The Body Shop chain of cosmetic stores is ending its operations on the Polish market on February 22 this year, the company announced on its website.more

President Andrzej Duda has become the Polish politician of 2024 - 13% of respondents voted for him. The politician of the past year in the world was the US President-elect Donald Trump (14% of votes) - according to a CBOS poll.more

A majority of Poles are in favour of revoking the driving licence for life for those who have driven despite a court ban, according to an IBRiS poll for Radio ZET.more

In Q3 2024, housing prices in the EU rose by 3.8% year-on-year and by 1.4% compared to Q2 2024, Eurostat reported. In Poland, housing prices rose by 14.4% year-on-year and 1.6% quarter-on-quarter.more

Due to the poor economic situation and e-commerce competition, 2,000 traditional branches were liquidated in 2024 and another 9,000 suspended their operations - reports "Rzeczpospolita" today.more

44.2 per cent of respondents are of the opinion that it is possible for the government, the president and the opposition to cooperate in activities related to the Polish Presidency of the EU Council; 39.5 per cent of respondents are of the opposite opinion, according to a SW Research poll for rp.pl.more

In the Flixbus coach accident that occurred yesterday on the A11 motorway towards Szczecin on the border with Poland, two people died and 11 were injured, four of them seriously. The fatalities were a 29-year-old woman from an Eastern European country and a 48-year-old German, the local portal rbb reported.more

Patients wait an average of more than four months for medical advice, examination, treatment or surgery. This is the longest in the history of the Watch Health Care Foundation's measurements of accessibility to guaranteed health services conducted since 2012.more

The year 2024 was a good one for Poles and their families, according to a CBOS analysis of public sentiment over the past year. Average ratings of living standards were high and stable. Assessments of the situation in the country were worse than opinions about living conditions. Respondents viewed the political situation negatively.more

Due to a breakdown in airport systems, Chopin Airport is experiencing difficulties in checking in passengers and planes. Emergency procedures have been implemented, the Warsaw airport said on its website today. Currently, planes are arriving and passengers on departing flights are being checked in on a regular basis.more

In 2024, crime in Poland decreased: there were fewer thefts, burglaries and murders. However, there were brazen robberies on the streets - reports "Rzeczpospolita".more

A U.S. citizen has been blocked from entering Poland because her passport was defaced with handwritten notes, border officials said Wednesday. The unidentified passenger arrived at Krakow’s Balice airport on a flight from London shortly after midnight, according to Justyna Drozdz, a local border security spokeswoman.more

8 January saw the launch of LOT Polish Airlines' Grand Promotion. For the next few days, travel enthusiasts will be able to buy tickets at special prices for domestic, short-, medium- and long-haul flights.more

Speaker of the Sejm Szymon Holownia announced today that the presidential election will be held on 18 May. If a second round is necessary, it will be held on 1 June. Formally, the elections will be called in a week's time, on 15 January, and only then will the election campaign begin.more

Companies in the transport and logistics and automotive industries are announcing increased hiring in the coming months, according to a report by ManpowerGroup. Four out of ten companies plan to make new hires in the first quarter of this year.more

From June 2025, it will be possible to fly directly from Wrocław Airport to Rijeka, Croatia's third largest city, Wrocław Airport has announced.more

In 2025, it is worth taking bold steps related to work - believe 76% of the participants of the Pracuj.pl study. More than half of Poles admit that they are preparing for difficult challenges in their professional lives related to the economic situation.more

From January to June this year, inflation will be above 5 per cent, but from July it will fall below 4 per cent. - wrote Bank Pekao economists in a commentary on the CSO's inflation data. In their view, the MPC will start cutting interest rates from September.more

55% of surveyed Poles would like to move to another country, most willingly to Spain - according to a study presented by ARC Rynek i Opinia. Its authors also noted that Poles, when it comes to satisfaction with their lives, are closest to Nigerians, Turks and Bulgarians.more

As many as 60.2 percent of respondents feel anxious when thinking about 2025 – according to a survey conducted by United Surveys by IBRiS for "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more

From January 1, the minimum wage will increase by PLN 366 to PLN 4,666 gross, and the minimum hourly rate to PLN 30.50 gross. According to government estimates, the increase in the minimum wage will cover about 3.2 million people.more

Today, the act on the protection of the population and civil defense comes into force. The regulation will enable the creation of a system of protection of the population, which in the event of war will be able to transform into civil defense. The government will allocate no less than 0.3 percent of GDP annually for the implementation of new solutions.more

In the last week of the year, Poles go for sparkling wines, the sales of which during this period are seven times higher than the average in the remaining weeks. Despite this, this product is slowly losing its seasonality - informs today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

Poles plan to spend an average of PLN 268 on New Year's Eve, an amount comparable to the previous year, according to the survey ‘Poles’ New Year's Eve plans’ commissioned by BIG InfoMonitor's Register of Debtors. It added that 20 per cent of respondents do not intend to incur any additional expenses.more

Universities from Katowice, Gdansk, Warsaw and Opole were among the universities involved in sports science recognised in the Global Ranking of Sport Scene Schools and Departments 2024, announced Prof Grzegorz Krolczyk, Vice-Chancellor for Science and Development at the Opole University of Technology.more