Section: Poland
Bloomberg’s forecast – Polish economy to worsen
Poland was ranked 27th out of 63, compared with 42nd last year, in the latest edition of the World’s Most Miserable Economies compiled by Bloomberg. Unfortunately, in this case an advance is not good news. Poland was downgraded due to Bloomberg’s concerns about the new government’s spending policy and possible growth of public...
EC maintains economic forecast for Poland
The European Commission raised expected GDP growth for Poland to 3.5 percent for this and next year and 2018, thus the forecast has not changed compared with the previous one. In the Spring edition (2015) of the report, the EC predicted Poland’s economy to grow by 3.3 percent this year, by 3.4 percent next year and to remain at 3.4 percent...
The Outsourcing Stars 2015 finals
On 28 January in Warsaw there took place a ceremony marking the end of the year in the outsourcing industry in Poland. The Outsourcing Stars 2015 Gala gathered 300 guests, including academics, businesspeople and representatives of industry organisations from 15 countries worldwide. Experts gave a summary of this successful year, in which,...
Poland advances in Index of Economic Freedom
Poland took 39th spot out of 178 in this years Index of Economic Freedom complied by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. Poland scored 69.3 points, 5.2 points more than last year. Hong Kong, Singapore and new Zealand lead the ranking. “Openness to global commerce and trade, competitive taxation, and an efficient regulatory system...
Poland has to accept 5 mln immigrants for the sake of GDP
If Poland wants to maintain the current pace of development, taking into account the current demographic trends, it needs to take in five million immigrants by 2050, the Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers ( ZPP) said. “Various forecasts – including the National Population Council – estimate that in order to maintain the current level of...
Poland advances in transparency ranking
Poland ranked 30th in a report on the government transparency level published by Transparency International, thus it recorded a five spot advance compared with the previous edition. Denmark came in first among 168 countries included in the analysis. When it comes to the CEE region, only Estonia performed better than Poland (23rd place). The...
Ukrainians in Poland send PLN 20bn back home every year
Around a million Ukrainians who live and work in Poland send some PLN 20 billion back home every year, Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski has said. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Poland will continue to help Ukraine: FM
Ukraine is an important ally of Poland, and will continue receiving assistance from its neighbour, said Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski during the 9th Europe-Ukraine Forum currently underway in the central Polish city of Łódź. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
US official in talks with Warsaw on Russia, Ukraine
A senior US official has held talks in Warsaw on the West’s policy towards Russia and the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...
Ukraine ambassador rejects PM’s claim about refugees
Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland, Andriy Deshchytsia, referred to a claim by Prime Minister Beata Szydło, who said at a debate in the European Parliament that Poland has accepted around a million refugees from Ukraine, saying that they were not refugees, but “economic migrants.” “Taking into account the number of visas in previous years, and...
