This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an aid package to support the construction and operation of the first nuclear power plant in Poland. The nuclear plant, with an electricity generation capacity of up to 3 750 MW, is scheduled to […]Commission approves State aid for the construction and operation of Poland’s first nuclear power plant
December 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an aid package to support the construction and operation of the first nuclear power plant in Poland. The nuclear plant, with an electricity generation capacity of up to 3 750 MW, is scheduled to […]Ukraine: Guterres greatly concerned over reported Russian incursion into Polish airspace
September 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General is closely monitoring reports that Russian drones violated Polish airspace overnight into Wednesday, resulting in damage to some residential areas. Speaking at the regular news briefing in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said António Guterres is following the ensuing diplomatic fallout across the […]€280 million to help Austria, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova recover from floods
May 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has proposed to allocate €280 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to support flood recovery in Austria, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova. This initiative was taken in response to the severe floods that affected these […]Poland: EIB extends €700 million for development of two major new offshore wind farms
May 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an agreement to provide €700 million for the construction of two large-scale offshore wind farms developed by Norway’s Equinor and Poland’s Polenergia off the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea. The twin Bałtyk 2 and Baltyk 3 wind farms will […]EIB extends over €525 million to Poland’s top utility PGE for renewable energy production
April 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted PLN 2.25 billion to Poland’s top utility PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) to support renewable energy production. The favourable loan will allow PGE to develop its network of photovoltaic installations throughout the country and to modernise an existing pumped-storage power plant. The […]EIB Group’s financing in Poland grew to €5.7 billion in 2024
March 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group’s financing in Poland rose 10% on the year in 2024, reaching €5.7 billion and helping accelerate modern development of cities and regions, as well as energy transition. Support to business competitiveness and national security complemented the EU bank’s comprehensive engagement […]Poland: New cooperation between EIB Group and Santander Bank Polska to boost SMEs and female entrepreneurship
February 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Investment Fund (EIF), Santander Bank Polska and Santander Leasing have signed a new agreement to support lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in Poland, with particular focus on financing businesses that meet gender equality criteria. The cooperation is set […]Poland: EIB contributes €400 million to building the EU’s largest offshore wind farm
February 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an agreement to support Poland’s largest utility Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) with a €400 mln loan towards the design and construction of Baltica 2, the European Union’s largest offshore wind farm to date. Baltica 2 will feature innovative technology for […]EBRD and Bank Millennium sign their first joint synthetic securitisation in Poland
January 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is advancing the broader use of innovative financial instruments in Poland by signing a synthetic securitisation deal and new lending commitment with Bank Millenium. It is the EBRD’s second capital relief transaction in Poland. The EBRD is providing […]EBRD invests in eTravel, Poland’s leading business travel management firm
January 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing in Poland’s leading business travel management company, eTravel. The Bank has acquired an indirect stake in the company in tandem with Enterprise Investors Fund IX, a private equity fund in which the EBRD is a limited partner. […]A strong Poland means that a strong Europe is real: President Metsola
December 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. In the margins of Parliament’s Conference of Presidents’ visit to Warsaw ahead of the Polish EU Council Presidency, President Metsola delivered the following speech. Keynote speech by EP President Roberta Metsola at a discussion organised by Polityka Insight “Good afternoon everyone. It is a […]Poland: EIB extends over €200 million to ORLEN Group to advance energy transition
November 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and ORLEN Group, Poland’s largest energy company, signed a PLN 900 million loan agreement for projects supporting energy transition. The funds will be used to invest in strengthening and expanding the power grid of Energa, a distribution system operator majority owned by ORLEN. […]Poland: small and medium-sized companies to gain financing from €150 million EIB loan to Pekao Leasing
October 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Poland’s Pekao Leasing €150 million to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country. The EIB credit to the unit of Bank Pekao SA will expand financing for Polish SMEs, with most of the funds going […]Commission approves €1.2 billion Polish State aid scheme to support investments in strategic sectors to foster the transition to a net-zero economy
September 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved an around €1.2 billion (PLN 5 billion) Polish scheme to support investments in strategic sectors to foster the transition towards a net-zero economy. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (‘TCTF’) adopted by the Commission […]EIB advocates for more investment and green financing at Poland’s leading economic conference
September 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. European Investment Bank delegation led by Vice-President Teresa Czerwińska participated in the Economic Forum, Poland’s leading economic conference that took place in the south-western town of Karpacz on Sept.3-5. For the second year running, the EIB contributed to a respected economic report authored by Poland’s top […]Rights experts reveal impact of Poland’s restrictive abortion laws on women
August 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The rights of women in Poland are currently being violated due to restrictive abortion laws that have contributed to “several preventable deaths,” according to independent rights experts on Monday. These restrictive laws have forced many women to carry unwanted pregnancies to term, travel abroad to have legal abortions […]Poland: EIB extends loan worth more than €230 million to PGE to modernise Polish railway’s power system
