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The Kalecki Foundation, supported by NBP has released a report critical of the activities of foreign corporations in Poland, with “doubt as to the source of sustainable economic growth” for the present Polish economic situation. Poland is a “subcontractor” of Germany It’s titled “Kapitał zagraniczny: Czy jesteśmy gospodarką poddostawcy?
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Polish people are the European leaders in reading paid news online. For access to selected articles and subscription sites with the latest information they pay more often than the British, Spaniards, Germans or Austrians – according to the Digital News Report published by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Click
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Over 40 thousand Poles die each year from diseases linked to air pollution. The main source of the pollution is the heating systems in our homes – according to “Rzeczpospolita” newspaper. Kraków’s beautiful but smoggy cityscape The number of victims of polluted air in Poland is thus more than ten
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After months of training and hard work, Olympian swimmer Alicja Tchórz has won the Polish Swimmers’ League on the path to return to the Olympics next year. Her reward is embarrassingly low. New goggles! Great! A swimming champion wins a competition and gets 200 złoty (approx. 50€) as a prize.
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the “new” Nieboczowy village One huge construction site – this is how the Nieboczowy village in the municipality of Lubomia in Silesia looks today. There is ongoing work to move the whole village, because in the place where it is located there will be a huge water reservoir. Nieboczowy is a
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Please arrest me before it gets any colder Yesterday police in Kraków received information about a bomb planted at a bus station. This, of course, was only a hoax. What was the reason? The perpetrator wanted to spend the winter in custody. Now, he’s facing up to 8 years
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According to European Commision data for September, Poland has become a drivers’ paradise.. when it comes to petrol prices, beaten to the bottom only by Estonia. Full EU country comparison table below. Poland – driver’s paradise? Poland is among the countries in which popular gasoline Euro-super 95 has the
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The Polish government has caused a stir by asking two fire stations in every “powiat” district (380 of those) in Poland, including volunteer ones, to house refugees. Firefighters not happy Incredulous firefighters all over the country have responded with displeasure, citing lack of space, lack of sanitary facilities, the unrealistic
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PKP railway seems to have found itself sitting on a gold mine – land. Given its history, it has the benefit of vast amounts of undeveloped land in prime, central city locations. PKP to be more than just trains PKP (Polskie Koleje Państwowe), Poland’s national railway, owns more than 100,
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Polish federal officers raided an illegal, large-scale cigarette manufacturing plant in Warsaw yesterday, stopping an operation that was producing 150 cigarette packs every minute. 690,000 seized The feds say counterfeit packs cost 80 groszy to make, were sold locally for 4 złoty, and exported and sold illegally in
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Driven by determined Polish vintners the fledgling Polish wine industry is steadily growing, in spite of high startup costs and government obstacles. Presently the number of legally registered wineries is just 78, making it a niche, but it’s over 50% more than last year’s number. Poland is producing
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The Polish institute of labour and social policy (Instytut Pracy i Polityki Społecznej) has released figures that place 40% of Polish households below it’s defined quality-of-life threshold. 40% of Poles financially vegetating They calculate that a couple with one small child require 2661.36 złoty (€630) per