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PKN Orlen and Synthos plan to jointly import energy from Ukraine

According to a Monday press release from Orlen, the investment will help strengthen Poland's energy security and improve Ukraine's economic situation. Leszek Szymański/PAP

Orlen Synthos Green Energy plans to import electricity from Ukraine to stabilise domestic supplies, PKN Orlen has announced.

Thousands of Polish homes without power due to strong winds

Over 105,000 Polish households were still without electricity on Sunday night due to strong winds sweeping across the country, the Government Security Centre (RCB) has reported.

Electricity, gas hikes to hit Polish households

Electricity bills will rise by about 24 percent net and gas bills will surge by 54 percent net next year after Poland's regulator approved new tariffs as power producers struggle with high prices for natural gas and EU CO2 emission rights.

Polish power plants consume 20 pct more coal in 2021

Polish power plants consumed over one fifth more coal to produce electricity in the first 10 months of the year compared to the same period of 2020, the Polish Mining Group (PGG) has reported.

Gov't launches anti-inflation shield

The Polish prime minister on Tuesday launched a PLN 10 billion (EUR 2.1 billion) financial shield designed to "protect" the country's economy and households from rising inflation.

Poland to cut excise tax on energy

The Polish government is planning to introduce an anti-inflation package that will reduce the excise tax on energy owing to high gas and electricity costs driving up inflation.

New energy connection links Lithuania, Poland

Litgrid, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, has completed the LitPol Link extension project between Lithuania and Poland.

Poland's inflation highest in 21st century, opposition leader says

Poland's inflation is at its highest in the 21st century, having returned to the level before the country's membership in the EU, Donald Tusk, the former prime minister and leader of the main opposition party, commented on the latest CPI results.

KGB spy base, mafia nightclub, secret tunnels… what is really going on in this quiet Warsaw suburb?

Bristling with security cameras and surrounded by a solid steel and marble fence with barbed wire, Sobieskiego 100 is just one of several buildings that is occupied by Russia following agreements signed between the People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union in the 1970s.

Polish fuel firm secures grid deal for its Baltic wind farm

Poland's leading petroleum company has signed an agreement with the national grid operator to secure the transfer of electricity from its ongoing offshore wind farm project.

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Russia’s war on Ukraine has had a profound impact on the Polish job market as over 100k Ukrainian women join workforce

The huge influx of women from Ukraine has had a profound impact on Poland’s labour market. TFN’s Jo Harper spoke to some of those looking for work and those involved in trying to help them.

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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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