Poland, recession (-4,5%) lower than Eurozone (-8%)

The diversified economic structure and the low exposure to the sectors affected by the pandemic allow Warsaw to contain the recession this year to restart at +4,3% in 2021. The unknowns come from the scarcity of workforce and the possible failure of the Brexit negotiations
Hungary and Poland kill democracy: EU, no more aid

It's time for Europe to wake up - The Coronavirus health emergency was only the pretext but the anti-democratic leap by Orban and Poland had been planned for some time and calls for a strong response from the European Union, starting from…
Beef, alarm for those arriving from Poland

The Polish TV TVN24 denounced the scandal of the uncontrolled slaughter of sick cows that are placed on the market and exported with very serious dangers to the health of those who buy them and today Poland is the first…
Brexit also puts Poland in danger

The growth of private consumption continues to be supported by the increase in employment and wages and by the recent welfare measures, while exports remain buoyant (+2%) as is business confidence. However, the unknowns come from the EU-UK negotiations, with…
EU rejects Hungary's anti-migrant appeal

The judges of the EU Court of Justice reject the request for annulment of the quota system presented by the governments of Budapest and Bratislava - The mechanism "helps to help the countries, especially Italy and Greece, most crowded by the waves…
Unicredit has sold 32,8% of Pekao bank

Another coup by Jean Pierre Mustier, the dynamic CEO of Unicredit who announced that he had sold 32,8% of the Polish subsidiary Pekao to PZU insurance and the PFR fund for 2,4 billion euros in order to reduce the amount of the 'imminent…
Poland: How to avoid the middle income trap

The performance of the Polish economy has been dragged down by an increase in low- to medium-tech sectors, but now the weaknesses are mainly observed in the decline in the level of innovation activity of enterprises.
Poland, Gazprom cuts supplies by 24%

"We are determining the reasons to know whether they are of a technical or commercial nature," writes the Polish gas body - It cannot be excluded that this is a commercial retaliation linked to Poland's anti-Russian position in the context of the Ukrainian crisis.
Jack the Ripper? A Polish immigrant

A Liverpool academic, forensic expert Dr Jari Louhelainen, who teaches molecular biology at Liverpool John Moores University, concluded that the culprit was a 23-year-old Polish immigrant, Aaron Kosminski.
BPI 2014: Poland and Lithuania leaders in Europe

The Baseline Profitability Index 2014 has been published by Foreign Policy magazine: if Botswana, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Qatar stand out globally, in the Old Continent Poland and Lithuania excel, with Greece and Italy in black jerseys.
FDI in Poland: incentives and winning reasons

The strengths are to be found in a competent and well-qualified human capital, in the dimension of the internal market, in the competitive advantages in the logistics sector and in the ability to develop the intellectual potential of the workforce.
Unicredit, more Poland and less Ukraine

The Milanese bank has presented an offer for the assets of Rabobank in Poland, which could create synergy with Bank Pekao, Unicredit's historic presence on the Polish market - At the same time, the group led by Ghizzoni is preparing to exit…
European debt crisis, Poland against the tide

The Polish economy is attractive not only for its strong GDP growth and low labor costs, but also for the country's strategic position - But Warsaw has to deal with 4% inflation, unemployment that does not…
Astaldi, new order in Poland

The Italian contractor has been awarded a 350 million euro project in partnership with three local companies - The group will have to modernize part of the Warsaw-Lodz railway line and the Lodz Fabryczna underground station - The works will last 42…