News about Poland
Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that he had returned the Order of the White Eagle—the country’s highest state award, which had been stripped from him by Polish leader Karol Navrotsky—to Poland.
The number of citizens willing to take up arms to defend Poland has nearly halved over the past three years. This trend is particularly alarming among young people under the age of 29.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk acknowledged that at the European Council summit he supported the position of his Hungarian counterpart, Péter Magyar, who insisted that the EU summit’s final document contain no mention of Ukraine’s accelerated accession to the European Union.
The Polish government has unveiled a large-scale investment program for railway infrastructure, which calls for the construction and modernization of more than 10,000 kilometers of railway lines by 2050.
Poland is becoming one of the main hubs for labor migration in Europe. Last year alone, the number of foreign workers in Poland increased by more than 7%—to 1.14 million. At the same time, the concentration of labor migrants in Poland is shifting from large cities (in particular, Warsaw, where foreigners account for 18% of the workforce) to smaller regions—the powiats.
Farmers across many European countries struggled this past winter and spring due to low purchase prices for last year’s potatoes, caused by a record surplus. However, in May and June, the situation began to improve. Prices for new potatoes are currently several times higher than those for last year’s crop.
High activity of Ukrainians has become one of the most important trends on the Polish real estate market. According to official data, in 2025 Ukrainian citizens purchased in Poland more than 9.3 thousand apartments with a total area of 548 thousand square meters – this is more than all other foreigners bought together.
The average pension of a foreigner in Poland is only 1,200 PLN per month (283 euros). This is significantly lower than the national average pension of Poles, which is about PLN 4,000 (EUR 945).
The European Commission has filed a lawsuit against Poland at the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to comply with a climate directive on aviation greenhouse gas emissions.
In Poland, there were reports of so-called mobilization cards from military recruiting centers being sent to citizens. The documents have caused concern among part of the population.
Polish group Orlen is interested in expanding its presence in Ukraine and is considering the possibility of acquiring a stake in Ukrnafta.
In the Polish village of Konotopi, where only about 120 people live, the construction of a large-scale statue of the Virgin Mary is being completed, which may become the highest such monument in Europe.
US President Donald Trump has announced that the US will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland.
Polish farmers have started recruiting staff for the seasonal harvest of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. Offers for foreign workers are becoming increasingly attractive: higher wages, free housing and liberal qualification requirements.
The Polish government will tighten the rules for foreigners to obtain Polish citizenship. Among the proposals are an integration test, a higher level of Polish language and a mandatory “act of loyalty” towards Poland.
Poland has filed a complaint with the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) against the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur (a trade and economic union comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay).
In recent days, there have been reports causing increased interest of fruit business operators in Europe. In the information space of Polish agribusiness there appeared not single opinions that due to spring frosts the apple harvest in this “apple power” can be halved. Fruit traders in Poland rarely hit the bull’s-eye in their initial forecasts. However, now the market situation is so alarming that any “signal shots” have consequences.
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.
