Polish retail sales grew by 21.1% YoY in April after a 19.4% increase in March, Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported. Month on month, retail sales went down by 3.3%, the agency also said. Eurostat annual growth figures are work-day adjusted, while the monthly growth figures are also seasonally adjusted. Eurostat data also include small…
As many as 59% of the Polish public cannot afford to go on holiday this year, a new survey has shown. The June 3 edition of the Super Express daily, which commissioned the research, highlighted the effects of inflation on Poles’ vacation plans. “Inflation stood at almost 14% in May and according to economists, the…
Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland and Commissioner of the Polish Government for Refugees Pavel Shefernaker said that from July 1 the Polish government would no longer pay 40 zlotys a day (about 276 UAH as of June 1) for food and accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and counted on their employment…
As many as 185,000 Ukrainians have been employed under a simplified procedure that Poland introduced to help them find work, the Ministry of Family and Labour has said. Under a special law, Ukrainian citizens who arrived in Poland after February 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine, can take up employment without the need to apply for…
Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko and Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland Anna Moskwa signed a Memorandum of Intent on cooperation in the field of energy. The document was agreed to boost energy security in Central and Eastern Europe and to drop Russian energy supplies. The memorandum states the intention to restore…
Poland’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 48.5 points in May from 52.0 points in April, economic researcher S&P Global reported on June 1. Economists polled by PAP predicted the PMI would reach 52.0 points in May. According to S&P Global, the reasons for the decline included the war in Ukraine and inflationary pressures. The…
Poland is ready to develop its infrastructure to transport Ukrainian grain blocked by Russia to the Middle East and Africa, Mateusz Morawiecki prime minister of Poland said on May 31. “I have told our friends in the EU that Poland is ready to change and expand its border, transport, railway and port infrastructures in a…