Energy.

In February the Austrian oil company OMV announced it would withdraw from the Slovenian market. Its petrol stations are to be sold to a new owner. A Slovenian business portal bizi.si claims that a few companies are interested in the purchase: Poland’s PKN Orlen, Azerbeijan’s Socar, Greece’s Coral (Shell brand) and Hungary’s MOL. This transaction […]

What goes on in Poland on the 5th of May.

The social agreement between the government and miners says that coal extraction at Polska Grupa Górnicza will take place until 2049. „The deposits of Polish coal that can be rationally extracted from the point of view of miners’ safety and costs will end a lot sooner!,” – Jerzy Buzek, former prime minister and current MEP, […]

The „Укриття” structure, known as the „sarcophagus”, or simply „covering no. 4” was built just a few months after the disaster from April 1986. It was supposed to ensure safety for 20 to 40 years. In 2019 a new sarcophagus was officially launched, it was called the Ark. What is so special about the containments […]

„I am baffled by the fact that the social agreement is negotiated by one deputy minister and four trade union members. With all due respect for their knowledge and experience – considering the postulates and the terms included in the document, it is apparent that we are succumbing to an illusion. The result may be […]

The European Union wants to use the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to force its foreign partners to reduce emissions. This is Europe’s way to protect the competitiveness of its economy that is burdened by the climate policy, and also a source of disagreements with China, Russia and the US – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor […]

Minister Soboń wants NABE to operate on a commercial basis. It’s hard to imagine that – Marcin Koczan, PhD., contributor to BiznesAlert.pl writes.

„For many Asian companies Poland may become a gateway to EU markets. So I am calling on being reasonably pragmatic, rational and active,” the former minister of the economy and current President of the Polish – Asian Chamber of Commerce Janusz Piechociński, said in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

Vladimir Putin may limit the supply of diesel oil and LPG to Ukraine to destabilize the country in view of the growing tension on its eastern border and the Black Sea. In theory Poles could reduce this risk – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Polska Grupa Energetyczna announced it would not extract coal in Złoczew. Despite that, the license procedure is currently underway, and the General Directorate for Environmental Protection is to issue its decision on the 30th of April. Whereas according to the Polish Energy Policy until 2040, the would-be coal mine in Złoczew will be a protected […]