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Poland EU’s biggest producer of household appliances, says new report

Published by APPLiA Polska the report says that in 2022 the value of the industry to Poland amounted to little short of PLN 27 billion. Planetcare on Unsplash

Published by APPLiA Polska the report says that in 2022 the value of the industry to Poland amounted to little short of PLN 27 billion.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Gov't to extend support to electricity-heated households

Households that use electricity to heat their homes will also be included in a comprehensive government support scheme, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy has announced.

Gov't to freeze electricity prices for ALL households

Poland is to cap electricity prices for all households from next year, with a limit of up to 2,000 kWh of annual use.

Opposition leader slams coal subsidy bill

Donald Tusk, leader of Poland's main opposition party, Civic Platform (PO), has criticized the government decision to offer a one-off allowance of PLN 3,000 (EUR 636) for all households with coal-fired heating.

Coal subsidies for households to cost taxpayers EUR 2.41 bln

The Polish government will spend PLN 11.5 billion (EUR 2.41 billion) this year to subsidise coal purchases for homes with coal-fired stoves.

Polish government to freeze gas prices for households and hospitals

Gas bills for households and some public entities such as hospitals will not increase this year, under new legislation aimed at protecting some vulnerable consumers from soaring gas prices.

Over half of Poles say 2021 was a good year

According to a CBOS survey, 55 percent of Poles say that, in general, the year 2021 was good for them personally, 4.9 percentage points higher than in the same survey for 2020.

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.

Poland against any additional EU tax says PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has stated that Poland is against the introduction of a new EU tax on households, but admitted that there was a strong lobby in the European Commission that supported such solution.

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