The local government can only establish fees that are related to the burial of a body, and not any fees related to running the cemetery, such as an entrance fee or additional fees for a larger brick grave after 20 years have passed - informed "Rzeczpospolita" in today's edition.more

According to the report "Poles on the path to divorce. Reasons", based on a special survey, in the last 5 years the most common reason for the decision to divorce was the so-called incompatibility of characters. This was declared by 28.7% of respondents who filed for divorce in the above-mentioned period. 26.1% indicated a lack of marital fidelity.more

800 plus will be paid for every child as long as I am in charge of the work of this government. There will be no criteria, there will be no limits, Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared yesterday.more

Employees of companies from Poland value a good working atmosphere in organizations (46%), as well as a scope of duties that corresponds to their interests (41%). Although, as they emphasize, flexibility of work is very valuable to them, 60% of respondents work entirely from the office - according to the latest Manpower study.more

59.8% of Poles are in favor of introducing civil partnerships for same-sex couples, while 28.1% of respondents are against it - according to the latest SW Research survey for rp.pl.more

Every fourth person in Poland was asked about family plans during recruitment. The percentage among women was 32%, and among men - 19% - according to the published study. Unfair treatment due to age was encountered by 24% of respondents.more

In the first half of October, 31% of respondents believed that the situation in our country was heading in the right direction, while 47% had the opposite opinion. 21% had no opinion on the subject - according to the CBOS poll.more

Air quality in the country in 2023 has improved compared to previous years, according to information from the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (GIOŚ). None of the 46 zones studied showed annual exceedances of pollution by sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, benzene or PM2.5.more

Szymon Hołownia, Rafał Trzaskowski and Andrzej Duda are the leaders of the October CBOS trust ranking. The respondents have the greatest distrust of Jarosław Kaczyński, Mateusz Morawiecki and Donald Tusk.more

After more than 40 hours of work a week, Poles are tired and unmotivated - reports today's "Gazeta Wyborcza".more

In Poland, 45 per cent of respondents use only one bank, which is below the European average (55 per cent), 37 per cent have an account with two banks and 16 per cent with three to five banks, according to a report by Kearney. Six per cent of Poles have their main account in digital banking.more

From mid-December, a new PKP Intercity train timetable will come into effect, in which passengers will find over five hundred connections and shortened travel times on many popular routes - announced Janusz Malinowski, president of PKP Intercity.more

Although PLN 305 billion has been spent on 500+ benefits, the number of births is still falling and the scope of extreme poverty is the same as before the introduction of the program - reports "Rzeczpospolita" in today's issue.more

The World Bank has raised its GDP growth forecast for Poland to 3.2 percent this year, to 3.7 percent in 2025, and to 3.4 percent in 2026, the World Bank reported in its latest ECA Economic Update report.more

The Medical University of Wrocław is the best university in Poland - according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR). Over two thousand universities from around the world were assessed based on several indicators, such as research quality or cooperation with industry.more

2.5 million Poles live in extreme poverty, and over 17 million below the social minimum - according to data for 2023 described yesterday by Wirtualna Polska. This is the worst result since 2015. The level of poverty among children, seniors and people with disabilities has increased significantly - the portal noted.more

An IBRIS poll conducted for Rzeczpospolita shows that if the presidential election had been held last Sunday - it would have been won by Rafał Trzaskowski. He would have been followed by Karol Nawrocki as the potential candidate of the Law and Justice party (PiS), and in third place would have been Sejm Speaker Szymon Hołownia.more

In the event of a threat of destabilization of the state due to the influx of immigrants, it should be possible to temporarily and territorially suspend the right to accept asylum applications - we read in the communique on the adoption by the government of the migration strategy.more

There is a trend of lower employee turnover between companies on the labour market, this is, among other things, the result of a lack of interesting offers, according to a survey prepared by Randstad. According to employees, the employment offer would be more attractive if the employer supported their commute to work.more

In September this year, 66% of respondents assessed the situation at their workplace as good; another 24% considered it to be "neither good nor bad" - according to the CBOS survey. Those working on private farms assessed the situation worse than other respondents.more

Poland ranked 31. in the intellectual capital ranking of 180 countries in 2023, the Polish Economic Institute reported, citing the "Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index". Higher places were taken by, among others, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, and the leader is South Korea.more

Only 20% of Poles know of any other form of contraception than condoms, and for 23% of respondents, the topic of pregnancy prevention methods is a taboo - according to a report by Kantar, presented by the Coalition Right to Contraception.more

53 per cent of Poles support our country's reception of Ukrainian refugees. This is the lowest result since March 2022 when it was 94 per cent. - according to the latest CBOS survey.more

Everyday shopping became more expensive in September by an average of 4.9 per cent compared to last September; the most expensive, by more than 10 per cent, were vegetables and fruit, according to the UCE Research report published yesterday. Bulk products - including sugar, salt and flour - are cheaper.more

80 per cent of adolescents aged 15-16 years have already drunk alcohol, 78 per cent of whom are using beer. With each year of delayed alcohol initiation, the likelihood of alcohol dependence decreases by 14 per cent and the risk of abuse by 8 per cent. - according to a report prepared by the Institute for Aware People. At the same time, the percentage of adolescents convinced of the health risks omore