On 29th May 2023 at 1 pm, at the Polish seat of the European Parliament and the European Commission, a press conference was held during which Marcin Nowacki, Vice-President of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, was elected head of EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform (EU-Ukraine CSP) representing the European Union. The platform operates within the framework of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels, which is an EU advisory body…

Over the past months there has been an increased discussion regarding ETNO’s (European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association – representing the biggest telecommunications companies) demands to charge content and application providers for the traffic that is generated by the use of their services…

Telemedicine is the future of medicine around the world as it facilitates access to medical care for patients, primarily in the context of system overload and staff shortages. The possibility of obtaining a quick diagnosis (e-consultation) and appropriately selected therapy (e-prescription) is a solution for those patients who cannot wait in a long queue to see a doctor. These are people who are simply sick and require immediate treatment or suffer from a chronic condition and merely need to quickly purchase a prescription to ensure they continue to take their medication…

On April 15, 2023, the Official Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland published a regulation by the Minister of Development and Technology regarding the ban on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine. According to the content of the law, a ban on the import of agricultural products listed in the annex to the regulation from the territory of Ukraine to the territory of the Republic of Poland is established until June 30, 2023…

The following is a Memorandum summarising the debate that took place during the 3rd roundtable of the Energy and Climate Forum of Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, dedicated to the Ukrainian energy sector and implemented as part of the EUROPE-POLAND-UKRAINE REBUILD TOGETHER 2023 project, in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland…

Successive sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation since the beginning of the armed invasion of Ukraine are aimed at numerous key areas of the invader’s socio-economic life. They cover the following sectors: energy, finance, transport, defence, raw materials, and services. Also in place are a media embargo, visa, and diplomatic restrictions, as well as a number of measures regarding economic cooperation. However, there are still huge loopholes in the sanctions system that allow for a lively trade in many instances, such as food and fertilisers…