When Professor Alicja Krzemień set out to turn one of Poland’s largest coal-mining waste heaps into a thriving meadow, she faced an uphill battle. Together with fellow researchers in an EU-funded collaboration called RECOVERY, her team revitalised the barren terrain at the Janina mine in Libiąż, southern Poland. They applied soil substitutes, aiming
Poland’s decision to provide military aid to Ukraine marks a significant shift in the country’s foreign policy, and has implications for the broader region. The sale of 12 second-hand F-16 fighter jets at a discounted price is part of a broader effort by Poland to deepen its ties with Ukraine, which it sees
Alexander Mihailov, University of Reading Russian energy giant Gazprom has completely cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Both countries are apparently being punished for refusing Russia’s demand that they pay for their gas in roubles. Other EU countries have also refused to pay in Russian currency (doing so would provide a
EU Commission proposes directive to implement OECD agreement on global tax justice. Multinational corporations such as Amazon, Facebook, and Apple are to pay a minimum tax of 15 % in the future. A tax shifting scheme is also to be adopted, obliging corporations to pay taxes where they generate their profits. Poland is
Poland s incumbent President Andrzej Duda has narrowly beaten challenger Rafal Trzaskowski in Sunday s presidential vote. One of the major issues of the election was the future of the country s strained relations with the European Union. Mr Duda is a social conservative allied with the government led by the nationalist Law