According to Luis Echavarria, director general at the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the ideal solution for Poland would be to launch 4-6 nuclear power plants.

The share of energy from renewable sources in the national electric energy production between 2006-2009 rose by over 3% and now accounts for over 6% of the net electric energy production.

A declaration on cooperation for geothermal energy in Poland was signed at the Ministry of the Environment in Warsaw on March 8 during Conference titled Development of Geothermal Energy Sector in Poland.

A modern Lampre shop floor will be constructed in the town of Kutno in central Poland as part of the Łódź Special Economic Zone. The factory will produce lacquered and PCV coated sheet metal plates.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and its Polish subsidiary PZL Mielec have announced the completion of final assembly on the first S-70iTM BLACK HAWK helicopter, an international variant of the BLACK HAWK helicopter.

Current research and development funding reforms are likely to transform Poland into a country that attracts foreign research workers, according to Professor Barbara Kudrycka, Polish minister of science and higher learning.

A World Centre for Partial Deafness Treatment will soon emerge in Kajetany near Warsaw. It will be completed at a cost of PLN123 million. Two thirds of the expense will be covered by the EU.

The legendary US guitarist Jim Hall is to give a concert at the spring edition of the Jazz Era festival. He is to perform with his trio (Scott Colley on bass and Joey Baron on drums) at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw on April 12.

The International Film Music Critics Association has awarded Abel Korzeniowski, a young Polish composer for the Best Original Score for a Drama Film ‘A Single Man’ directed by Tom Ford.

Liebrecht & wooD and BBI Development signed investment agreement
Developers Liebrecht & wooD and BBI Development have signed an investment agreement for the Plac Unii development. In accordance with the agreement both partners will invest in the project around 155 millions PLN.

The promise of mobile payment (m-payment) – the wireless transmission of money from mobile phone to reader or from mobile phone to mobile phone, holds much promise in terms of convenience for the user. Small value transactions, such as the purchase of a newspaper, soft drink or bus ticket, will be made without hunting for loose change but by simply placing one’s mobile near to a reader. The sum will be added on to your mobile phone bill at the end of the month, or deducted from a pre-paid account.

The board of the Lech Wałęsa Airport in Gdansk have commissioned a consortium of companies Budimex SA (consortium leader) and Doraco Sp. z o.o. to build a new passenger terminal for the city.

Talk all you will in Poland and abroad about the need to reform pension systems, push back retirement age and encourage private voluntary pension savings and the message invariably misses the mark.