Business
Despite this strong finish to last year for the city, the results of land auctions in 2013 have been mixed. It is well documented that the City of Krakow has had a tough time balancing its budget and this has not been helped by the poor results of attempts to auction city land…
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On September 16, I had the honour of meeting and speaking with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet at a private audience in Prague, Czech Republic. With a few dozen business leaders and their families in attendance, it was a very rare opportunity to spend a few hours…
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Krakow is now rated as one of the top 10 worldwide locations for outsourcing. The city’s office market is a world away from its humble beginnings in the late 1990s and has a bright future…
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Krakow has caught the startup bug, big time. The range of startup groups, accelerators, workshops and other happenings going on in the city can be bewildering – over 150 events so far this year. As summer winds down and Krakow gets back to work, a new season of startup buzz stirs…
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As well as commercial players such as Deutsche Telekom, Krakow’s lively startup scene has also grabbed the attention of non-commercial support organisations. One such is Startup Pirates, a non-profit initiative active around the globe…
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As property prices in Poland stabilise at their lowest levels since 2007, foreign visitors to Krakow will inevitably be tempted by the idea of a real estate investment in a highly attractive location at prices well below those back home…
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First exalted as the perfect socialist city, then suffering decline in the post-Communist era, Nowa Huta has been Krakow’s poor relative for decades. Now, an agreement between Krakow’s mayor, Jacek Majchrowski, and the Marshall of Małopolska, Marek Sowa…
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“Krakow is to Berlin what ying is to yang,” wrote Clarissa Steinhöfel on the Berlin-based digital innovation news website, VentureVillage. Steinhöfel, co-founder of the tech and start-up conference Startup Safary in Krakow…
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Creating the Ministry of Geekdom – there are hundreds of hackerspaces across the globe, and at least three in Poland. It’s high time Krakow had its own – Hackerspace Krakow (HSKRK)…
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With visitors to Krakow regularly falling in love with both the place and its inhabitants, there is inevitably a steady
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