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Million foreigner workers help Polish economy - minister

The labour minister has said that the million foreigners now working in Poland were filling labour shortages and do not take jobs away from Poles.

Poland issues 24 pct more foreigner work permits in 2021

Poland issued 504,200 work permits for foreigners in 2021, a 24 percent rise compared to the year before, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Friday.

Nearly 1,400 foreign doctors find jobs due to easier procedures in Poland

Close to 1,400 foreign doctors, including around 700 from Ukraine, have started working in Poland, benefiting from simplified procedures, the health minister has said.

Poland accepts all foreigners crossing Ukraine border, says FM

All foreigners crossing the Polish-Ukrainian border are being accepted and are receiving essential aid, the Polish foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Over 5,000 foreigners submitted petitions for int’l protection this year

This year, 5,600 foreigners applied for international protection, the highest number since 2016 and twice as many as last year, an Office for Foreigners spokesperson reported on Monday.

Number of work permits for foreigners up 30 times since 2004

Over 400,000 work permits were issued for foreigners in Poland in 2020, 10 times more than in 2010 and 30 times more than in 2004, when Poland joined the European Union, research has found.

S&P raises Poland's GDP growth forecast for 2021

Rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has raised Poland's economic growth forecast to 5.1 percent in 2021 from the 4.5 percent expected earlier.

Number of foreigners in Poland on the rise

The number of foreigners legally residing and working in Poland is steadily rising, with 818,800 registered with national social insurer ZUS at the end of June, the organisation reported on Thursday.

Motion submitted to Euro court on foreigners on border with Belarus

Attorneys for 32 foreigners trapped in an area between the Polish and Belarusian borders have applied to the European Court of Human Rights for it to grant them protection under international law and to demand that the Polish authorities provide them with food and medical assistance.

More foreigners working in Poland despite pandemic

The number of foreigners working in Poland is on the rise with about 800,000 of them now legally employed in the country, up by 127,000 on the pre-pandemic era.

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History | Life

Postcard showing side-burned sailor is named Gdańsk’s oldest – but experts baffled by series of ‘mysteries’

Sent on February 29th, 1888, the postcard depicts a side-burned sailor puffing on a pipe, as well as the iconic crane building standing on the city’s quayside. The postcard’s recipient was a company director called Berhard Lahs who lived in the Silesian town now known as Kamieniec Ząbkowicki.

The first report:

  • Support gap narrows between ruling coalition, main opposition bloc
  • Two-digit inflation expected till year's end, economic institute predicts
  • Poland's CPI hits 15.6 pct y/y in July - stats office
  • Most Poles cut shopping budgets
  • Poland accepts over 5.44 mln refugees since war in Ukraine started

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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