Sponsored Content
Donald Tusk
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Poland: Rostowski Becomes Deputy Prime Minister
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Poland´s government has completed a government reshuffle. Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski was promoted to Donald Tusk´s Deputy Prime Minister.
February 21, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
LOT to be Privatized in 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
LOT Polish Airlines faces a dramatic phase of restructuring. In order to saleable, the airline company will downsize radically.
February 19, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Poland: Rostowski Calls for Structural Reforms
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Minister of Finance Jacek Rostowski wants his country to join the Eurozone. However, Poland has to implement fiscal reforms, he claims.
February 18, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Polish LOT Plans Mass Lay-Offs
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
In order to prevent a bankruptcy, the financially stricken airline has to downsize radically, Prime Minister Tusk says.
February 14, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Despite Budget Cut: Poland Receives More Money
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
“This is one of the happiest days of my life.” Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
February 11, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
EU Budget: Poland Among Main Beneficiaries
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Although the EU budget was cut, Poland will receive more EU-funds than in the current period.
February 8, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/tusk_donald_01-big.jpg)
Poland Underlines Necessity of Cohesion Funds
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
At the EU summit, Poland wants to secure as much cohesion payments in the next multiannual financial framework from 2014 to 2020.
February 7, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/tusk_donald_01-big.jpg)
Tusk: “First Months Will be Most Difficult”
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk explained that the Polish economy will recover in the second quarter of 2013.
February 4, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/tusk_donald_01-big.jpg)
Tusk: “Poland Becomes a Full Member of the EU”
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Poland will join the Fiscal Pact. The conservative opposition rejects this step.
February 2, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/komorowski-bronislaw-01-big.jpg)
Komorowski: Poland Should Join Eurozone in 2015
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Poland´s President Bronislaw Komorowski said that the country should decide whether to introduce the euro in 2015.
January 23, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Poland: Euro Introduction Still Unpopular
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Polish citizens still reject giving up their national currency. The government wants to persuade the people.
January 10, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/tusk_donald_01-big.jpg)
Poland: Government to Focus on Family and Employment
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the government aims to create more than 400,000 jobs this year.
January 4, 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Rostowski: “Poland Will Enter Eurozone as soon as Possible”
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Poland´s Minister of Finance Jacek Rostowski announced that his country wants to become a member of the Eurozone. However, the problems of the Eurozone must be solved before, he said.
December 18, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/tusk_donald_01-big.jpg)
Polish Government Considers Joining Banking Union
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Today, Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk explained that Poland may become a member in the single supervision mechanism.
December 14, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/tusk_donald_01-big.jpg)
Polish Government Retains Budget Assumptions for 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that there is no need to change the economic assumptions at the moment.
December 5, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Poland: Piechocinski to Become New Deputy Prime Minister
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
After the resignation of Waldemar Pawlak, the Polish government will not collapse, observers say. PSL´s new party leader Janusz Piechocinski is expected to succeed Pawlak.
December 3, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Polish Economy Slows Down
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
In the third quarter, annual GDP growth was below 2%, the Polish Ministry of Finance said today.
November 30, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/tusk_donald_01-big.jpg)
Poland: Measures Against Shrinking Population
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Poland´s Prime Minister Tusk announced that the government will improve its social policy. In the next 40 years, the Polish population might decrease by 6 million.
November 29, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Poland: Foreign Direct Investments Grow Massively
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Last year, the U.S. was the biggest investor in Poland. Regarding the EU budget, Prime Minister Tusk emphasizes that cohesion funds must not be cut.
November 26, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Poland: Pawlak Steps Down
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
The Polish Minister of Economics Waldemar Pawlak resigns. His re-election as leader of the Agrarian Party has failed.
November 19, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
EU Budget: Losses for Poland Will Keep Within Limits
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Poland will still be the biggest net contributor. According to Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the negotiations prove highly difficult.
November 17, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/tusk_donald_01-big.jpg)
Tusk: Joining Banking Union Only if it Does not Weaken Poland
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
The Polish Prime Minister does not exclude to enter the banking union. However, this measure must not weaken Poland´s position.
October 22, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/tusk_donald_01-big.jpg)
Tusk: Good Prospects to Become Head of EU Commission
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
According to the German magazine “Der Spiegel”, the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is considered as favorite candidate for the next President of the EU Commission.
September 11, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Poland Adapts Austerity Targets
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
Due to the economic crisis in Europe, the Polish government gives up its aim to reach a budget deficit below 2.2% of GDP.
September 5, 2012
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
![](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/vindobona-image-template-big.jpg)
Poland Does Not Expect Recession in 2013
![premium content](https://www.vindobona.org/images/cont/icon_premium_small.gif)
The Polish Minister of Finance Jacek Rostowski explained that the Polish economy will grow by 2.5% this year.
August 18, 2012