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Wyoming County asking residents to nominate their favorite business for 'business of the year' award
The Wyoming County Chamber invites public nominations for its annual "business of the year" awards. WYOMING COUNTY, N.Y. — The Wyoming County Chamber and Tourism office is asking the public to nominate their favorite business for a "business of...

Karol Nawrocki Supports The Deployment Of Nuclear Weapons In Poland
1 Karol Nawrocki The Polish President is counting on France on this issue. Polish President Karol Nawrocki supports the deployment of nuclear weapons in his country and counts on France. He said this in an interview with LCI on September 16. He...

Eleven Sports to cover WTA Tour in Poland through 2027-31 cycle
Rights in Poland for the top-tier Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour have been snapped up by the Eleven Sports subscription broadcaster for the next 2027-31 rights cycle. The tie-up, unveiled today and signed with the tour's WTA Ventures...
Ireland still hopeful of EU coalition to block Mercosur trade deal with South America
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon remains hopeful of getting enough support at European Union level to block the proposed Mercosur deal. The agreement between the EU and the biggest countries in the South America has been years in the making....

Polish health platform Doctor.One secures €4 million to expand its asynchronous care model for chronic patients
Warsaw-based HealthTech startup Doctor.One has raised a €4 million Seed round to support expansion into Germany, Spain, and the UK, building on its early commercial success in Poland and demand for chronic care solutions that move beyond episodic...
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Will Poland’s defence splurge spark an economic boom?
Poland’s rapid rise in defence spending won’t translate into a broader economic boom unless deeper structural shifts happen that will take bolder reforms, contrasting with relatively easy decision-making on allocatingbns to buy equipment. Poland...

Trump wages economic war on US allies, while BRICS builds alternative system
Donald Trump is imposing tariffs and unequal treaties on longtime allies in Europe, Japan, and South Korea, forcing them to pay and move their factories to the US. Meanwhile, BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are building a new...

How can Poland, Ukraine, NATO defend against Russian drones?
A drone attack on Kyiv and appearance of a cluster of drones over Polish territory in September 2025 has highlighted the threat posed by the rapid advancement of autonomous and uncrewed aerial vehicles. Drones provide a unique advantage for the...

Business News | A Sneaker, Dressed Up: Metro Shoes Upgrades Men's Footwear
PRNewswire Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 17: Metro Shoes, India's leading footwear destination, announces the launch of METRO CROSSOVER, a first-of-its-kind menswear collection that creates a new space between sneakers and formals....

Inside Antwerp's battle to save the natural diamond trade
ANTWERP— In 1947, De Beers convinced the world that a diamond meant forever — and that an engagement ring should cost the equivalent of at least two months’ salary. Nearly 70 years later, the diamond industry is betting it can pull off the same...
Market exchange rates in China -- Sept. 17
BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System: Currency Unit Central parity...

Financing security through strategic alliances
Poland offers a striking case study. Confronted with the immediate threat posed by Russia after the invasion into Ukraine, Warsaw faced the need to rearm at unprecedented speed and scale. Traditional budget channels were insufficient. To bridge...

Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit. Follow live updates.
British broadcaster marking presidential visit with ‘Trump v The Truth’ special — 5:04 p.m. By the Associated Press Channel 4 in Britain announced that it will broadcast a special featuring “an unbroken catalogue of over 100 falsehoods,...

Almost 2,000 employers apply for Polish government’s shorter working hours pilot programme
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Get behind EU plan to sanction Israeli trade, Kallas urges member states
In an interview with Euronews, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas confirmed the strategy to suspend trade-related provisions within the Israel-EU Association Agreement. The EU is Israel’s biggest trading partner. "We have a...

EIB and Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) sign €80 million loan to invest in innovation and sustainability in the mobility sector
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The loan will support CAF’s investments in the application of advanced technologies to the mobility sector to make it more sustainable and contribute to its...

Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit. Follow live updates.
pinned Former director of the CDC contradicts RFK Jr., and other takeaways from her major hearing By Tal Kopan, Globe Staff As Susan Monarez took her place before a Senate committee on Wednesday to detail the events that led to her firing as...

Alicante Airport adds several new winter flights to the UK, Moldova and Poland
Date Published: 17/09/2025 According to the latest air connectivity report from the Costa Blanca Tourism Board, the airport is set to expand its winter destinations by at least 4%. This means 206 routes for the upcoming winter season, up from 198...

Harvest for Polish apples in full swing
The harvest for Polish apples has kicked off on a large scale, and it's looking positive, says Jakub Krawczyk, export manager for Polish apple exporter Appolonia: "Harvesting of Gala started on a large scale in week 37, and this season the...

The multi-million-pound Welsh business empire which grew from nothing
In Wrexham it isn't just the now world-famous football club which is riding the crest of a wave. On a building inside the unremarkable Redwither business park a team of 60 people at Meridian are producing something they believe is the finest...