Shanghai List: 11 Polish universities among the 1,000 best

Among the 1,000 best universities in the world there are 11 Polish ones. The highest ranking is the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and the University of Warsaw, which are in the fifth hundred - according to the just published Shanghai List - Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).more

Water samples from the Oder River will be tested for 300 potential substances, stated Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa. Yesterday, a meeting of the Environment and Water Management Ministers of Poland and Germany on the pollution of the river was held in Szczecin.more

Cyanobacteria persist at eleven bathing sites by the sea in the Bay of Gdansk and the water is not fit for bathing. This is the situation at some of the bathing sites in the Tricity, the sanitary service reported yesterday.more

In Poland, the salaries of cleaners are three times higher than in Ukraine, and tractor drivers receive almost the same, the employment agency reports. Ukrainian wages depreciated due to the war-weakened hryvnia against the dollar, euro and zloty - added.more

A survey conducted by InterviewMe showed that 73% of Poles respect their supervisor, although as many as 28% admitted that the boss is shouting, and 21% that he treats his employees badly.more

On Monday 8 August, the Pfeizer company announced that it has started the third phase of clinical trials of a vaccine to protect against the dangerous tick-borne disease Lyme disease. The tests will also be conducted in Poland.more

Water troubles are not only dry taps, but also more expensive food and electricity problems. These are scenarios that are becoming more and more real - reports "Rzeczpospolita" today.more

Regardless of the chemical contamination, with such physico-chemical parameters, rotting fauna and high air temperature, the water in the Odra River becomes a biological bomb that threatens people and animals, warned Dr. Paweł Grzesiowski, an expert of the Supreme Medical Council.more

Poles are more and more often staying at work after hours; According to the latest ADP report "People at Work 2022: A Global Workforce View", research shows that employees perform an average of 5 hours 48 minutes of extra work per week for free.more

There are more and more misinforming topics related to the epidemic situation in social media and entries about the alleged "Ukrainianization of Poland" - the NASK National Research Institute is alerting.more

More than half of the respondents, 54 percent, support the restoration of universal conscription to basic military service in Poland, 25 percent. one of them considers it necessary - according to the CBOS poll. In turn, 78 percent. of respondents support the idea of defense training for citizens.more

I think seriously about the elections in 2025, I also know that the issue of responsibility towards the movement and voters is running for parliament in 2023 - declared the leader of Poland 2050 Szymon Hołownia in an interview with Rzeczpospolita.more

The regulations do not protect an employee from being terminated or terminated when his employer declares bankruptcy. This also applies to people on holiday leaves.more

The Ministry of Climate will not exclude glass from the deposit system, as found out by "Rzeczpospolita". Instead, a provision on a number of bottle collection operators has been left in place, which may undermine the sense of the entire system, it says.more

If we pumped water out of the Baltic Sea, we would see an apocalyptic landscape: piles of mines, barrels and bombs loaded with chemicals. When the post-German scrap corrodes, an ecological disaster awaits us, warns today's "Gazeta Wyborcza".more

54.1 percent Poles do not want the coronavirus restrictions to return - according to the United Surveys poll prepared for RMF FM and "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna". This idea, in turn, supports 39.5 percent. people.more

With inflation rising 44 percent. Poles surveyed complain about the deterioration of mental health. Inflation will be the most felt because it will ultimately affect all adult Poles, without exception, said the co-author of the UCE RESEARCH study and the ePsycholodzy.pl platform, Michał Pajdak.more

The foreign politicians most trusted by Poles are Volodymyr Zelenski (86 per cent), Joe Biden (74 per cent) and Boris Johnson (55 per cent). Vladimir Putin and Aleksandr Lukashenko are the most distrusted, according to the July CBOS survey.more

The latest report from the Union of Polish Metropolises on helping refugees from war-stricken Ukraine shows that Rzeszów residents are among the most helpful people in Poland, the Rzeszów municipality reported yesterday.more

In an era of inflation reaching 15.5 per cent, more and more companies are trying to write indexation clauses into their contracts with contractors and ordinary customers. These are intended to protect their salaries from a fall in value, reports today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

On July 28 - August 1, 2022, Research Partner conducted another study on the Ariadna panel Poles' political preferences.more

In approx. 38 percent. cases that were referred to the State Commission for Pedophilia, the indicated perpetrator was a family member. the majority, however, were unrelated to the victim, with the clergy being the largest group among them, according to the Commission's second report. The greatest number of reports of crimes came from the parents of the victims.more

In July 2022 - and in the first seven months of the year - fewer new passenger cars were registered than in the previous year. In both cases, the decline is double-digit - reports "Puls Biznesu".more

Producers and stores respond to Poles' interest in plant-based diets. As a result, the offer of products is growing very quickly, although the industry is afraid of inflation - informs Rzeczpospolita on Wednesday.more

Everything indicates that the fourth dose for the wider population, at least for people over 18, will be available at the beginning of September - said Polish Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski.more

More than half of Poles, 54 per cent, believe that in the current economic situation it is worth saving - the published results of a study conducted by Kantar Public show.more

Wizz Air will deliver another, fourth aircraft - Airbus A321neo - to its operating base at Kraków Airport, the carrier, which operates 27 connections to 16 countries from the Kraków airport, said.more

Another so-called fast track, or fast passage, has been opened by Warsaw Chopin Airport for travellers departing from the port. It allows travellers to reach the security check without queuing, and the service is chargeable, the airport said.more