Poland - Factors to Watch May 22
22/05/2026 07:28
WARSAW, May 22 - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Friday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): U.S. TROOPS IN POLAND The United States will be sending an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday. Polish President Karol Nawrocki thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his decision to send additional U.S. troops to Poland. HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said the Visegrad Group should be rebuilt and perhaps expanded to include Austria, as well as Croatia, Slovenia, and possibly Romania, Gazeta Wyborcza daily reported. FUEL PRICES Economists believe the government should not extend the fuel price reduction program until oil prices reach the levels seen before the US and Israeli attack on Iran, as the program is costly and "poorly calibrated," Rzeczpospolita daily reported. ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media and does not vouch for their accuracy.**** For other related news, double click on: Polish equities PL-E E.Europe equities .CEE Polish money PL-M Polish debt PL-D Eastern Europe EEU All emerging markets EMRG Hot stocks HOT Stock markets STX Market debt news DBT Forex news FRX For real-time index quotes, double click on: Warsaw WIG20 .WIG20 Budapest BUX .BUX Prague PX .PX (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau) ((warsaw.newsroom@reuters.com; tel. +48 22 6539700))