Poland was one of the EU’s three biggest beer producers in 2021, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, reported on August 30. Last year, just as in 2020, Germany was the top producer with 7.5 billion litres. This represents 23% of the total EU production of 33.1 billion litres of beer containing alcohol. Germany was followed…
Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said the government has approved a draft budget for 2023, and described it as “an ambitious budget for a difficult time”. According to Morawiecki, the draft “includes a number of guidelines and outlays, which are to ensure security to Polish families”. “All the social programmes, which have been…
Polish poultry farmers are increasingly focusing on growing ducks, intending to push the production performance to a record height in 2022, the National Chamber of Poultry and Feed Producers (KIPDiP) says. In 2022, the Polish duck population is expected to reach 25-27 million heads, up by 40-50% YoY, Katarzyna Gawronska, director of KIPDiP, estimates, adding…
Poland’s unemployment rate was at the level of 4.9% in July, the same as in the previous month, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on August 24. The number of registered unemployed measured 818,200 in July against 818,00 in June, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated July’s unemployment at 4.9%.…
Over 50% Poles are worried that there will be shortages in shops, a new survey shows. According to the consumer sentiment poll conducted by UCE Research and the Blix Group, over half of Poles fear that rampant inflation and the war in Ukraine could lead to shortages. In contrast one-third of those surveyed were not…
The digital driving license and vehicle registration passport in the Diia will soon be displayed in the Polish mObywatel application thanks to the cross-state sharing service. This became known during a joint briefing of the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov and the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs…
Poland’s retail sales increased in real terms by 2% YoY and by 1.2% MoM in July, the Central Statistical Office said on August 22. Economists polled by PAP expected July’s retail sales to grow in real terms by 2.7% and by 1.5% respectively. In current prices, retail sales increased by 18.4% YoY in July against…