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Exactly 30 years since the fall of communism and the beginning of market reforms, Poland overtook last year second western country after Greece - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

Until now, stock markets seemed largely resistant to coronavirus. This is now changing because this disease is also spreading in Europe.more

The rising costs of employing employees as well as high taxes and other financial burdens are barriers that most impede running a business - according to the latest survey of the Polish Economic Institute.more

Almost every third company in Poland has problems with financial liquidity - according to the latest data from the InfoMonitor Economic Information Bureau. Enterprises from the transport and trade industry are at the highest risk, and industrial and service are the least.more

New immigration rules are a "disaster" for London's ability to attract big events and deliver vital housing and infrastructure, business leaders warned today.more

The British press is quite cautious about the new, point immigration system toda, stressing that it must be accompanied by an improvement in British employee productivity.more

Uncertainty associated with Brexit caused that last year more than doubled the number of companies that opened or moved their headquarters from Great Britain to the Netherlands - the Dutch Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA) has informed.more

India surpassed France and the United Kingdom in terms of GDP in 2019, according to a World Population Review (CAP) report. The Indian economy is worth USD 2.94 trillion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that by 2025 it would reach USD 5 trillion.more

Average real wages - which take account of the impact of inflation - have risen above their pre-financial crisis level for the first time as workers begin to repair the damage to their finances after a 12-year squeeze on living standards.more

French Credit Agricole will not make Commerzbank an offer to take over mBank - Philippe Brassac, the president of this third largest bank in Europe, officially confirmed - reports today's Rzeczpospolita daily. This is another group that resigned from purchasing a bank popular in Poland.more

Inflation is doing its job: January demand for retail government bonds amounted to PLN 2.49 billion and there was no such interest for years - the Polish daily "Puls Biznesu" reports today.more

Eurostat data confirm the good condition of the Polish economy - said Finance Minister Tadeusz Kościński. He added that Poland achieved one of the best GDP growth results in the fourth quarter of 2019 in the European Union.more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that she did not rule out support for changes in EU treaties if this were to lead to a better functioning of the Community after the United Kingdom left it.more

Today begins a time of great uncertainty as to what the mutual relations between Poland and Great Britain will look like from 2021 - assessed Jakub Sawulski from the Polish Economic Institute.more

French companies have invested over EUR 13 billion in Poland over the last 10 years - said Minister of Development Jadwiga Emilewicz. She added that France is one of the largest direct investors in Poland.more

Polish exporters still compete mainly in price - the Polish daily "Puls Biznesu" reports.more

The automatic right of EU vessels to fish in British waters, in accordance with the EU's common fisheries policy, is to be ended under the fisheries bill introduced to parliament yesterday.more

The UK's largest business, trade and education bodies have set out their priorities for a post-Brexit immigration system. more

If the United Kingdom leaves the EU on 1 February in an orderly fashion, the transition period until the end of 2020 will begin; at that time, the rules of trade between Poland and the United Kingdom will not change, today the Polish Ministry of Finance pointed out.more

Britain's Prince Harry attended a summit for leaders of 21 African countries in London hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday.more

The State Agency for Solving Alcohol Problems estimates that excessive alcohol consumption by Poles costs as much as PLN 30.8 billion a year, according to Rzeczpospolita.more

A go-slow protest by farmers driving tractors and other farm machinery caused major traffic delays in Dublin testerday evening.more

Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego has opened a representative office in London, which aims to attract British investors to Poland and support the promotion of Poland. This is the third foreign representative office of BGK.more

The German daily "Bild" criticized the record budget surplus, which Germany once again recorded. According to the tabloid, ordinary citizens have no benefit. In 2019, Germany's central budget revenues were EUR 13.5 billion higher than expenditure.more

Retail sales fell for the first time in 25 years last year, according to the leading UK retail industry body.more