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5 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 has launched a new free health screening programme for people aged 20 and above, aiming to boost early detection of problems and promote preventive care.
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6 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. The National Bank of Poland (NBP) now holds 509.3 tonnes of gold, exceeding the reserves of the European Central Bank (ECB), says NBP governor Adam Glapiński.
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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 central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time since October 2023, citing slowing inflation and weakening economic activity as grounds for easing monetary policy.
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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 was the only European Union country to record positive consumer sentiment in April.
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2 weeks 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. The Polish city of Gdynia has found an unlikely ally in its ongoing battle with wild boars: flowers.
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2 weeks 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. Polish presidential candidate Magdalena Biejat has announced that she is reporting one of her rivals, Grzegorz Braun, to prosecutors over remarks during a televised debate on Monday that she says were antisemitic and violate Poland’s hate-crime laws.
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2 weeks 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. Exhumation work has begun in a former Polish village in western Ukraine to locate, identify and rebury the remains of dozens of ethnic Poles who were among around 100,000 killed as part of the Volhynia massacres carried out by Ukrainian nationalists during World War Two.
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2 weeks 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 foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, has warned President Andrzej Duda, who is an opponent of the government, not to become a modern-day Neville Chamberlain by appeasing Russia. His remarks came after Duda called on Ukraine to make concessions to bring an end to the war.
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2 weeks 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 benchmark WIG stock index surpassed the 100,000-point mark for the first time on Thursday, a symbolic milestone that reflects investor confidence and sustained market growth.
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2 weeks 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 will move forward with a sweeping deregulation package, intended to simplify laws and cut red tape, immediately after the upcoming presidential election, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday.