News from Poland

When Wieslaw Radzieciak took office as the mayor of Lesniowice in the gently-rolling farmland of southeastern Poland 26 years ago, the Soviet garrisons that dotted the county were a stark reminder of which superpower was in control. The signs of Russian ...

Poland is slowly moving away from being a tea-dominated country, with increasing numbers of Poles opting to drink coffee instead. According to a new report from Euromonitor International, by 2015 the value of the coffee market in Poland will have reached ...

Poland's rate-setting Monetary Policy Council (RPP) left the headline interest rate unchanged for the eighth month when it convened earlier this week. The decision not to ease monetary policy was made because economic growth and inflation were higher than ...

Poland will offer up to 5.5 billion zlotys in bonds maturing in January 2014 and October 2016 with results of the tender expected at 1100 GMT. Poland's top refiner PKN Orlen reported a nearly threefold rise in its fourth quarter net profit ...

F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft serve as the backbone of Poland’s air force. In February 2012, the USA’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Poland’s official request for F-16 weapons, as well as a 5 year fleet support contract that ...

Poland in the postwar era was a supremely unlucky nation, but in one respect (and perhaps one only) it was among the world’s luckiest. This unassuming country, generally admired not for its scenery nor its cuisine nor its architecture ...

Poland's Super Cup has been called off amid safety concerns at Warsaw's National Stadium, a key venue for the upcoming EURO 2012 tournament. "After hearing information from the police, with pain in my heart - but taking fans' safety into account - I ...

Poland's economy is on a roll, averaging a 4.4 percent economic growth over the last 20 years, and investors are taking note: The nation's bonds are easily outperforming those of Europe's traditional economic powerhouse, Germany. In fact, Polish ...

Poland's central bank left its main interest rate unchanged at 4.5 percent on Wednesday amid expectations of an economic slowdown and inflation above the expectations. The Monetary Policy Council of the National Bank of Poland has kept the interest rate ...

Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp.’s failed shale-gas wells in Poland may hobble the nation’s effort to become one of the world’s major energy sources and dismantle Russian dominance of Eastern European gas markets. Exxon, the world ...

WARSAW, Poland — The Interior Ministry says that six more people have died as a result of the freezing weather that is keeping the rest of Europe in its icy grip. Hundreds of people have died across Europe and thousands more were stranded ...

The UK has a smaller proportion of adults with A-levels or their equivalent than Poland or Bulgaria, an analysis by the European Union's official statistics agency shows. Several former eastern bloc countries now have adult populations that are more highly ...

A packed house Tuesday night in Poland over concerns that officials may allow drilling in Poland Woods. Poland village council is looking into the possibility of leasing land for drilling rights. Residents are concerned that wells could go up in and around ...

Warsaw - Some 90 per cent of key projects needed to host Euro 2012 have been completed or are nearly ready for the football championships, the prime minister's office said Tuesday. Some 75 out of 83 key investments, including stadiums, airports ...

Poland’s government is becoming increasingly fond of “privatisations” that see state-owned firms sold off to other companies controlled by the government – a way of using sale proceeds to bolster the budget while keeping control of ...

The UN estimates that 5,000 people have been killed since the beginning of the crisis in the Middle Eastern country The American Interests Section of the Polish Embassy in Damascus has taken over the representation of US interests in Syria. This happened ...

For hundreds of years, Poland suffered from an overbearing Germany that trampled on the rights of the Polish nation, occupied the country, and, at times, worked to extinguish the Polish nation-state entirely. No wonder that there is a residue of skepticism ...

Poland’s Treasury doesn’t rule out the sale of a controlling stake in Gdansk-based Grupa Lotos SA, the country’s second-largest oil refiner, to a domestic buyer after failing to interest a foreign investor in the company, Treasury Minister ...

Poland may need to look for a local investor for refiner Lotos after failing to find one abroad, the treasury minister tells Puls Biznesu, reiterating earlier comments. The two most likely candidates would be larger PKN and gas provider PGNiG.

Poland may need to look for a local investor for refiner Lotos after failing to find one abroad, the treasury minister tells Puls Biznesu, reiterating earlier comments. The two most likely candidates would be larger PKN and gas provider PGNiG.