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Tusk: “Poland Becomes a Full Member of the EU”
Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Poland will join the Fiscal Pact. The conservative opposition rejects this step.
February 2, 2013
Slight Upward Trend for CESEE Countries
The economic crisis in the Eurozone has hit the CESEE countries particularly hard, EBRD reports. 2013 will be a better year.
February 1, 2013
Poland to Fulfill Convergence Criteria Gradually
Governor of NBP (National Bank of Poland) Marek Belka argues that the country will not meet all the Maastricht Criteria simultaneously.
January 31, 2013
Poland: Opposition Criticizes Government´s Economic Policy Sharply
Opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski says that the government does not fight against the economic slowdown.
January 31, 2013
Polish Economy Grew by 2.0% Last Year
Today, the Polish Statistical Office has published the economic data for 2012.
January 30, 2013
Bank Austria Centralizes Operations in Baltic Countries
The Austrian subsidiary of Italian UniCredit has shifted the units in Lithuania and Estonia to Latvia.
January 29, 2013
Rostowski: Poland´s Economy to Recover in Second Half of 2013
Poland´s Minister of Finance expects that the economic slowdown will continue for the time being.
January 28, 2013
Poland Sells Shares in PKO
The share in the banking group decreases to 31.9%. Further privatizations are planned.
January 24, 2013
Poland: Unemployment Quota at 13.4%
The labor market situation is one of Poland´s most pressing issues. Compared to November 2012, the unemployment quota was up by 0.5 percentage points.
January 24, 2013
Poland Has Third-Biggest Current Account Deficit
EU27 current account surplus € 28.8 bn. € 39.3bn surplus for trade in services.
January 24, 2013
Komorowski: Poland Should Join Eurozone in 2015
Poland´s President Bronislaw Komorowski said that the country should decide whether to introduce the euro in 2015.
January 23, 2013
Erste Group´s CEO Wants to Create CESEE Stock Exchange
Andreas Treichl, CEO of the Austrian banking group, would like to create an alliance between CEE Stock Exchange Group (CEESEG) and Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE).
January 23, 2013
Poland: Lower Growth Forecasts
The slowdown of the Polish economy continues. The government is becoming impatient.
January 22, 2013
CESEE Property Market Highly Heterogeneous
In Austria, the yield is expected to shrink further. However, the investments will be stable, CBRE Austria says. In the CESEE region, the situation is ambiguous.
January 21, 2013
Rostowski Calls for Further Interest Cuts
Polish minister of finance Jacek Rostowski wants NBP (Polish National Bank) to lower the base rate further.
January 21, 2013
Poland´s Rating Not Endangered
According to the U.S. rating agency Fitch, Poland´s “A-“ rating is “robust”.
January 21, 2013
Poland: Credit Line Renewed
The IMF guarantees a credit line of € 26bn to the Polish government.
January 19, 2013
WSE Has New Management
Adam Maciejewski will replace Ludwik Sobolewski as CEO of Warsaw Stock Exchange.
January 17, 2013
Poland: FDI Inflow Increases Decently
Last year, Poland recorded only a small increase in foreign direct investments.
January 17, 2013
WSE Among Europe’s Top Five Markets by Value of IPOs in 2012
The WSE ranked #1 in Europe by the number of IPOs and #5 by the value of IPOs in 2012.
January 17, 2013
Citizens in CESEE Countries Tend to Pessimism
According to a survey carried out by the opinion research institute marketagent.com, pessimism in the countries of central, east and southeast Europe persists.
January 16, 2013
Stepic: „CESEE Region Faces Challenging Year“
RBI´s (Raiffeisen Bank International) CEO Herbert Stepic explained that central, eastern and southeastern Europe is still Europe´s growth engine.
January 15, 2013
CESEE: Chakrabarti Expects Stabilization
In an interview with the Austrian news magazine „Standard“, EBRD´s President Suma Chakrabarti demonstrates cautious optimism. 2013 will be a better year for the CESEE region, he says.
January 14, 2013
Fitch: Austrian Banking Industry Depends on CESEE
According to the U.S. rating agency, the situation of Austrian banks strongly depends on the development in central, east and southeast Europe.
