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Ministry of Development: 3.6 percent GDP growth attainable in the entire 2016

According to the Ministry of Development represented by Deputy Minister Jerzy Kwieciński, Polish economy will speed up in the second half of the year, and the main driver of growth will be public investment. According to his assessment, 3.6 percent GDP growth in the entire 2016 is attainable.   „I think real 3.6 percent is certainly achievable. You will see how the economy expands in the second half of the year” – he said, referring to the prognoses of the Ministry of Development. Read more

Public car rental system soon also in Warsaw

Warsaw plans launching car rental in the formula of the so-called carsharing as soon as in the second half of 2017. Initially, there are to be from 300 to 500 cars. The expected fee for one minute of usage is 1.2 PLN and the city has already started to look for a company that could service such system.   The main objective of launching carsharing is retrieving city public space, which currently in a huge extend is occupied by private cars. According to long-term prognoses, one public car Read more

Another huge wind farm in Poland

Polenergia company as the first Polish entity was granted a decision on environment conditions from Regional Dicrectorate of Environemtn Protection  in Gdańsk for the construction of Offshore Wind Farm Middle Baltic III. The projected plant power is 600 MW, and the decision regarding further 600 MW is expected later this year. This is going to be one of the biggest wind farms on the Baltic Sea.   Issuing the decision to Polenergia means it received the green light to start works on the Read more

Where to go on holiday in the era of terror threats?

Fear of terrorist attacks made both Poles and inhabitants of other European countries choose completely different holiday destinations than they would only a few years ago.   Egypt or Tunisia, in demand for many years, are a thing of the past, and the recently packed tourist resorts are now half-empty. Until recently, many tourists would also choose Turkey, but this country has lost its charm as well due to state of emergency declared after the coup attempt.   Tourists are also afr Read more

Spread refund for Polish borrowers

President Andrzej Duda as early as his election campaign talked about the plans of currency conversion of the loans denominated in Swiss francs taken up by the citizens. The pledge to many interested parties seemed to be a means to solve the existing problem. In practice, mortgage borrowers are only to be refunded spread, and in the so-called franc bill there is one threshold – 350 thousand PLN per borrower.   Spread is a type of fee the bank charges each time it converts the value of m Read more

Amendments to Polish public procurement law

Public procurement law regulates all legal aspects connected with public tender proceedings in Poland. The legal acts within this scope also constitutes foundation for the mechanism of spending EU funding. From the latest amendments, the criterion of the lowest price will cease to dominate. What is more, it will be vital to employ contractors on the basis of employment relationship, and it will be possible to order tasks to subsidiary companies without organizing tender proceedings for this purp Read more
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