Energy.

Russia will sulfurate our oil, resulting in the increase of the costs for PKN Orlen and the Lotos Group. This is another argument for diversification. We have an ally in the yard who can also help and attack the Russians in the back of their traditional market – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

The provision of funding after 2020 for the decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) was discussed at a meeting on the 2nd of November between Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas and European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Günther Oettinger. This is necessary in order to ensure that operation of the nuclear power […]

“Sieci” weekly reported that corruption could occur during the promotion of the power bridge from the Kaliningrad Oblast to Poland. This harmful project has not been created, but other are emerging on the horizon. Warsaw must avoid mistakes of the past – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

Warsaw Security Forum 2017 under the patronage of BiznesAlert.com launched today. Poland is sending a signal of its willingness to improve world’s security. It also against projects that cause a threat, like Nord Stream 2.

Benzina, the largest network of petrol stations in the Czech Republic owned by the Unipetrol Group, opened the 400th petrol station thus further strengthened its leading position on the market. The growth in the number of stations is closely associated with the OMV petrol stations’ takeover. Of the 65 acquired stations, 54 stations have been […]

A new window of negotiations for PGNiG-Gazprom is opening, while the arbitrator’s illness delays the price dispute between these companies. Poland may soon be affected by the Yamal affair that politicians might want to use – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

The oil crisis in 1973 gave a new start to coal liquefaction, a process of converting coal to liquid fuel. The coal liquefaction industry had earlier lost its competitiveness to oil industry after WWII. In the 90s the efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically decreased the interest in coal liquefaction. The reason is that […]

Russians are threatening that a dispute with Norway over the Svalbard archipelago could end up in a war involving all NATO countries. The helicopter crash has become another pretext for discussion on this subject – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATS), which was adopted with near unanimous support from both chambers of the US Congress (98-2 in Senate; and 419-3 in the House of Representatives), imposes significant new sanctions upon Russia. This development response follows the Russia’s ongoing occupation of Ukrainian territory, its involvement in Syria, as well […]

Russian gas supplier Gazprom continues to violate technical requirements of the transit contract with Naftogaz, failing to maintain gas pressure in Russian trunk pipelines at Sudzha entry point located on the Ukraine-Russia border.