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Intel is postponing a major investment in Magdeburg due to high energy prices in Germany. Now the government of Saxony-Anhalt and the city itself can feel disappointed, to say the least – Aleksandra Fedorska and Jędrzej Stachura from BiznesAlert.pl write about Intel’s European investment program, whose goal is to balance the global supply chain of […]

Russians are disregarding their casualties to impose on Ukraine their way of fighting. Their tactic is all about material attrition, this is how they are buying time to rebuild troops, and thwart Ukrainian plans for counteroffensives – says Jarosław Wolski, political scientist, journalist, civilian expert on the military, in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

The second year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is upon us. Many believe that the end of this conflict is approaching, but the reality may be different – notes Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl. The author writes about the defense of Ukraine and the potential for a coup in the Kremlin – is there […]

The United States is building an increasingly high wall around China and its semiconductor industry. Soon, Japan and the Netherlands will join America, forming a team that, with the current trend of diversifying supply chains, may exclude the Chinese from the technology war for good – writes Jędrzej Stachura, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.

The country is struggling to contain a surge of infections after the central government withdrew from the highly controversial policy of “zero-covid” in the wake of mass protests by Chinese people in many cities. The main reason for the uncontrolled increase in cases is that most of the population is not vaccinated with a booster […]

Vladimir Makei decided to stand by the Lukashenka regime and I think that he betrayed himself by doing that. The police terror in Belarus and the Russian invasion of Ukraine did not suit him, says Witold Jurasz, Onet.pl’s journalist and former chargé d’affaires of the Republic of Poland to Belarus, in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

In recent days, the EU member states have agreed to implement a plan to accelerate their own production of semiconductors. The 43 billion euro agreement shows that Europe intends to follow in the footsteps of America. It will thus take the first concrete step in the fight against chip shortages and becoming independent of imports […]

Changes in the zero-Covid policy will not offer relief to the Chinese and global economies. With Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power, China will maintain a strict epidemic policy, while the rest of the world strives to adjust to living with the coronavirus, writes Jacek Perzyński, a contributor to BiznesAlert.pl.

On November 23, the European Parliament will vote on recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The EP does not have many prerogatives when it comes to foreign policy, and all power belongs to the member states, so I will once again emphasize that this is an important political signal – says Agnieszka Legucka, […]

In the last few decades, all governments, including the current one, have been more willing to spend on civilian purposes: tax cuts, social protection or road investments, than on defense. In a situation of a rather high threat from Russia, which has openly ceased to respect the sovereignty of its neighbors, we can no longer […]