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Today’s news round up in Poland

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

Today’s news round up in Poland

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

Poles given option to suspend mortgage payments as rates spike

Polish mortgage borrowers will be able to suspend their mortgage payments for a total of eight months after the president, Andrzej Duda, signed new legislation into law on Thursday.

Polish tunnel builders in Denmark win same pay as locals

Poles working on a twin tunnel under the Fehmarn Belt strait in Denmark have achieved pay parity with Danish workers in a deal struck between unions and the FLC consortium behind the investment.

Polish PM disappointed with EU's concession to rouble payments

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has expressed dissatisfaction with the EU's attempts to allow payment for Russian gas in roubles.

Warsaw downplays calls to withhold EU payments

The Polish government spokesperson has dismissed a proposal made last week by smaller coalition partner Solidary Poland that Warsaw suspend payments to the EU budget.

Russia changes gas payment rules for Poland

Russia's Gazprom gas operator on Friday notified Polish counterpart PGNiG about changes in gas payment regulations starting from April.

Poles use 44.1 million payment cards - central bank

Poles had 44.1 million payment cards at the end of Q1 2021, up by 441,000 from Q4 2020, the National Bank of Poland reported on Monday.

Payment technology implanted in your HAND becomes first that can be used worldwide

Using bio-polymers and the same short-range NFC (near-field communication) technology as contactless payment cards, the implant from Polish-British startup Walletmor can be sewn into the hand and used to make payments at all contactless terminals around the world that accept payments with standard cards from organizations such as Mastercard or Visa.

Awareness of paying by phone among Poles exceeds global average

The percentage of Poles who know how to use their phones to pay for something is above the global average, a recent report by Mastercard has shown.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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