Polish bank stocks were weaker after the country’s finance ministry outlined plans to increase the corporate income tax rate paid by lenders in a bid to shore up its budget.

Poland’s plan to hoist taxes on banks sent investors scurrying for cover amid concerns over the country’s bloated budget.

Poland's Finance Ministry said on Friday it was not working on a previously floated idea of taxing interest on banks' required reserves, as banks' shares tumbled following an announcement of plans to hike the corporate income tax they pay.

Local police said they received reports of the crash around 2 a.m. and found burned metal and plastic debris at the scene.

The Polish news agency says an unidentified flying object has crashed and exploded in a cornfield in the country’s east

The Netherlands will send two Patriot air defence systems and around 300 personnel to protect a hub for military aid to Ukraine in NATO ally Poland, the Polish defence minister said on Thursday. Earlier this week,

The Great Emigration of the 19th century was not simply a mass departure, but a story of resilience, disillusionment, and reinvention. When the November Uprising collapsed, thousands of Poles carried their hopes of freedom across Europe,

Poland said operations by Polish and allied aircraft on Thursday related to Russian strikes on Ukraine had concluded and that no violations of Polish airspace were observed. "Due to the reduction in the level of threat from missile strikes by Russian aviation on Ukrainian territory,

Poland plans to increase the corporate income tax rate paid by banks to 30% in 2026, from the current 19%, to finance increased defence spending, Deputy Finance Minister Jaroslaw Neneman was quoted as saying by the state-controlled news agency PAP.

Amid discussions about a potential foreign military mission in Ukraine, Warsaw's position remains unchanged - Polish soldiers will not be deployed to Ukraine. Source: Polish radio station RMF FM citing Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz,

Poland, one of Ukraine's Western neighbours, is still host to about 1 million Ukrainian refugees who fled after Russia invaded their homeland in February 2022. They have helped fuel Poland's tight labour market and boost economic growth, according to observers, a trend Fitch sees continuing.

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