The Association of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) has appealed to the government in Berlin for the liberalisation of the German labor market to let in workers from eastern European EU member countries. >>

Former Polish President Lech Wałęsa travels to the UK with the BPCC to highlight opportunities offered by the Polish economy. According to British experts in the face of global economic downturn Poland economy strong and confident, but the employment crunch threatens development of country, while the country needs to harness the value of innovation >>

To mitigate the frequently harmful effects of coal mining on the surface and the natural environment is an element of what is generally termed clean coal technologies. Today it is an imperative condition for mining to win acceptance among local communities living within mining communes – such is the opinion expressed by Prof. Józef DUBIŃSKI, Managing Director of the Central Mining Institute in a conversation he had with “Polish Market”. >>

A delegation of Pakistani business leaders headed by Tanvir Ahmad Sheikh, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, has paid a visit to Poland. Tanvir Ahmad Sheik told POLISH MARKET the trip was a follow-up to an MOU signed last year on the occasion of the visit by the President of Pakistan to Poland. “We are particularly interested in joint ventures in coal mining and electricity generation through coal-fired generation. Pakistan has huge reserves of lignite coal that is very similar to brown coal available in Poland. >>

A two-day Polish-Spanish Entrepreneurs Forum started in Warsaw May 7. Since Poland’s accession to the EU, Spain has become one of its largest business partners. The value of two-way trade reached EUR 5 billion last year, over 30% up on 2006. The National Bank of Poland listed Spain among top 5 investors in Poland, as Sandra Jacobson reports. >>

The third annual "Felix Mendelssohn Music Days" will take place from May 9-16, 2008 in the Centre for Jewish Culture in Kraków. This year’s edition includes 8 concerts performed by prominent and acknowledged artists from Europe and the USA i.e. Nils Mönkemeyer, Nicholas Rimmer, Kaja Danczowska, Jeremy Findlay, Elena Braslavsky, Maria Tomassi, Luisa Prayer, Frédéric Lagarde and Milan Vrsajkov. The program features works by Mendelssohn as well as other composers from Baroque to contemporary times. >>

The exhibition “Ukraine for the World: Ukraine’s treasures from the Platar collection” has opened at the National Museum in Warsaw. It will last until June 29. The exhibition is organized under the honorary patronage of Polish President Lech Kaczyński and Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko. >>

Pl 2012 is a company set up by the Polish government to co-ordinate and supervise the Polish side of undertakings ahead of the European Football Championships to be held in Poland and Ukraine in four years’ time. POLISH MARKET’s Jacek Świdziński discusses Pl 2012 activities with the company’s President Marcin Herra. >>

In 2012 Poland and Ukraine will jointly be hosting the European Football Championships. POLISH MARKET talks to Polish Minister of Sports and Tourism Mirosław Drzewiecki about preparations for the event. >>

Lisbon-based bank Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento S.A. is approved as a WSE Member. The bank will operate on the WSE through its Polish branch. >>

Low-cost carrier Air Italy Polska has increased the number of offered seats. During the summer season another B757-200 ER will be flying in Air Italy Polska colours. From the 25th of April the Polish carrier will be offering 440 econominal seats. >>

To what extent is the fear of a global economic downturn likely to affect Poland’s economic growth? How do foreign investors perceive Polish investment opportunities today, in light of the global economic situation, the strong zloty and soaring labour costs in Poland? >>

Sexy headline? Very unsexy topic, although it does touch on how customers sometimes feel they are getting ****ed. I have just ended roughly six weeks of doing battle with a domestic satellite television operator (despite my justified frustration, to remain anonymous) to cancel an ill-fated subscription and, as it turned out, to highlight a new measure of where Poland is on the economic development map. >>