Poland Looks to Conquer Sailor Shortage
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 9th March 2008
Czechs halve carrier contract with Austria's Steyr

Warsaw Residents Hit Streets in Protest
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 9th March 2008
Dozens of people took to the streets in Warsaw on Feb. 29 to protest against bribery.

Countdown kicks off to Tusk's U.S. missile shield trip
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 28th February 2008
Just 10 days before Prime Minister Donald Tusk visits the U.S., no agreement has been reached on a U.S. proposal to put an anti-missile shield in Poland.

Gov't proposes new bill to help Poles pay loans
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 28th February 2008
Unable to pay back a loan? A new bill would permit you to eliminate the liability by declaring bankruptcy.

Private post doing well
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 28th February 2008
The only privately owned alternative to the Post Office is scaring the daylights out of the government-run operation.

MTU Aero Engines launches powerhouse factory in Jasionka
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 28th February 2008
MTU Aero Engines, Germany's leading aircraft engine manufacturer, will build a new factory in Jasionka, near Rzeszow, located in the Podkarpackie Science Technology Park (PSTP).

PKP modernizes stations
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 21st February 2008
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) plans to spend more than 30 mln zloty in 2008 to modernize railway stations in Poland.

Inflation rate blocks eurozone
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 21st February 2008
Poland is hoping to adopt the euro as its currency in 2012, but if the current annual inflation rate of 3.03 percent continues, the EU won't allow it to make the change.

Number of natural food stores grows day by day
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 21st February 2008
The number of companies that produce natural foods in Poland is increasing, although most of the output is sold abroad.

Women want equal employment opportunities
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 15th February 2008
Gone are the days when women did all the domestic chores and men worked outside the home to put food on the table.

Poland looks to Silesia for energy diversification
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 8th February 2008
Poland wants to become less dependent on its main source of energy - air-polluting coal - because of EU emissions requirements.One step it is trying is being part of a four-nation nuclear-power project.

EC rejects Poland's delay as fodder
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 1st February 2008
The European Commission has rejected a Polish request for more time to revise a law prohibiting two genetically modified food categories.

World Bank proposes online taxes
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 1st February 2008
The World Bank has offered a committee of the Polish parliament ideas on streamlining the documentation process for construction and for registering new companies.

Companies may receive national bailout
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 25th January 2008
All Polish small- and medium-sized enterprises that want to gain foreign certificates may receive a national bailout. The government will reimburse the costs of consultative offers as well as the preparing and translation of the technical documents, the daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reports.

Poland receives poor rating in economic report
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 25th January 2008
The Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal have prepared their annual Economic Freedom Report. Poland has no reason to be proud. According to the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom which covers 162 countries and 10 specific freedoms - such as trade freedom, business freedom, investment freedom and property rights - Poland was far down the list at No. 83.

Real estate prices continue to rise
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 25th January 2008
High property prices in Poland are prompting many developers to try and renegotiate their purchase contracts.

In-country train travel to get easier
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 19th January 2008
Everyone who travels by train in Poland has the same negative opinions about comfort and punctuality. Somebody has calculated that during one year all the trains in Poland were late a total of almost three years.

Milk exporters have too many clients, too little milk
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 19th January 2008
Many Polish dairies export milk, butter and whey abroad and count the profits. However there is, as always, the other side of the coin: the dairy owners who produce for the domestic market complain of high prices and a lack of milk because it is being bought up by exporters.

Low-cost Germanwings leaves Krakow
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 19th January 2008
Beginning with the summer schedule on April 1, all flights from Germany will be directed to the Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice. All passengers en route from Bonn and Stuttgart will land in Katowice.

Warsaw, Krakow homeless fight cold
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 10th January 2008
About 300 thousand homeless people in Poland are struggling to survive the winter.

Orchestra Xmas charity returns Jan. 13
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 10th January 2008
The 16th Great Finale of The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity will collect money on Jan. 13 for children with larynx and vocal cord problems.

Polterabend: Mutz'z Silesian song
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 10th January 2008
The 20th-Century history of Silesia and its inhabitants has come alive in Katowice. The play "Polterabend," written in Silesian dialect by Stanislaw Mutz, has received a preview at the Silesian Theatre in Katowice.

Traditional feast held in city center for haves and have-nots
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 21st December 2007
About 50,000 homeless, poor and lonely ate free on Rynek Glowny (Main Market Square) last Thursday.

Silesian Border Guards learn sign language
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 21st December 2007
Fifty border guards from Silesia will learn sign language during a 60-hour course.

Plaque commemorates Wladyslaw Szpilman
Kinga Rodkiewicz | 14th December 2007
A plaque to commemorate the great Polish pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman was unveiled in Sosnowiec Dec. 5. The plaque, made by Stanislaw Wozniak and Arkadiusz Koniusz, was placed in the tenement house in which the Szpilman family lived before World War II.