Poles used less than half of the ordered influenza vaccines. Now they are taking redundancies on a large scale - "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports today.more

War in Ukraine and price increases - this is what Poles fear the most in the coming 2023, according to a survey prepared by United Surveys for RMF FM and "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna". We are no longer worried about the coronavirus epidemic.more

More than half of the respondents (52.5%) believe that early parliamentary elections should not take place. 41.5% are of the opposite opinion. surveyed - according to the published United Surveys for Wirtualna Polska.more

Turkish Airlines will launch a regular connection from Katowice to Istanbul on March 3, 2023, informed Piotr Adamczyk from the Katowice airport. The courses will run five times a week. It will be the sixth regular carrier at this airport.more

Istebna is the only Polish village awarded by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). It was among the towns that have a chance to be among the "Best tourist villages in the worldmore

During the festive season we tend to act according to established patterns, under time, family and social pressure. Sometimes it is worth stepping away from these, asking not what I have to do, but what I want to do, advises psychologist from the University of Silesia (UŚ) in Katowice, Professor Katarzyna Ślebarska.more

This year, the most popular gifts are mainly practical and reasonably cheap. Due to spending restraint and the search for savings, only 56 per cent of respondents expect to receive a Christmas gift, according to the Gonet.tv survey.more

A supper for four in a modest, self-prepared version costs PLN 145, according to the Christmas Eve basket of "Rzeczpospolita". According to the daily, prices have increased by almost 23 per cent over the year.more

The assessment of the situation in workplaces improved in December, while expectations for the coming year, feelings about job security and the assessment of the possibility of finding a new job near one's place of residence are slightly worse, according to a CBOS survey published on Wednesday.more

A list of professions will be created in which it will not be possible to employ foreigners from outside the EU without checking whether there are any Poles willing to fill the position. The government will introduce such solutions, but only if unemployment increases, "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more

Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski leads the ranking of trust in politicians (39.8 per cent trust), followed by President Andrzej Duda (37.1 per cent trust) and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (36.1 per cent trust), according to an IBRiS poll for Onet.pl.more

More than 70 per cent of Poles say next year will be worse for household budgets, while less than 18 per cent think it will be the same, with almost 10 per cent of respondents predicting 2023 will be better, according to an IBRiS poll for Radio ZET.more

At the beginning of December, 21 percent. of Poles believed that the situation in the country is going in the right direction, and 66 percent was of the opposite opinion. 13% had no opinion on this subject. – results from a CBOS survey.more

The total value of outstanding consumer debt at the end of October this year. amounted to almost PLN 77.4 billion, according to the data collected in the BIG InfoMonitor Register of Debtors and the BIK credit information database.more

According to conservative estimates, Polish support for Ukrainians and Ukraine may amount to as much as PLN 40 billion. PLN 15.9 billion of which is public aid, reports today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

From January to October, it was found to be 30 percent. more thefts in shops than a year ago, informs Maciej Tygielski, an expert on the retail market, citing police data. He believes that one of the main causes is inflation and the rapid impoverishment of society. Food and fast-moving consumer goods are disappearing in stores.more

Nearly half of Poles plan to spend an average of PLN 50 to PLN 100 per person on a Christmas gift, according to a report by UCE Research and the BLIX Group. This year, as in the previous year, Poles will most often prepare gifts for 4-5 people and give them mainly cosmetic products.more

Due to the increase in inflation, more than half of Poles experience deterioration of mental health. This group has grown by over 7 p.p. in four months. Currently, this problem is mainly faced by young people from small towns. The most common symptom is constant anxiety, which affects as many as 60% of respondents, according to a cyclical public opinion poll.more

Poland rose to 15th place in the world last year in terms of the number of new industrial robots. More than 3,300 of them were installed, 56 per cent more than in 2020, when robotisation was halted by the outbreak of a pandemic, 'Rzeczpospolita' reported.more

"Currently, two new Omicron mutations - subvariants BQ.1 and BQ 1.1 - are dominant in Europe. Any moment now, we expect these viruses to reach Poland as well and become dominant in our country," - claims virologist Professor Agnieszka Szuster-Ciesielska. She estimates, however, that there is very little chance of the XBB strain becoming dominant in Europe.more

35 percent of Poles believe that spending on food will consume a larger part of the Christmas budget, according to the Kantar Public report. At the same time, 29 percent of respondents plan to allocate smaller amounts for gifts, and 17 percent. wants to reduce the portions of prepared dishes.more

The highest pension paid by ZUS to a woman is over PLN 26 thousand; this person retired at the age of 81. Among men, the highest benefit is PLN 37.8 thousand. In this case, the age of retirement is 85, informed the President of ZUS, Professor Gertruda Uścińska.more

In the first ten months of the CEIDG register received 6% more applications for setting up a sole proprietorship than in the same period last year. At the same time, the number of applications for the resumption of JDG increased by over 8%. According to experts, however, no increase in the number of established companies should be expected in the near future.more

Working parents still have uphill in companies, according to the latest research. To fix this, a profound change in the organizational culture in Polish business is necessary, according to research by the Polish Economic Institute, cited by Rzeczpospolita.more

As many as 77% of Poles see room for improvement in terms of the functionality of their house or apartment, according to a new VOX report. Especially our bathrooms, kitchens and living rooms need changes. However, we rarely or very rarely turn dreams into reality, which is mainly influenced by finances.more