Poland - Factors to Watch August 22

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22/08/2025 07:35

Aug 22 - The following are news stories, press reports and events that may affect Poland's financial markets on Friday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):

IT JOBS

Recruitment statistics show that Artificial Intelligence has begun to negatively impact the IT services job market in Poland, including for programmers, with demand for junior programmers falling dramatically, Rzeczpospolita daily reported.

ENERGY

The National Energy and Climate Plan, or the so-called small energy strategy until 2030 with a 2040 outlook, prepared by the Ministry of Climate and Environment is in the final stage of consultation with the Ministry of Energy and power grid operator (PSE), Parkiet daily reported.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Millions of Poles are investing in cryptocurrencies, but only a handful file taxes on them, according to data from the Ministry of Finance; the government is working on a bill that will tighten the system, Gazeta Wyborcza daily reported.

SCANWAY

NewConnect-listed space company Scanway SCW.WA plans to submit its prospectus to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) at the turn of August and September and wants to debut on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange this year, Puls Biznesu daily reported.

****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****

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