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2 days ago | notesfrompoland.com | Alicja Ptak

Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Poland’s parliament has approved amendments to the labour code that would require employers to provide prospective job applicants with information on salaries and benefits, as part of efforts to increase pay transparency and align with forthcoming EU regulations on pay equity.

3 days ago | notesfrompoland.com | Alicja Ptak

Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Poland’s biggest insurer, PZU, and second-largest bank, Pekao, both of which are partially state owned, have agreed a potential merger that would create a financial giant worth around 100 billion zloty (€23 billion).

3 days ago | notesfrompoland.com | Alicja Ptak

Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. By Alicja PtakWith less than two percentage points separating the winner from the runner-up, Poland’s presidential election was the tightest in the country’s post-communist history.

1 week ago | notesfrompoland.com | Alicja Ptak

Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. A Warsaw court has upheld the conviction of two climate activists who disrupted a concert at the National Philharmonic. It found that their actions exceeded the limits of lawful free expression, even if driven by valid motives, because they infringed upon the rights of others.

1 week ago | notesfrompoland.com | Alicja Ptak

Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Poland’s government has announced 230 million zloty (€54 million) in state support for the construction of what it says will be the world’s largest factory producing towers for offshore wind turbines.