Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło surprised everyone at a press conference when she announce the government’s plans for increasing the minimum wage in Poland. Although a raise was expected, the new minimum wage amount came as a surprise. The government wants to set it at 2,000 PLN gross. Currently, the official minimum remuneration for a…
Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s Minister of Development, has a plan. Soon, Poland will join the green revolution. Polish economy is to get a boost from electric mobility, he says. Electric cars do not enjoy great popularity in Poland, but so far the government did not act in any way to jolt interest in this technology. The…
Monday was an unusual day for Marek Belka, the President of the National Bank of Poland. The President showcased a new banknote that is to be introduced in Poland in 2017. The new banknote will have the face value of 500 PLN. This means there will be six notes on the Polish market in total….
Central Statistical Office released a report called “Poland in Figures” presenting the most up-to-date data on the Polish economy. The document presents information on several socio-economic areas, such as the labour market, prices, environment, culture or finances. The document gives an insight into the lives of Mr Kowalski, at least from the statistical point of…
Are we going to have a major fiscal system overhaul in two years in Poland? It is pretty likely, as state officials reveal some ground-shifting plans with respect to Personal Income Tax and other state levies. Henryk Kowalczyk, Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers, in a press conference shared the ideas…
Numerous cities in Poland has city bike rental, but not a single place decided to offer its citizens and visitors carsharing service. It appear that the title of the trailblazer will soon go to Kraków. It has been announced the city council is going to carry out technical consultations on this matter. The city wants…
In the view of many people, Polish public administration have not quite cash up with the modern world yet. However, this is soon to change, at least in one respect. Public offices will soon enable mobile payments. Dealing with public administration way too often means standing in long queues, tons of red tape, and time…
The European Commission has just published its country-specific recommendations indicating the macroeconomic areas on which the Member States need to focus on. The guidance is part of the European Semester economic policy coordination programme. The aim of country-specific recommendations (CSRs) is to highlight the areas that each country needs to improve in order to boost…
It is official – Google has plans to introduce its mobile payment system Android Pay to Poland in the second half of 2016. The information was shared by Erika Wool from Google, who called Poland one of the company’s priority markets. Details are to be revealed in the summer. The new system which allows customers…
What banking has to do with transportation services? Apparently, quite a lot. Polish Alior Bank and Silicon Valley’s car transport company Uber have recently forged an alliance. Alior Bank is household name in Poland, boasting a network of 800 branches and agents across the country and over 3 million clients. The company is active in…
