The new rules are expected to take effect from August 1st, this year. In an unusual example of cross-party support, the Government sponsored Bill was supported by 419 members of the lower house of Poland’s parliament who voted for this change in the law while four were against. There were no abstentions. It is estimated that more than 2 million young people will benefit from the revamped tax rules. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said last month that the move aimed to encourage young people to stay in Poland and to improve their prospects. Poles, especially the young, flocked abroad en masse in search of better paid jobs as Western labour markets opened up to them after Poland joined the European Union in 2004. The change in tax rules is part of a swathe of ambitious spending pledges announced by Poland’s conservative government earlier this year.
Poland and Britain have signed an agreement to exchange experience in digital government and support innovation in the public sector, according to reports
Under the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Poland’s GovTech Polska and the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS), Poland will be able to use British know-how in developing digital government services. According to the gov.uk website the memorandum „aims at strengthening the partnership between these two GovTech leaders in creating a unitary European ecosystem to support innovation in the public sector”. Officials including Poland’s Digital Affairs Minister and the British ambassador to Poland attended the signing ceremony in Warsaw. The agreement was signed during a conference co-organised in Warsaw by the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs and focusing on what is known as the Internet of Things.
Poland’s gold reserves have increased to 228.6 tonnes, growing by 125.7 tonnes from last year, the country’s central bank has said
The National Bank of Poland (NBP) said in a statement that, thanks to recent purchases, the country has moved up from 15th to 11th place in Europe in terms of gold reserves, and from 34th to 22nd worldwide. Poland now has more gold reserves than any other country in its region and also more than Sweden or Belgium, the Polish central bank said on Friday. It cited its governor, Adam Glapiński, as saying that the National Bank of Poland was also preparing to repatriate a significant portion of the country’s gold reserves from safekeeping in the Bank of England – to its own vaults.
Government Minister announces plans for „reasonable deglomeration”
We are ready to move more central institutions to former regional capitals In our next term, „according to the Minister for Entrepreneurship and Technology, citing the Office of Land Surveying and Cartography to Olsztyn as an example. Besides decongesting Warsaw, it will transfer opportunities and skills to the former regional capitals. It will also reduce cost – as rents are considerably lower outside Warsaw. Some 60 percent of Poles live in cities, as young people leave rural areas and small towns, in search of better employment opportunities. Relocating some central public administration to these major centres, it will create real opportunities and help Poland become a polycentric state., according to Minister Emilewicz. The move is part the Strategy for Responsible Development” – a development plan for the Polish economy designed by the current Prime Minister.
Estonian rider Norman Vahtra has won Poland’s Solidarity Race, an international cycling event that has been held annually in the country since 1990
Meanwhile, Poland’s Patryk Stosz finished runner-up, ahead of third-placed Jason van Dalen of the Netherlands. More than 110 cyclists from 19 teams based in various countries took part in the five-stage 888-kilometre-long race, which concluded in the southeast of Poland on Saturday. Estonia’s Vahtra won three stages of the 30th Solidarity Race, including its final leg, which saw cyclists cover a 182 km route ending in the town of Krosno. The annual race, which is also known as the Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympique, started in the central city of Łódź on Tuesday.
Further stages took riders through a number of towns in central and southeastern Poland. These included Zgierz, Kutno, Kielce, Radom, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Stalowa Wola and Tarnobrzeg. Next month sees largest cycling race in Poland – the Tour de Pologne, due to take place from August 3rd to 9th.
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