ban on repeat drink-driving offenders is unconstitutional, Poland’s constitutional court has ruled. Its judges found that the measures unjustly restrict the discretion of courts to decide on a punishment for a crime. The ruling stemmed from a complaint filed in 2020 by a man who was caught drunk-driving…