Insights and Stories on Poland

Apr. 28, 2023 at 8:00 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission said Friday it had reached a deal in principle to allow transit of Ukrainian grain to resume through five European Union countries that had imposed restrictions. Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia cited concerns that grain from Ukraine meant to be exported to […]

By Reuters

Apr. 21, 2023 at 10:13 pm CDT

Warsaw | Reuters — European Union measures to help farmers affected by a glut of Ukrainian food imports are too little too late, the Polish prime minister said on Friday, after the government approved 10 billion zlotys (C$3.23 billion) in aid for Polish agriculture. Central European countries are trying to […]

By Reuters

Apr. 18, 2023 at 6:02 pm CDT

Warsaw | Reuters — Poland agreed on Tuesday to lift a ban on the transit of Ukrainian grain and food products, but Ukraine said a wartime deal allowing it to safely ship grain from Black Sea ports was still under threat. Failure to resume exports into eastern European countries or […]

By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Marek Strzelecki, Pawel Florkiewicz

Apr. 17, 2023 at 4:25 pm CDT

Kyiv/Rava-Ruska, Ukraine | Reuters — Slovakia on Monday joined Poland and Hungary in banning grain imports from Ukraine as even Kyiv’s staunchest allies come under domestic pressure to shield their agriculture markets. The heat is mounting on Brussels to work out a European Union wide solution after Warsaw and Budapest […]

By Andriy Perun, Pavel Polityuk, Pawel Florkiewicz

Nov. 16, 2022 at 5:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell nearly two per cent on Wednesday, anchored by a profit-taking plunge in soyoil and crude oil futures, traders said. Wheat and corn futures declined on optimism about an extension of a deal to protect Black Sea exports, and as fears eased that […]

By Julie Ingwersen