January 14, 2013
Rostowski Wants Further Interest Cuts
Poland´s Minister of Finance calls NBP (Polish National Bank) to continue the expansive monetary policy
January 11, 2013
Poland: Euro Introduction Still Unpopular
Polish citizens still reject giving up their national currency. The government wants to persuade the people.
January 10, 2013
Poland: NBP Cuts Interest Rate Again
Poland´s National Bank has decided to lower the base rate for the third time in a row.
January 10, 2013
NBP Plans Further Interest Rate Cuts
Further interest cuts are likely, NBP´s governor Marek Belka told FT in an interview.
January 8, 2013
Poland: Unemployment Rate Grows Further
At the end of December, Poland´s unemployment quota reached 13.3%.
January 8, 2013
Rostowski Initiates Debate on Eurozone Accession
Poland´s Minister of Finance Jacek Rostowski wants to define a criteria catalogue for Poland in order to create the accession “safe and advantageous”.
January 7, 2013
CESEE Equity Market: Upside Trend after Slow Start
Country allocation: An overweight on Russia is a strong bet for the coming quarter and mostly based on liquidity searching for an option after Turkey performing so strongly, Erste Group says.
January 7, 2013
Poland: LOT to Downsize Radically
The financially stricken Polish airline must scale-down its activities drastically in order to become profitable again
January 5, 2013
CESEE: Construction Industry Shrinks Further
The European research institute Euroconstruct expects a negative development for the construction industry in the CESEE region.
January 5, 2013
Poland Plans Bank Taxes
The Polish government considers introducing bank taxes in order to stabilize the banking sector.
January 4, 2013
Significant Upward Trend in Austrian Tourism Sector
Positive start in winter season 2012/13: 4.15 million overnights in November. The number of guests from Italy and Russia is growing remarkably.
January 4, 2013
Poland: Government to Focus on Family and Employment
Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the government aims to create more than 400,000 jobs this year.
January 4, 2013
Poland: Public Debt Level Shrinks Slightly
At the end of 2012, the public debt level came at 53% of GDP. One year before, the quota stood at 53.5%.
January 3, 2013
Poland Promotes Privatizations
This year, Poland´s revenues from privatizations total more than € 2.3bn.
December 30, 2012
Poland: € 100m Aid for LOT
The Polish government grants a massive capital injection for the financially stricken airline.
December 27, 2012
CESEE: Airline Industry in Severe Crisis
The airline industry in East and Southeast Europe faces enormous difficulties. Not only Polish LOT needs immediate help.
December 21, 2012
Highest Percentage of Low-Wage Earners in Baltic Countries
One out of six employees in the EU27 was a low-wage earner in 2010. Large differences between men and women, levels of education and types of contract.
December 20, 2012
Poland: Recovery in Mid-2013
Poland´s new Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechocinski forecasts an upward trend beginning in the second half of next year.
December 20, 2012
Bank Austria: Poland and Turkey are Most Attractive
According to Bank Austria´s board member Gianni Franco Papa, the performance of CESEE markets is satisfying.
December 19, 2012
Poland and Hungary to Cut Interest Rates Further
Unlike the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary still have some downward potential. The inflation rate is still below the base rate.
December 19, 2012
Komorowski: “Poland Needs Euro”
Poland´s President Bronislaw Komorowski wants his country to join the Eurozone. Now, the government has to convince the people, he says.
December 19, 2012
Rostowski: “Poland Will Enter Eurozone as soon as Possible”
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
Polish Government Considers Joining Banking Union
Today, Poland´s Prime Minister Donald Tusk explained that Poland may become a member in the single supervision mechanism.
December 14, 2012
CEE Countries May Join Banking Union
ECB will become the main supervisor for the Eurozone´s banking industry. Non-Eurozone member countries are entitled to opt-in.
December 13, 2012
Immofinanz Develops New Project in Poland
The Austrian real estate company expands activities in Poland: Start of construction on Nimbus office development project
December 13, 2012
Poland Grants State Aid to LOT
Poland´s national airline LOT gets financial support of more than € 100m.
December 12, 2012