21st in the region and 45th in the world – Poland improved its rank in this year’s Index of Economic Freedom published by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. The index of economic freedom in Poland amounted to 68.5 points, which places our country in the 45th place in the world and 21st in the regional breakdown.

The times of guarantees of eternal peace and security in Europe are behind us. Today, every scenario of armed confrontation in our region must be considered probable. Poland must reckon with the possibility of armed conflict and prepare accordingly. The Warsaw Enterprise Institute and the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers in the published report “Poland’s security strategy” present possible scenarios of the course of events and offer recommendations for the state administration.

An increasingly elderly society, a declining working-age population, a growing number of diseases, including civilisation diseases – in the face of these challenges, creating an efficient health care system seems to be nothing less than a necessity. This is a particularly difficult task taking into consideration the growing difficulty with access to qualified medical staff, including doctors and nurses, as well as a chronic deficiency of funds.