July 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), Poland’s top utility, received a PLN 1 billion loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to upgrade power systems for the country’s railway network. The 18-year credit marks the EIB’s sixth contract with the group, which currently benefits from credit lines at […]EBRD invests in Polish sports e-tailer R-Gol
July 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing €20 million in Poland’s leading football merchandise e-retailer, R-Gol, together with private equity fund Innova/7, in which the EBRD is also a limited partner. The EBRD’s investment, as part of a €51.9 million equity round, will […]Commission allocates €77 million in emergency support to farmers in Austria, Czechia, Poland and Portugal
July 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission proposed to mobilise €77 million from the agricultural reserve to support farmers from the fruit, vegetables and wine sectors of Austria, Czechia, Poland who have recently suffered from adverse climatic events of unprecedented magnitude, as well as Portuguese wine producers who […]Croatia, France and Poland join EU’s strategic reserves for chemical, biological and radiological emergencies
February 21, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. To improve the EU preparedness and response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats, the Commission is building strategic reserves of response capacities through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA). Today, Croatia, France, and Poland […]Poland: EU opens medical evacuations hub to facilitate transfers of Ukrainian patients
September 2, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, is in Poland to officially open the new EU Medevac Hub for medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients together with Ministers of Health from Poland and Ukraine. The hub is strategically located near the Polish city of […]State aid: Commission approves modifications to Polish scheme, including €5.1 billion budget increase, to support companies in context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
August 12, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved modifications, including a budget increase of €5.1 billion (PLN 24.5 billion), to an existing Polish scheme to support companies across sectors in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The amendments were approved under the Temporary Crisis Framework, adopted […]NextGenerationEU: European Commission endorses Poland’s €35.4 billion recovery and resilience plan
June 2, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today given a positive assessment of Poland’s recovery and resilience plan, an important step towards the EU disbursing €23.9 billion in grants and €11.5 billion in loans under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). This financing will support the implementation […]EU values in Poland: MEPs wrap-up fact-finding visit to Warsaw
February 23, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Wednesday, an EP delegation ended its three-day visit to Poland, where MEPs met politicians, judges, civil society and journalists, to assess the rule of law situation. MEPs collected first-hand information about Parliament’s long-standing concerns, with a particular focus on the independence of the […]Rule of law: MEPs travel to Poland to assess respect of EU values
February 21, 2022 by 11 Comments
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. An EP delegation will travel to Warsaw next week to look into the rule of law situation in Poland, in the framework of the ongoing Article 7 procedure. Ten MEPs from the Civil Liberties and Constitutional Affairs committees will be in Poland from Monday […]EU values in Poland: MEPs concerned about continuous deterioration
December 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Wednesday, Parliament took stock of developments in Poland, with many speakers calling for action to halt the backsliding on the rule of law and fundamental rights. In a debate with Minister Anže Logar representing the Slovenian Presidency and Commission Vice-President for Promoting the […]Poland: MEPs call for the primacy of EU law to be upheld
October 19, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Parliament asks the Commission to act immediately to defend Polish citizens and the foundations of EU law, by triggering the conditionality mechanism. In a heated plenary debate with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Slovenian Foreign Affairs Minister […]Hungary and Poland plans should be approved only if concerns are addressed
October 7, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. In a debate with Commissioner Gentiloni on the Hungarian and Polish recovery plans, MEPs called for more transparency to make sure funds are properly allocated. Economy Commissioner Gentiloni updated MEPs on Wednesday, saying that currently 22 of the 25 submitted national recovery plans have […]EU founding values: Commission starts legal action against Hungary and Poland for violations of fundamental rights of LGBTIQ people
July 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. “Europe will never allow parts of our society to be stigmatised: be it because of whom they love, because of their age, their ethnicity, their political opinions, or their religious beliefs.” President Ursula von der Leyen, (European Parliament, 7 July 2021) Equality and the […]State aid: Commission approves a Polish scheme to compensate large companies for damages suffered due to coronavirus outbreak and provide liquidity support
June 18, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Polish scheme to partially compensate large companies for the damages suffered due to the coronavirus outbreak and the restrictive measures implemented by the Polish government, while providing them with direct liquidity support through […]EU citizens’ electoral rights: Commission decides to refer CZECHIA and POLAND to the Court of Justice
June 9, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has decided today to refer Czechia and Poland to the Court of Justice, because in these two Member States EU citizens are restricted from joining a domestic political party. As a result of this restriction, citizens from other EU Member States […]EU values in Hungary and Poland: debate on recent developments
November 30, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Debate today on Article 7 developments and the state of LGBTI rights in Poland and Hungary with Commissioner for Justice Reynders and Commissioner for Equality Dalli. When: Monday, 30 November 17.05 – 18.45 Where: European Parliament in Brussels, József Antall building, room 2Q2 and […]State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into public support for expansion of LG Chem’s electric vehicles battery plant in Poland
August 12, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether €95 million of public support granted by Poland to chemical company LG Chem Group (“LG Chem”) for investing in the expansion of its battery cell production facility for electric vehicles (EV) in Biskupice […]
