Poland

EC finds way to make good on Poland’s Turow mine penalty

The European Commission (EC) will withhold approximately EUR 15 million in EU funding from Poland for its refusal to pay…

3 years ago

Slovenia minimum wage nears parity with US

With a EUR 1,074 minimum wage, Slovenia was the only country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where a gross…

3 years ago

Czechia withdraws Turow mine complaint

The Czech Republic and Poland made good today on promises made in yesterday’s settlement of the Turow mine dispute. Polish…

3 years ago

Poland, Czechia ink deal on Turow mine

Czechia and Poland signed an agreement regarding the environmentally damaging lignite mine in Turow, western Poland, on Thursday. Under the…

3 years ago

Green groups urge energy reform as gas crisis upends coal phase-out

Soaring natural gas prices last year disrupted the long-term trend of renewable energies and gas replacing coal in Europe, according…

3 years ago

Polish population drops 1% in a decade

The population of Poland has fallen 1% in the last ten years, according to the country’s 2021 census data, which…

3 years ago

Robots not killing jobs in CEE – researchers

Increasing robotisation does not lead to more layoffs, according to a newly released study of worker flows in Central and…

3 years ago

US firm eyes Polish nuclear contract

Westinghouse Electric Company signed strategic partnership agreements with ten Polish engineering and construction firms in connection with its possible development…

3 years ago

Slovakia most resilient on consumption

Household consumption expenditure decreased by an unprecedented 8% in the EU year-on-year in 2020, according to a new survey by…

3 years ago

Poland’s PKN Orlen pursues hydrogen hubs, refueling station network

PKN Orlen will establish nine hydrogen hubs for the production of low carbon fuel to be distributed around Poland, Czechia…

3 years ago