PWN Scientific Publisher was placed in the latest business ranking "Forbes Diamonds", which every year creates a list of Polish companies that have been increasing their value the fastest over the last three years of business. We know that both 2020 and 2021 were very difficult years because of the pandemic that is underway. Polish Press Agency (PAP) asked Natalia Wojciechowska, the President of Lifelong Learning Strategy how they had overcome all those difficulties and how they had achieved such good results.
On Monday evening, CID officers from the provincial and city police headquarters in Bydgoszcz detained Wojciech O., who, during a Saturday gathering, called for crimes, including the murder of politicians. The detainee is expected to be charged on Tuesday.
The call for entries for the second edition of the Hestia Literary Travel contest, an initiative honouring the best Polish books written for children and young people between 10 and 15 years of age, has just been launched. This year, the Hestia Literary Journey Award, whose patron is ERGO Hestia, will be granted again. The contest is organized by the Hestia Artistic Journey Foundation in partnership with the Wisława Szymborska Foundation.
In 2020 expenditure on research and development, from both enterprises and public administration, increased by 0.7%, reaching the level of PLN 32.4 billion. This means that the pandemic has not broken the nearly decade-long trend of continuous increase in innovation expenditure in Poland, but we are still average at best when compared to the western EU Member States.
Experts in the field of energy and economics spoke on Republika TV’s program. Marek Zuber, Wojciech Jakóbik, and Daniel Czyżewski commented on the rising gas prices, policy of the Russian Federation, and diversification of supplies and energy transition.
The Spokesperson of the Minister-Special Services Coordinator made a post on Twitter in which he referred to recent media statements by Alexander Lukashenko. As he pointed out, the Belarusian politician "once again manipulates the Belarus-West relations, arguing that the aggressive attitude of the U.S. leads to tensions between the West and Minsk." "This time the accusations also involve Poland and the Baltic countries. They are, in Lukashenko's narrative, being used by the United States against Belarus," he reported.
BioMaxima S.A. primarily manufactures and sells microbiological culture media, as well as supplements, additives and other components of microbiological media for industrial laboratories. In...
PKN ORLEN has been recognized as a top employer by experts from the Top Employers’ Institute. For the eleventh time, the Company has been included in the prestigious ranking of companies meeting the highest global standards in human resources policy. ANWIL, an ORLEN Group company, was also distinguished in the ranking
This could be a record-breaking holiday in the country, as long as the next wave of pandemics doesn't bring new restrictions. Bookings - especially last-minute ones - are on the rise and there are more than twice as many as before the pandemic, although prices against 2019 have increased by an average of 15%, according to an analysis of the Noclegi.pl platform.
The European Commission has to assess the rule of law in each member state and it has the biggest reservations regarding Poland and Hungary - points out MEP Bogusław Liberadzki (SLD/S&D). According to Andrzej Halicki (PO/EPP), the situation is a stalemate, which endangers the payment of EU funds. Ryszard Czarnecki (PiS/ECR), who is sure that Poland will receive the money, takes a different view. "It's not a question of if, it's a question of when," he emphasizes. Jadwiga Wiśniewska, MEP (PiS/ECR) believes that the European Commission is exceeding its competencies by delaying the approval of the Polish National Recovery Plan.
It was a very difficult match for Iga Świątek, but finally, after 150 minutes, the Pole defeated Sorana Cirstea 5:7, 6:3, 6:3 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open! The Pole has never gone this far in this tournament before.
In the east and foothills snow and frost, even to -20 degrees in the Carpathians, and the west of the high clouds and rain - this is the promise of the current week.
Omicron will infect people who have been omitted by the other variants and provide long-term immunity. Along with immunity from vaccines, it may be the last variant that focuses so much of our attention, says evolutionary biologist Dr Rafal Mostowy. "One hopes that at some point Sars-CoV-2 infection will become like the common cold," adds Professor of Medical Sciences Wojciech Szczeklik.
Iga Swiatek advanced to the best 16 of the Grand Slam Australian Open for the third time in a row. The Polish tennis player on Saturday night in Melbourne got her revenge on Daria Kasatkina for last season's defeat in Eastbourne and at the same time avenged Magda Linette, whom the Russian defeated in the second round on the antipodes a few days ago.
The European Parliament has condemned the deterioration of human rights in Hong Kong. MEPs call on EU Council to introduce targeted sanctions; they also call for a diplomatic and political boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The European Parliament "condemned in the strongest terms" the deterioration of human rights in Hong Kong, including severe restrictions on freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of the press.
On Saturday the World Cup competition on the 142-meter hill will start at 4:15 pm in Titisee-Neustadt. Slovene Cene Prevc was unbeatable in the qualification with 135.5 m. Five Polish jumpers could qualify for the competition and the best of them, Jakub Wolny, finished 24th with a jump of 120.5 m.
Winged tenants live in most buildings. Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), which grants bonuses from the Thermo-modernization and Renovation Fund (FTiR), encourages investors to cooperate with ornithologists and install nesting boxes to compensate for birds' nests lost due to investment works. "Birds are our allies and when renovating buildings, it is important to protect their habitat," says Przemysław Osuch of BGK.
The Polish Press Agency (PAP) has launched a photo project called History of Polish Brands, as part of which it organizes thematic exhibitions of archival PAP photos. A dedicated website will publish unique photographs, articles and videos showing the development of Polish companies.
