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The central bank of Spain (BdE) considers the EU's forecasts of an improvement in the economic situation in this country unrealistic. He predicts the scenario will worsen with the expected arrival of the fourth coronavirus wave, and Spain's GDP growth will not exceed 4%.more

83 percent of Poles consider their income tax too high, 80 percent believe that taxes in Poland are unfair, and more than half believe that the progressive tax system is fair and socially beneficial, according to a study conducted by Livecareer.pl.more

First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Geoffrey Okamoto highlighted the emerging signs of a stronger global economic recovery but warned that there was still significant risk, including the emergence of new variants of the coronavirus.more

Unemployment in London could soar to 580,000 within a year in a “painful legacy” of the Covid-19 pandemic, town hall chiefs warned.more

Poland is one of nine European countries that did not close jobs for a single day during the coronavirus pandemic. At the other extreme is Ireland, where they were closed for 163 days, according to the University of Oxford.more

The UK Government’s biggest failure during the pandemic has been its delay in imposing lockdowns, according to a think tank report.more

If the lockdown announced yesterday lasts longer than a few weeks, it will have a strong impact on employment - today's Rzeczpospolita warns in the article "It may be fragile on the labor market".more

Democracy is on the decline, so countries like the UK want to be "forces of good" in the world, said British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab yesterday.more

Germany, so great and so self-confident, is at most mediocre in many areas today, and unfortunately this also applies to those areas where a new industrial revolution is currently taking place, writes Ullrich Fichtner in an essay in the weekly "Spiegel".more

Britain’s economic prospects are improving as a result of the successful vaccine programme and could perform more strongly than expected over the coming months, the governor of the Bank of England has said.more

High demand amid the pandemic for items such as hand sanitiser and loungewear mean they are now being used to calculate the cost of living in the UK.more

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown Britain's High Streets into crisis, yet the full force of its impact has yet to be felt, according to accountants PwC. more

NATO countries should impose sanctions on Germany in connection with the construction of Nord Stream 2, and the best way to stop the gas pipeline under construction is to raise environmental issues, assessed the British MP of Polish origin, Daniel Kawczynski.more

Britain has ordered a public inquiry into a planned deep coal mine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Friday, with the government performing a U-turn before hosting a key climate summit.more

British GDP contracted by 2.9 percent in January. - reported the National Statistical Office of the ONS. However, this is a much smaller decline than analysts feared. Meanwhile, British exports to the EU dropped sharply - by 40.7 percent and imports from it - by 28.8 percent.more

In 2019, the average monthly income per person in Poland was PLN 3,200. This is an average of PLN 200 more than in 2018 and PLN 400 more than in 2017 - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

Retail giant John Lewis has warned of further "painful" store closures as it posted huge losses due to Covid-related lockdowns that forced shops to shut.more

London boroughs are hiking up their council tax rates to deal with the cost of the pandemic, with one passing the £2,000-a-year threshold for the first time.more

The United Kingdom considers Nord Stream 2 a threat to Europe's energy security and will raise its objections to this project, assured Deputy Foreign Minister Wendy Morton during the debate in the House of Commons on the gas pipeline.more

The ferry construction plan for Polish shipowners is back. They will be hybrid-powered, using both gas and electric propulsion - informs "Puls Biznesu" today.more

In February, the demand for employees continued to decline, according to the latest report. This is the effect of persistent restrictions and uncertainties.more

Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has said it could be forced to close stores due to the cap on business rates relief announced in the Budget.more

The National Living Wage (NLW) will rise to £8.91, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday. He said it means an annual pay rise of £350 for someone working full time on the National Living Wage.more

Poland in January had the lowest unemployment in the EU. It was 3.1 percent. - it follows from the latest Eurostat data. The Czech Republic was in second place with unemployment at 3.2 percent, and the third - the Netherlands with 3.6 percent.more

The first regular, weekly sea connection between the Port of Gdynia and the DP World London Gateway terminal was launched by the logistics operator Unifeeder, said Marcin Wojciechowski, head of the marketing and corporate communications department of the Port of Gdynia Authority.more