Polish energy company Orlen Synthos Green Energy and US-based GE Vernova Hitachi have signed an agreement to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) for Poland, in a ceremony held at the US Department of Energy in Washington. Polish Energy Minister Miłosz Motyka speaks in Washington as Poland signs an SMR agreement with US-based GE Vernova Hitachi.Photo: Courtesy
Unemployment in Poland inched up to 6 percent in January, from 5.7 percent in December, the country's statistics office reported on Tuesday. Pixabay LicenseImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The figure was in line with an earlier estimate by the labour ministry. There were around 934,100 people without jobs across the nation at the end of January, up from 887,900 a month earlier, according to the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency. A year earlier, the unemployment rate
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants a 2027 date for his country’s entry into the European Union written into a future peace agreement with Russia, with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen backing an accelerated “reverse” membership model. FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Polish President
Opponents of the EU’s SAFE defence investment programme gathered Saturday outside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, urging President Karol Nawrocki to veto legislation that would allow Poland to access billions in low-interest EU loans. Protesters in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka The demonstration came after the Senate approved the bill on Thursday with
Following Hungary’s warning to block EU aid over the Druzhba pipeline, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has issued an ultimatum to Kyiv. Fico said that if Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline is not resumed by Monday, February 23, Bratislava will suspend emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek Oil deliveries
Poland, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy agreed on Friday to develop joint drone strike capabilities, their defence ministers said after meeting in the southern Polish city of Kraków. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Italian Undersecretary of Defence Isabella Rauti, France's Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin, Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław
Poland is quitting the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines and finalizing a new mine-laying system that will let it mine its eastern border within 48 hours, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. Tusk added that work was being completed on the Bluszcz scatterable mine-laying system, calling it “key for Poland’s security, the security of Polish
Poland’s government has approved draft legislation that would let labor inspectors turn some civil-law and business-to-business contracts into standard employment, a change long sought by unions and opposed by many employers. Pixabay LicenseImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Government spokesman Adam Szłapka said on Tuesday that the Cabinet had adopted a proposal that would allow inspectors to determine
Poland’s president will be represented by a senior aide at the first meeting of the US-led Board of Peace in Washington this week, the presidential spokesman said on Tuesday, as the government signals it does not plan to join the initiative for now. Marcin PrzydaczPR1 Rafał Leśkiewicz, spokesman for President Karol Nawrocki, said on X that Marcin
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has reiterated his support for the US-led Board of Peace, saying Poland’s involvement in the initiative would benefit the country. Polish President Karol Nawrocki.Photo: PAP/Artur Reszko The body is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Thursday. Nawrocki told broadcaster Polsat News on Sunday that no decision had been made on whether he would
