The chain of cheap clothing stores Primark has revealed its plans related to the development on the European market. As announced, the company will open m. two new stores in Poland, reports Money.pl.more

More than 97 percent of Poles used mobile telephony in 2022, 79 percent had access to the Internet, mostly fixed-line (69.8 percent), according to a survey released by the Office of Electronic Communications. It added that TV services were used by 87.5 percent of those surveyed.more

Rare diseases are hardly unique, as they affect 6-8 percent of every country's population - which in Poland's case means up to three million patients. So far, however, their needs have often been overlooked in national health policy, and the list of problems they face, headed by a veritable "diagnostic odyssey," has remained the same for years.more

In February, the mood on the Polish labor market was better than a month earlier. The assessment of the current situation in workplaces has improved, the sense of job security has increased, and the percentage of respondents considering the possibility of losing their job has decreased, according to a new CBOS survey.more

Poles trust the head of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. Behind him was President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Szymon Hołownia made a significant decrease in trust and in the ranking he was behind the PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński - according to the Ibris survey for Onet.more

In 2022, for the first time in 5 years, the share of returns to the country decreased significantly - by as much as 13 p.p. compared to 2021. On the other hand, the share of moving abroad increased. The main destinations for moving out in 2022 were Germany and Spain. The average prices of removals increased - the price of domestic removals by 26%, and from Poland abroad by as much as 39%.more

European tables now depend on supplies from Spain and Morocco, and there the onslaught of winter has brought disaster to the crops; hence the empty shelves and horrendous vegetable prices, with high energy prices doing their part, "Rzeczpospolita" reports today.more

Thirty-eight percent of surveyed Poles are systematically saving, according to the survey "Poles' Own Wallet: saving time." More than five months' wages were accumulated by 28 percent of those who are building a financial cushion, it added.more

As many as 43% of Poles believe that our civilization will soon be destroyed, and 41% of people in this group claim that it will happen in their lifetime. The main reasons for their concerns are: the climate crisis, the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, only 46% of respondents claim that they have the skills necessary to survive after a global cataclysm.more

As of tomorrow, March 1, PKP Intercity's ticket prices will drop to levels from before the increase introduced on January 11 this year. Base prices for TLK and IC category connections will be about 11 percent lower on average, while for EIC and EIP categories they will be about 15 percent lower on average.more

A solar flare was recently recorded on the Sun, and on Earth a geomagnetic storm and high-intensity aurorae were recorded. They were also visible in Poland - informed the Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences.more

Polish airports will serve nearly 44.7 million passengers this year; that's about 91 percent of the passengers from 2019, the last year before the pandemic, Civil Aviation Authority President Piotr Samson forecasts. Risks to the estimate include the war in Ukraine and global macroeconomic conditions, he adds.more

The Ombudsman for Patients' Rights points out that the unjustified administration of vitamin infusions violates the collective rights of patients to health services in accordance with current medical knowledge.more

32 percent Poles are afraid of being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, and 36 percent. afraid of getting the flu. 67% do not have such fears in the case of coronavirus, and 63% in the case of influenza. – results from the February CBOS survey.more

Poles are not afraid that the war that is going on in Ukraine will spread to their country, according to a new IBRiS survey for "Rzeczpospolita".more

56.5 percent of Polish employees have had the opportunity to work with people of another nationality. Most evaluate the cooperation positively, according to the Pracuj.pl report. According to 40 percent, the influx of workers from Ukraine could have a good impact on the Polish economy, but there is no shortage of concerns, including the availability of labor.more

The prosecutor of the military affairs department has filed an indictment with the court against a Russian citizen who has lived in Poland for many years, who he accused of conducting espionage activities for the benefit of Russian intelligence between 2015 and 2022, a spokeswoman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Gdansk, Prosecutor Grazyna Wawryniuk, told the court.more

The popularity of remote work is decreasing in Poland. In October last year 28% worked remotely or hybridly professionally active Poles, i.e. by 6 percentage points. less than in March 2022, according to the summary of the Pracuj.pl study published at the beginning of the week.more

After the restrictions related to the pandemic, customers of Poczta Polska can now send parcels to over 200 countries and territories - both in the form of correspondence, as well as documents or goods - the company announced. She pointed out that customs formalities must be completed when shipping to non-EU countries.more

Redundancies in global big tech companies are a sign of a slowdown, but not a crisis in the IT industry, which still employs in Poland, Rzeczpospolita reports.more

President Biden gave a speech today in the Kubicki Arcades in the gardens of the Royal Castle in Warsaw. His speech began with the song "Freedom" by Kygo.more

US President Joe Biden's visit to Poland is a clear signal to Russia that the Euro-Atlantic community will defend security throughout Europe in a solidarity manner, government spokesman Piotr Müller stressed today.more

According to data from the Central Register of Vehicles and Drivers, last year the number of registered passenger vehicles amounted to over 1.1 million, which means that it decreased by over 13% compared to 2021. In the case of new vehicles, this decrease amounted to less than 5%, and used vehicles – over 18%.more

If the war moved to the territory of Poland, 31 percent. Poles would flee to the West, and one fifth would fight, "Rzeczpospolita" reports, citing the results of a study commissioned by the War Research Laboratory in Ukraine.more

Due to the planned visit of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to Poland, we do not anticipate any difficulties in the functioning of the Warsaw Chopin Airport itself, said Anna Dermont, spokeswoman for the airport.more