Section: Warsaw Business Journal (Poland)
POLAGRA FOOD Fairs for the first time in May
The POLAGRA FOOD International Trade Fair for Food in Poznań for years has been associated with the period of saying goodbye to summer. This year, the event will be held in mid spring, on 8-10 May. The Polagra Food Fair in Poznań is for the food and catering industry an opportunity to get acquainted with the latest trends in the food industry, as...
The unexpected champion
You don’t become a growth champion by accident. Poland has clearly done something right to see 26 years of continued growth. The success story of the entire CEE region post-1989 offers a number of lessons for other countries worldwide. The question they now need to answer is how to continue to converge, and when do wealth disparities become...
New initiative to employ Ukrainians legally inaugurated
A new campaign aimed at ensuring fair and transparent employment for Ukrainian workers called “Partnership and employment” was inaugurated during the Baltic Business Forum in Świnoujście on April 20. Both Polish and Ukrainian employers’ organizations and employment agencies have joined the initiative which seeks to eliminate unfair...
Development ministry: 1.2-1.5 mln Ukrainian workers came to Poland last year
Last year, between 1.2-1.5 million workers from Ukraine came to Poland, according to the Minister of Development Jerzy Kwieciński. “Last year, our system received about 1.8 million applications from Ukrainian nationals, but it is difficult to say how many of these people have taken a job. We estimate that figure to be between 1.2-1.5 million…...
PGNiG to double exports to Ukraine
WSE-listed gas giant PGNiG hopes to increase its sales to Ukraine twofold this year to 700-800 million cubic meters, company’s Deputy CEO Maciej Woźniak said. At end-Q3, PGNiG sold 430 million cubic meters to Kiev. In order to boost sales, the company is planning to launch a second connection via Czechia and Slovakia on top… This content is...
NBP: Immigrants from Ukraine to reach 1.2 million at end-2017
The number of immigrants from the Ukraine in Poland will reach 1.2 million at the end of 2017, according to the Central Bank NBP’s forecasts. In the coming years, that figure should increase by 0.2-0.3 million people per annum. “At the end of this year, the number of immigrants from Ukraine may amount to about 1.2 million people – about 4...
Gaz-System to invest PLN 11.5 bln in gas infrastructure by 2022
Natural gas operator Gaz-System will spend a total of PLN 11.5 billion by 2022 on expanding its gas infrastructure, the firm’s CEO Tomasz Stępień said. The investment includes PLN 4.2 billion earmarked for the Baltic Pipe program of connecting the Polish gas network to the Norwegian continental shelf via the Danish gas system. PLN 1.7...
Polish and Ukrainian infrastructure ministers sign memorandum for Via Carpathia
The Minister of Infrastructure and Construction Andrzej Adamczyk and the Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan have signed a memorandum of cooperation for the Via Carpathia route, that will form a part of the TEN-T passageways. Adamczyk stressed that including Via Carpathia in TEN-T will help procure financing for the investment…....
Saakasvhili stranded on Polish-Ukrainian border for hours.
Former Georgian President and governor of the Ukrainian region of Odessa Mikheil Saakashvili, was stranded on the Polish-Ukrainian border for hours before his supporters helped him force his way into the country. Saakashvili was traveling by train which was stopped in Przemyśl as Ukrainian border guards denied him entry. He was joined by hundreds...
WSE to exclude B.A.C.D. shares. Suspends 4 other companies
The Warsaw Stock Exchange suspended trading of four companies – Chinese shoe soles producer Fenghua SoleTech, and car part manufacturer JJ Auto, as well as Czech coking coal producer New World Resources and Ukrainian coal miner Sadovaya Group. All of the companies failed to disclose current and previous financial reports, and for most of them,…...
