"The Animated Guide to Polish Success", produced by Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), source: youtube.com
Lotos: Polish business opportunity of 2011
The Ministry of the Treasury is looking for the investor for Lotos, the second largest oil company in Poland. Meanwhile, Lotos aims at record profits ...more
Poland defies global crisis
Poland is the only country within the Continent to have confidently withstood the widespread financial and economic crisis that appeared on the horizon in 2009. No wonder global investors are beginning to perceive Poland as a ‘green island’ amid economically challenged states all around. Additionally, the Polish economy is picking up and this is accompanied by a relatively stable bank system which has also helped Poland to stay clear of the property bubbles suffered by some European countries in the recent past ...more
Shale gas to boost Polish energy sector
Poland has potentially rich resources of shale gas and this appears to be a not-to-be-missed chance. The country faces a great opportunity to build a strong energy sector following the USA where the share of shale gas in the overall gas supply rocketed from 1% in 2000 up to 20% now, and it is believed to further grow reaching as much as 50% in 2035. ...more
INVESTOR'S GUIDE
Poland’s location is beneficial for business. The country is located at the very centre of Europe. It borders on both the EU Member States, and the Eastern European countries.
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BASIC INFORMATION
Poland’s most important natural resources are hardcoal and lignite, copper, zinc and lead ores, silver, sulphur, salt, rock salt, building stone, natural gas and oil.
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LAW
The Polish Parliament consists of two legislative bodies. The lower house is called Sejm, and Senate is the upper house. 460 elected deputies sit in Sejm, and 100 senators in the Senate. Candidates standing for Sejm must be citizens of Poland.
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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
The foreign capital coming into the Polish economy has fulfilled a very important role in the process of privatisation and restructuring. The majority of foreign investment to Poland has taken the most desirable form – direct investment (FDI).
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SCIENCE
Scholarship knows no boundaries: ssholars forgot about them long ago. The best evidence of this comes the large numbers of foreign researchers working in Polish institutions of higher education, and their Polish counterparts who lecture abroad. The success of Polish academics today has its roots in the past. The library catalogue of the Cathedral Chapter of Cracow dating back to 1110 shows that already in the early twelfth century Polish intellectuals had access to the European literature of that period - including the Classics like Ovid, Terence, Statius and Sallust. Polish scholarship has brought many academic achievements and discoveries of global importance.
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