News about Poland
Poland and Lithuania offer the United States a new bridgehead: the countries are ready to accept troops withdrawn from Germany and strengthen NATO’s eastern flank. This was announced by Polish President Karol Nawrocki during a joint exercise in Lithuania.
In Poland’s Radom, border guards in the course of an inspection of a transportation company found irregularities in the procedure for admitting foreign drivers to work. Potential problems could potentially arise for many Polish transportation companies, which often hire employees in Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
The strategy of long-term storage of apples in expectation of a higher price at the end of the season did not justify itself. The dynamics of the fruit market in Europe developed in the opposite direction – stagnation or decrease in prices for dessert and industrial apples. As a result, growers in Ukraine, Poland and Moldova, at best, gained nothing, and at worst – suffered financial losses.
Poland has seen the world’s fastest growth in the number of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWIs) – individuals with net worth over $30 million – over the past five years.
A trend towards massive reduction in the number of employees and vacancies has been noted by employers in Poland since the beginning of 2026. Key labor market indicators show a gradual cooling of economic activity.
Over the last five years, prices in Poland have markedly approached the prices of the EU countries with the most developed level of economy. Five years ago, living in Poland was 45% cheaper than in Germany, but this difference is decreasing year by year. According to Eurostat, in 2025 Poland will continue to catch up with the more expensive EU countries in terms of price level, although the growth rate has slowed down slightly.
Yesterday, Polish financial and technical company ZEN.com won the tender “to withdraw the bankrupt PINbank from the Ukrainian market”. The company will buy 100 percent of the institution’s shares from the state Deposit Guarantee Fund. Apparently, a new foreign player will enter the Ukrainian market of financial services.
The Armed Forces Operational Command has denied that Poland is providing its airspace for “offensive actions against Russia”. This is a response to emerging reports claiming that Poland allegedly allowed Ukraine to attack Russian ports through its territory. Earlier, the authorities of the Baltic states also denied such theses.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has decided to block a law on the country’s participation in the EU’s SAFE program, under which Poland claims about 44 billion euros in rearmament loans.
Over the past year, Poland has detained five criminal bosses from the post-Soviet space: four citizens of Georgia and one citizen of Belarus. In such cases, there are problems with deportation: their countries of citizenship are not in a hurry to accept them.
Romanian President Nicusor Dan reported on social media a productive meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, during which they discussed Romania’s and Poland’s shared responsibility to strengthen the security of the eastern flank and the entire continent.
According to the results of 2025, the share of Poland in the import of agro-food products to Ukraine amounted to 42% – it is slightly less than the total share of the nearest competitors (Germany and Turkey), reports Logos Press.
Polish law enforcers should be prepared for a worsening crime situation in the context of a possible influx of AFU soldiers into Poland and the EU as a whole after the end of the conflict in Ukraine, Logos Press reports.
The Polish Foreign Ministry has warned that consular assistance to Polish citizens may be limited due to the reduction of diplomatic staff in Russia. Poles in Russia were advised to leave the country, Logos Press reported.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki said he is “a big supporter of Poland’s entry into the nuclear project” and the country “should go that way,” according to Logos Press.
