What goes on in Poland on the 11th of January.
LNG from Poland is not a matter of life and death for Hungary
The Polish-Hungarian cooperation should go beyond the historical proverb of brotherhood. We can work together on specific issues, but in some cases we will not be able to agree. The gravity of our partner imposes an appropriate scale in the evaluation of these possibilities – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.
A new special purpose vehicle or death of the Polish nuclear power plant
There have been changes in the Supervisory Board of PGE EJ1. The people involved in the nuclear project have gone away and new ones have entered. It is difficult to determine what this means, but at least two explanations can be found – writes Wicket Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Reconstruction of the government in Poland. Szyszko out, Tchórzewski stays
What goes on in Poland on the 10th of January.
The capacity market will provide time for coal modernisation (INTERVIEW)
Aleksander Galos and Wojciech Wrochna of Kochański, Zięba and Partners Law Firm talk about the prospects of the capacity market in Poland, the energy strategy, and a nuclear power plant.
Putin locuta, causa finita
Strict verdict for the former minister and extortion payment that will be paid by a private company to the state concern. What do these two things have in common? In both cases Igor Sechin won. But more importantly, Vladimir Putin was the highest judge in both cases. Yes, Sechin is still very strong, even stronger than a few weeks ago. But his position is even more dependent on the Kremlin’s host. The verdict in the case of Ulyukaev and the end of Rosneft’s corporate war with AFK Sistema also allow us to formulate several conclusions regarding the current power system – writes Grzegorz Kuczyński, cooperating with BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: A jubilee delivery arrived in Polish LNG Terminal
What goes on in Poland on the 9th of January.
PISM: Between Bonn and Katowice – The Challenges in Global Climate Negotiations
The global climate summit in Bonn (COP23) in November 2017 was supposed to bring compromise close on areas such as rules for monitoring national climate actions. The universality of these actions, that is, covering both developed and developing countries, was one of the main ideas of the Paris Agreement. In Bonn, however, the divisions between the parties were again made stark, making it difficult to reach compromise. For Poland, as host of the next climate summit (COP24) in December 2018 in Katowice, finalising these negotiations will be a top priority – writes Marek Wąsiński, analyst at the Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM)
Polish Briefing: Lithuania spoke to Poles about solving the Mažeikai dispute
What goes on in Poland on the 8th of January.
Cybersecurity in 2018 – The Kosciuszko Institute publishes experts’ forecasts
Like every year, we have asked experts who are members of the European Cybersecurity Forum – CYBERSEC community and who represent different fields of the public sector, the academia and the private sector to share their opinions on challenges in cybersecurity that we are going to face in 2018.