Inflation in Poland stood at 2.5 percent in year-on-year terms in May, the country’s statistics office said on Friday. Pixabay LicenseImage by Photo Mix from Pixabay The reading was in line with a flash estimate released by the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency at the end of last month. In April, the prices of consumer goods and services in Poland were 2.4 percent higher than in the same month a year earlier,
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has announced a significant milestone in the country's military capability, saying that the Polish armed forces now exceed 200,000 personnel. Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.Photo: EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET Speaking after a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Friday that this increase is part of a broader
A tragic accident claimed the life of a tourist in the Tatra Mountains on Thursday. The individual slipped and fell from a great height in the Honoratka Gulch, a notoriously perilous section of the Orla Perć hiking trail. The tourist succumbed to injuries on the spot. Due to poor conditions, including wet and slippery trails from recent rainfall,
The Polish economy is expected to grow 3.7 percent and inflation is seen averaging at 4.1 percent next year, under a set of budget targets adopted by the country's government. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk leads a meeting of his Cabinet in Warsaw on Thursday, June 13, 2024.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka Average employment nationwide is expected to rise 0.7 percent in 2025, while
Polish chief diplomat Radosław Sikorski attributed the defeat of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) in the recent European Parliament elections to its anti-European Union stance. Polish diplomacy chief, Radosław Sikorski.Photo: PAP/Andrzej Jackowski This victory, Sikorski suggested, is a clear indication that the majority of Poles reject the anti-EU sentiments propagated by PiS and seek to play
Polish chief diplomat Radosław Sikorski attributed the defeat of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) in the recent European Parliament elections to its anti-European Union stance. Polish diplomacy chief, Radosław Sikorski.Photo: PAP/Andrzej Jackowski This victory, Sikorski suggested, is a clear indication that the majority of Poles reject the anti-EU sentiments propagated by PiS and seek to play
Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition (KO) won the European Parliament elections on Sunday. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański "We have shown that our choices, our efforts, have a much broader dimension than just our national issues [
Poland’s military gendarmerie units are to assist the country’s army in patrolling the Belarusian border, Polish Radio’s IAR news agency has reported. Residents of Warsaw honour the soldier murdered on the Polish Belarusian borderPhoto: PAP/Marcin Obara Joint patrols are to be launched over the next few days, after head of the gendarmerie suggested the solution to Poland’s
Poland’s Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, has issued a firm demand for Belarusian authorities to identify and extradite the individual responsible for the murder of a Polish soldier who was fatally stabbed while defending the border. Polish diplomacy chief, Radosław Sikorski.Photo: PAP/Marek Zakrzewski “When someone puts a knife on the tip of a spear and strikes through the
Poland’s National Security Council will meet at the start of next week to discuss migrant tensions on the country's eastern border with Belarus, officials have announced. Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks to reporters during a visit to France on Thursday, June 6, 2024.Photo: PAP/Marcin Obara The council is scheduled to convene at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 10, following a decision by President Andrzej Duda, state
