Taxation Amendments for Polish Migrant Workers still in Blueprint
Despite the recently launched “Return Home” campaign by the Labor Ministry, small efforts are being made to amend Poland’s double taxation laws.
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Environment not on Election Agenda
Greenpeace sent a questionnaire to the 13 political parties in Poland asking what they would do to save the environment.
Read moreWill the Rise in Wages Mean Less Foreign Investment?
Some 31,000 jobs were created in Poland in 2006 thanks to foreign investors. This is the largest amount of externally-created employment in the whole of Europe.
Read morePlans for Google in Europe
The giant search engine Google from Mountain View has eleven research end development centers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. One of those centers is in Krakow. Nelson Mattos, who two weeks ago became Google’s vice president responsible for the region, told Gazeta Wyborcza about the progress of the Polish IT engineers and the future plans for Google.
Read moreLeonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson win Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm has awarded Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their “mechanism design theory.” The theory allows, according to the Academy, to “distinguish situations in which markets work well from those in which they do not.” The mechanism design theory plays a major role in various economic fields as well as in political sciences.
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Dalai Lama to receive honorary degree at Jagiellonian
The Dalai Lama will be awarded an honorary degree by the Jagiellonian University. The Faculty of Philosophy has nominated this esteemed spiritual leader to honor his altruistic values and spiritual teachings.
Read moreMySpace in Poland
MySpace is looking to expand its website portal to include Polish content, language and features. Rupert Murdoch’s media giant News Corp owns and controls MySpace since July 2005.
Read moreHigh school student exchange programs made possible between U.S., Poland
A U.S.-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program bill was approved on September 5 by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Read moreEast Slavonic Language of Carpatho-Rusyn Lemko resurfaces on streets of Bieszczady
Although seemingly homogenous, Poland fosters ethnic minorities that have inhabited Poland’s territory for centuries.
Read moreSushi takes on traditional kielbasa nationwide
With an increase in the fresh fish distribution sector sushi bars are sprouting across Poland like mushrooms after the rain.
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