Poland: the race to cut red tape
Poland’s centre-right government and right-wing opposition usually find very little to agree on, which is what makes this week’s race to deregulate the economy noteworthy. The first shot was fired by...
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Poland: still defiant in the euro gloom
The Greek storm is buffeting the world’s economy, but Poland has not yet fallen victim to the gloom. New industrial production numbers for April show a 2.9 per cent increase over the same period a year...
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Euro 2012: another builder takes an early bath
Poland’s ambitious highway construction programme was supposed to provide lucrative bounty for local road construction companies; instead it has turned into a disaster, as yet another contractor...
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Poland’s fast road to growth (and Berlin)
Electronic highway billboards usually confine their information to grim news about traffic jams and road temperatures, but on Thursday those on the road leading out of Warsaw had an altogether happier...
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Euro 2012: hosts looking for lasting economic boost
As the Euro 2012 European football championship kicks off this weekend, it’s anyone’s guess which team will walk away with the cup. But the two nations which are co-hosting the tournament hope to win...
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Poland’s Euro 2012 hangover
With fans from across Europe driving on Poland’s newly completed highways or flying in to refurbished airports to take their seats at freshly built stadiums, this should be a time of joy for the...
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Euro 2012: China goes long Germany
Germany and Spain are neck and neck with the bookies for Euro 2012 – Paddy Power, the online betting site, has them both at 3-1 to win the tournament. But – just like eurozone bond investors – China’s...
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Ukraine: something to cheer about
‘Ukraine is not dead yet!’ These opening lines of the beleaguered country’s national anthem were sung defiantly by yellow-and-blue-clad hordes of fans, thronging the recently rebuilt Olympic Stadium in...
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Poland in 2012: after the final whistle
As Poland hosts the European football championships, many visiting fans are discovering the changing character of the former communist country for the first time. It’s clear that Poland is a country in...
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Euro 2012: a crossroads for Ukraine
Goodbye Greece! Footage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) celebrating Germany’s 4-2 quarter final victory over Greece in the Polish port city of Gdansk may have a wider political symbolism. But...
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Kiev profits from Euro 2012
Kiev is in an extra cheery mood this weekend, expecting a record inflow of fans for the Spain vs Italy Euro 2012 European football championship final hosted in the Ukrainian capital on Sunday. The...
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Ukraine: good job co-hosting the football, but what next?
Foreign visitors, numbering up to a million during Euro 2012, appear to have been left with an overwhelmingly positive impression of tournament co-host Ukraine. But international financial institutions...
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Kiev politics: after the football, boxing
By Stefan Wagstyl and Roman Olearchyk The successful staging of the Euro 2012 football tournament helped unify Ukrainians in a surge of well-deserved national pride. But hopes that the event will help...
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Poland / Euro 2012: cash, not glory
For Poland, hosting this year’s European football championships was always much more about cash than sporting glory – and the country’s incompetent national side, which exited the tournament with no...
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