Discount stores are stopping price increases, but Poles will face "deferred price increase"

From the latest edition of the periodically published report entitled 'PRICE INDEX IN RETAIL STORES' shows that in April this year. prices in stores (including food, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, household chemicals and children's products) increased on average by 2.4% y/y. In March they increased y/y. by 2.1%, in February - by 3.9%, and in January - by 4.8% y/y.more

The regulations regarding the movement of pets on the premises of the parliament are being finalized. The meeting room and culture are to be closed to them - reported "Rzeczpospolita".more

Although the minimum pension is PLN 1,780.96 gross, almost 400,000 Poles can only dream of such money. ZUS information shows that the lowest benefit, i.e. 2 groszy, is received by a resident of Biłgoraj, because she worked only one day - writes "Fakt" today.more

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Poland will not accept any migrants under the migration pact, assured Prime Minister Donald Tusk. He added that Poland accepted hundreds of thousands. migrants in connection with the Russian-Ukrainian war and tens of thousands migrants from Belarus.more

The city where the average salary is the highest is Kraków - the "Fakt" daily reported. The average salary for March here exceeded PLN 11,000. more

The Kuwaiti low-cost airline Jazeera Airways will launch a direct connection between the capital of this country, Kuwait, and Krakow from June 11, the carrier announced on its social media profile.more

Immigrants from Asia and Latin America, despite language barriers and a long employment process, show great willingness to work in Poland. Their number has increased several times over the past five years - according to a study by EWL Group and the Eastern Europe Study Center at the University of Warsaw.more

A unique event is approaching, which is already arousing interest among professionals involved in international trade. The "Polish Trade Finance Symposium 2024", organized by MERGE, will be held on May 15-16 at Crowne Plaza Warsaw - The Hub. One of the media patrons is the Londonek.net portal.more

Support for medium and large businesses for adopting the common currency decreased slightly from 54%. up to 48 percent In turn, 42 percent is against adopting the euro - reports "Rzeczpospolita" today.more

Companies choose smaller premises and coworking spaces. "Rzeczpospolita" reported on how the office market is changing.more

Chopin Airport may continue to operate in a limited form after the construction of the port in Baranów - said Andrzej Ilków, president of Polish Airlines, in "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna". In an interview for "DGP", the president of PLL noted that the expansion of the Warsaw airport "makes great sense".more

Prices of apartments based on notarial deeds continue to grow, although slightly slower than in previous months. However, rental costs are becoming less and less - reported "Puls Biznesu".more

Problems with finding staff are the biggest problem of this business - say hoteliers quoted in Thursday's "Gazeta Wyborcza". Even though companies looking for seasonal employees offer benefits, it is difficult for them to find interested people.more

68 percent respondents prefer the introduction of a four-day working week of 8 hours to shortening working hours to 6.4 hours. per day - according to a study conducted by ClickMeeting. 40 percent Poles believe that the income of employees and companies will not change during a shortened working week.more

The IT sector is perceived by employees in Poland as the most attractive; it was indicated by 51 percent. respondents - according to the Randstad Employer Brand Research report. Compared to last year's survey, the industry advanced from 8th position.more

Preliminary calculations prepared for "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" by Łukasz Kozłowski, chief economist of the Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs, show that in 2025 the minimum wage will amount to over PLN 4,500.more

Charter holiday flights to Turkey and Albania will be operated from Olsztyn Mazury Airport from June. In the winter season, passengers will be able to fly to Kenya, according to port spokesman Dariusz Naworski.more

18.3 per cent of respondents believe that former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki should become the Law and Justice party's candidate for president in 2025. 8.6 per cent of respondents pointed to MP Przemysław Chernek and 8.2 per cent to Law and Justice club leader Mariusz Blaszczak - according to a United Surveys poll for wp.pl.more

Marshal of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia opens the April CBOS trust ranking. In second place is the deputy prime minister and head of the Ministry of National Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. In third place, ex aequo, are the mayor of the capital, Rafał Trzaskowski, and the president of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda. The president of PiS, Jarosław Kaczyński, is met with the greatest distrust.more

Housing in Poland is growing more expensive at a very fast pace. Buying the M of your dreams is becoming more challenging every year. However, what is a problem in the country may look a little different from the perspective of Poles who have emigrated to the UK for work purposes and are planning to return to their homeland.more

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised that Poles will be wealthier than Britons by the 25th anniversary. The head of government thus referred to the World Bank's prediction that income per head in 2025 will be higher in Poland than in the UK.more

PPL has announced its decision to expand Warsaw's Chopin Airport to a capacity of around 30 million passengers per year in 2029. According to CPK plenipotentiary Maciej Lasek, in 2035 all air traffic from Warsaw will be able to be transferred to the planned port in Baranowo.more

During 20 years of its presence in the EU, Poland has made an economic leap. This is proven by statistics, which show that although Poland is still separated from the strongest Western economies, it is already smaller than in the case of, for example, Portugal and Spain, which joined the Community in 1986. According to experts, the results would not be so good if Poland did not join the EU.more

Poles are the second longest working nation in the EU after the Greeks; we work three hours longer per week than the EU average, according to a report by the Polish Economic Institute. In Poland, 5 per cent of people work part-time, while the average for EU countries is 17 per cent. - it noted.more

At the end of 2023, Poland's population will reach 37,637,000, less than 130,000 less than in 2022. - according to a report by the Central Statistical Office. More than 272,000 live births were registered. This is the lowest number of births recorded in the entire post-war period.more

87 per cent of employers are encouraging employees to return to the office and 33 per cent have made office attendance mandatory in various forms, according to a recent report by JLL. The publication indicated that Poles spend 60 per cent of their pre-pandemic time in the office.more