The convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has already secured majority shareholder support.
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Poland appoints new official to promote country’s brand internationally
The government says that existing efforts to promote Poland abroad are fragmented and lack a single coherent strategy.
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Poland enters race to host EU-backed AI gigafactory
It is bidding to host one of seven planned AI facilities which could attract more than 10 billion zloty in investment.
Polish president obstructs windfall tax on fuel firms’ excess profits, prompting government criticism
The move blocks a revenue stream meant to offset the cost of measures taken to curb rising fuel prices amid the war in Iran.
Poland joins EU satellite project developing European alternative to Starlink
Warsaw has committed €656 million to the IRIS² programme.
Kraków launches €43m “pre-design” tender for planned metro system
City officials hailed a major milestone in plans for what would be only Poland’s second metro system.
Volkswagen hires 100 sheep to cut grass at Polish solar farm as experiment in agrivoltaics
The project, run in collaboration with a local university, will also contribute to research on agrivoltaics.
Poland begins construction of €2.3bn deepwater port on Baltic coast
The terminal is planned to serve not only Poland but also the landlocked Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary.
Warsaw to host new European Space Agency security centre
The facility will be the ESA’s first outside its 11 founding member states and first on the EU’s eastern flank.
Polish air-traffic agency funds frozen as Pfizer enforces €1.3bn ruling for Poland’s unpaid Covid vaccines
The prime minister says the government will ensure the agency receives funds to continue operations and ensure air-traffic safety.
Polish soldiers now able to collect uniforms from parcel lockers
The scheme is being rolled out by the armed forces, with private delivery giant InPost responsible for deliveries.
Poland’s first offshore wind farm begins generating power
The government hopes to produce a fifth of Poland’s electricity from offshore wind by 2040 as it moves away from coal towards renewables and nuclear.
Poland to become first European producer of US Barracuda cruise missiles
The deal will “transform the continent’s defence industry”, claims the American supplier, Anduril Industries.
Polish billionaire seeks to build 14 small modular nuclear reactors in UK
The £35 billion investment could eventually meet 11% of the UK’s power demand, says Synthos Green Energy.
