Poland

Poland

NATO files on the Martial Law handed over to Poland

Article | December 18, 2011 - 5:38pm

A ceremony to hand over to Poland a new batch of NATO files covering the period of 1980-1984 was held on 13 December, during the opening of the exhibition ‘Poland – a Long Journey to Freedom’ at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

Comments (1) | Undersecretary

Undersecretary

EIB supports Polish transport infrastructure

Article | December 16, 2011 - 10:36am

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing two loans totalling €735 million in Poland: €600m to finance the extension of the A4 motorway and S17 express-way, both located in South-Eastern Poland, and PLN 600 million (approx. €135m) to support the construction and operation of the first Polish LNG terminal in Swinoujscie on...

Comment | Poland

Poland

PKN ORLEN to import gas from Germany

Article | December 11, 2011 - 2:08pm

In 2012, the Polish energy firm ORLEN Group will import approximately 90 million cubic metres of natural gas from the western direction. The gas will be delivered by RWE Supply & Trading GmbH and Entrade Grupa Sp. z o.o. to PKN ORLEN's plant in Płock and to Anwil in Włocławek, this was recently announced.

Comment | The ORLEN Group

The ORLEN Group

Mentors to promote female entrepreneurship across EU

Article | December 1, 2011 - 3:16pm

A new European network of mentors to promote female entrepreneurship through the sharing of know-how and experience has recently been launched by the European Commission.

Comment | Warsaw

Warsaw

Single European Sky flying high

Article | November 28, 2011 - 4:36pm

Decision-makers and business leaders from across Europe met in Warsaw on 28 November to discuss implementation of the Single European Sky (SES).

Comment | Airlines

Airlines

Commission takes Italy and Poland to Court for EU capital requirement rules

Article | November 24, 2011 - 3:29pm

The European Commission has issued a decision to take Italy and Poland to the European Court of Justice for failure to transpose the provisions of the Third Directive on capital requirements.

Comment | Financial Services & Insurance

Financial Services & Insurance

Commission to request ECJ fines Poland over lack of environmental legislation complience

Article | November 24, 2011 - 3:26pm

The European Commission has decided to refer Poland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), asking for financial penalties to be imposed for two failures to transpose EU legislation into national law.

Comment | Poland

Poland

Commission gets tough with Polish telecoms regulator

Article | November 21, 2011 - 12:59pm

The European Commission has used new powers under the Telecoms Directive to stop plans by the Polish telecoms regulator to set mobile termination rates for a Polish mobile operator without conducting the necessary procedures.

Comment | Digital Agenda

Digital Agenda

Law and Justice Party set to split

Article | November 18, 2011 - 11:30am

Poland's right-wing opposition Law and Justice party looked set to split Tuesday after it expelled 17 party members from its ranks when they formed a separate political club in parliament.

Comment | Zbigniew Ziobro

Zbigniew Ziobro

Ukraine pressure: Nord Stream line two speeds up

Article | November 16, 2011 - 7:30pm

The second line of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany is going faster than planned, Nord Stream’s Deputy Communications Director Jens D. Müller told New Europe on 16 November.

Comment | Greifswald

Greifswald

Alternative perspectives on migration from eastern Europe

Article | November 16, 2011 - 1:30pm

Prior to the May 2004 enlargement, which added eight member states from eastern Europe to the existing 15 member states, there were strong concerns that citizens from the new member states would flood the labour markets of the EU 15, lowering wages and increasing unemployment.

Comment | Poland

Poland

Top 27 EU-funded projects enter competition

Article | November 14, 2011 - 12:03pm

DG Financial Programming and Budget has chosen a small cross-section of successful funding projects in the EU's regions to take place in a competition for the best project funded by the EU.

Comment | energy

energy