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Malopolska regions with the highest percentages of emigrants are those with the highest unemployment rates - Gorlice, Limanowa, Nowy Sacz, Oswiecim, Olkusz, Tarnow, Chrzanow, Nowy Targ and Wadowice.

The Economic Ministry believes preparations for the European soccer championships will generate at least 100,000 jobs in Poland.

The Civil Aviation Office recently announced that the aviation sector in Poland is marked by constant and remarkable growth.

A Krakow-area redevelopment agency has found companies that want to open warehouse and other facilities in a 22-hectare office, distribution and industrial park at Rybitwy, 7 kilometers from the center of Krakow.

Krakow's Mittal steel mill, together with Gdansk's shipyard, is one of the most important symbols of worker resistance against the Communist regime in Poland.

Marketing and Consulting Service International Sp. z o.o. (MCSI), a small Warsaw-based IT company, has won a tender to provide public offices in Wales with computer equipment, "Puls Biznesu" ("Business Pulse") reported.

Poland late last week promised a speedy response after the European Commission gave it one month to come up with a restructuring plan for the iconic Gdansk shipyard or face having to pay back state aid received by the struggling site.

A Spanish-Warsaw team has won a competition for best design of an enlarged passenger terminal at Balice International Airport.

Two new destinations, Krakow - Edinburgh and Krakow - Bournemouth, will be launched on October 29, EasyJet airlines announced last week. Starting October 29, regular flights to Edinburgh will be scheduled four times a week.

After the European Parliament (EP) established a broader definition for "vodka" products in the EU, Polish vodka producers agreed that it was necessary to promote Polish alcohol abroad, informed Rzeczpospolita newspaper.