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Obserwator Finansowy features views and analysis of economy in Poland and other countries, written by some of the best journalists, economists and analysts. Our mission is to share knowledge of economics and financial markets in the world.
Obserwator Finansowy is a project under aegis of the Poland’s central bank, Narodowy Bank Polski. We have published thousands of articles about the Polish and global economy. Our journalists have conducted hundreds of interviews with Nobel laureates, distinguished economists, business leaders and politicians with views across the political spectrum.
In this section you can find selected articles in English.
Poland mulls options for financing first nuclear power plant
Jo HarperPoland is looking at “various options” for financing the country’s first nuclear power plant, said Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski.
Polish singles are not the only ones who cannot afford their own flat
Bartosz TurekIn half of the European countries the average wage is sufficient to live on your own without denying yourself basic pleasures. Regrettably, Poland is not one of them.
Poles won’t come back from the UK and Ukrainians may not be enough to save Polish labor market
Marek Pielach“Before we start looking outside Poland for qualified workers, it is worth realizing that they are already here, but they work below their skills,” says Paweł Kaczmarczyk, PhD, from the Centre of Migration Research of...
Polish towns to invest more in green transport
Jan DaraszPolish cities and provincial towns are looking to a carbon-free future and are testing and buying more electric buses.
No time to grieve for forests
Michał KozakThe Ukrainian forests are quickly disappearing ‒ claim the environmentalists and indicate the two perpetrators guilty of this situation.
Westinghouse to build Ukrainian nuclear powers plant facilities in place of Russian Rosatom
Jo HarperAmerican-Japanese company Westinghouse will build fuel element producing facilities for Ukraine’s nuclear powers plants as the country lowers the services of Russian company Rosatom, Ukraine's Minister of Energy and Coal...
Czech solar power boom seen based on households
Jo HarperA solar power revival in the Czech Republic looks set to gather pace and will be based on households rather than what locals have called “solar barons.”
Labor shortage bites in certain sectors and regions of Hungary
Jo HarperAbout 50,000 jobs were still waiting to be filled in Hungary in the first quarter of the year, with serious labor shortages developing in certain sectors and regions of the country, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.
Polish PGE to spend USD475m by 2020 on power station upgrades
Jo HarperPoland's largest power producer PGE plan to spend up to PLN1.8bn (USD475m) by 2020 to modernize its coal-fired power stations. The goal is to meet European Union emission reduction regulations.
Companies should already start investing in older workers
Aleksandra FandrejewskaWorkers aged 50+ are the future of the Polish labor market. This is not an election campaign slogan, but an observation arising from the changing demographic situation.