Section: Warsaw Business Journal (Poland)
LPP having success abroad
Polish clothing company LPP said on Tuesday that its total sales have increased by almost 11 percent, y/y, during the first three quarters of 2016. It reported that the highest growth came from sales in its shops in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania. What’s more, the company, which manages franchises such as Tallinder and… This...
Nominations open for the 9th annual CEE Retail Awards Gala
Heralded as the market benchmark for retail success in Central and Eastern Europe, EuropaProperty is proud to host and present the ninth annual CEE Retail Real Estate Awards Gala, the region’s premier retail awards event. This eagerly anticipated occasion will take place in Warsaw at the InterContinental Hotel on January 26th, 2017. The...
Inflow of Ukrainian professionals welcomed by Polish employers
Poland’s labor market is increasingly attractive to foreign professionals, including managers and IT specialists, especially from the country’s eastern neighbors, according to the daily Rzeczpospolita. In the first nine months of this year, around 100,000 applications were submitted to obtain legal residency in Poland, which is an...
Sławomir Nowak to head Ukraine’s State Agency for Roads
Slawomir Nowak has become the new head of the State Agency for Roads of Ukraine (Ukrawtodor). This is equivalent to Poland’s General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways. The former Polish transport minister will be responsible for the development of Ukraine’s road network. This is yet another Polish politician or official who...
Responsible Business Awards granted
Corporate social sensitivity rewarded during this year’s “responsible business summit & awards gala” we once again honored entrepreneurs who are exceptionally involved in the promotion and implementation of CSR and the idea of responsible business. The second edition of this event took place on 14 October 2016 in the Sofitel Victoria...
Goodbye and good luck
After being a member of the European Union for 43 years, the United Kingdom has decided that it would be better off on its own. WBJ Observer investigates how the unprecedented move by the British will impact Poland by Wojciech Rylukowski Half an hour after the final result of the Brexit referendum came in, I was in a taxi going for an interview...
Waszczykowski discusses cooperation with Ukrainian President
On Tuesday, Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski started a two-day visit to Kiev, Ukraine, where he will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. “Minister Waszczykowski will discuss the achievements and development perspectives of bilateral relations with...
PM Szydło supports cooperation with Ukraine
On Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło proclaimed that Poland hopes to deepen cooperation with Ukraine and intends to implement joint projects for the development of civil institutions. “We offer assistance to Ukraine, and we hope that the cooperation will only deepen in the coming months,” the Stationery Office of the Prime Minister of...
Council of Europe appoints new author of Smolensk crash report
The Council of Europe’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has started work on a report on the 2010 Smolensk plane crash, in which all 96 passengers died, including President Lech Kaczyński and his wife. The Council of Europe may pass a resolution on the issue after the report is prepared. On September 6, Dutch MP Pieter Omtzigt,...
Visegrad Group will present its stance on EU reform
The leaders of the Visegrad Group (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary) have expressed their support for Ukraine’s European aspirations and announced they will present their proposal on how to reform the EU at the next informal EU summit in Bratislava. The meeting was divided into two parts. The first was related to the EU future… This...
