We are a global communion of churches in the Lutheran tradition country programs and partner organizations to promote justice reconciliation and dignity for individuals and communities LWF membership represents over 78 million Christians in the Lutheran tradition in 99 countries across the globe as well as ten recognized churches and congregations We strive to put our faith into action within and beyond the communion and seek God’s Word and Spirit to guide us Your partnership truly makes a difference.Together a better world is possible.With Passion for the Church and for the World The LWF Poland country program has launched a collection drive in Zgierz to support those affected by the devastating floods in Southern Poland have contributed significantly to the aid efforts Water and non-perishable food were among the things people donated The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Poland country program has started collections for people affected by the floods in Southern Poland the team launched a call for donations in Zgierz LWF runs a community center for refugees from Ukraine and their host community there.  "When we saw the photos and heard about the scale of the damage caused by the flood We decided to act and organize this collection to support those affected by this devastating event as best as possible LWF Team Leader at the   Zgierz Community Center "Our goal is to provide them with necessities and assistance during these challenging times."  The donation call on social media led to “overwhelming solidarity” When we saw the photos and heard about the scale of the damage caused by the flood The aid was collected through a drive organized at the LWF Community Center in Zgierz The local community donated items such as bottled water The first trucks with the collected donations already left for the Fire Department in Zgierz which will handle the further distribution of aid to people affected by the flood The team was overwhelmed by the solidarity only a day after the team publicized the call."  ready to leave for the Zgierc fire department The response has been "substantial," the LWF team leader in Zgierz said He added that a significant part of the aid had come from Ukrainian refugees "They are particularly grateful for the opportunity to give back in some way as they appreciate the support they have received."  LWF Poland also offered free psychological counseling from  five community centers in Gdansk The local parish at the LWF Community Center in Bytom is also ready to accommodate flood victims Presiding Bishop Jerzy Samiec of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland and the president of the Diaconia Poland  are appealing for donations to help those affected by the disaster In a letter to leaders of LWF member churches affected by the disaster in Austria Dr Anne Burghardt expressed the communion's solidarity with all those suffering The widespread flooding has led to the loss of lives and the destruction of homes LWF condemns the killing of civilians in Gaza airstrikes and the blocking of humanitarian aid   Chemin du Pavillon 2,1218 Le Grand Saconnex [email protected]+41 (0)22 791 60 00 whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine A Belarusian woman and ten Ukrainian citizens became defendants in the case / zgierz.policja.gov.pl a Belarusian and Ukrainian women were detained for a fraud of 700 thousand euros in the Lodz province The victim of the crime is a large clothing manufacturing company which carries out online sales throughout Europe But it turned out that since the beginning of the year the employees had been creating fake customer accounts they indicated that the ordered goods had been returned to the warehouse A Belarusian woman and ten Ukrainian women aged 20-28 were charged in the case The arrest was made by the police in Zgierz the Belarusian and Ukrainian women were released and are under police surveillance Become a journalist!Report topic! Support usDonate A Polish utility and power generator will partner up to finance and build two major district heating power projects in that nation The management board of PGE Energia Ciepla and the Wroclaw Combined Heat and Power Plant Group Kogeneracja signed three agreements with the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOSiGW) The deal co-finances construction of combined heat and power (CHP) plants in Siechnice and Zgierz Both projects are designed to move away from coal fuel in the heat generation process at PGE locations The construction of the new Czechnica CHP plant in Siechnice will replace an existing coal-fired CHP facility by 2024 Czechnia CHP’s unit will be gas and steam combined with a peak load boiler house and a heat accumulator CHP units deliver both electricity and heating for home use or industrial processes President of the Management Board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna pointed out that the PGE Group will transition its power and heat generation fleet to 70 percent lower emitting fuels by 2030 “One of the priorities of the strategy of the PGE Group is the decarbonization of the heat sector,” Dabrowski said in a statement The co-financing agreements “will enable us to achieve the strategic objects of the PGE Group.” Cogeneration News: New York Wastewater Treatment CHP generates excess power back into the grid Global Micro-CHP market forecast to grow 20 percent annually Subscribe to EnergyTech's free, tri-weekly newsletter for more stories like these The financing amount is estimated at around 352 million Polish zloty ($86.7 million U.S.) in the majority of locations where the PGE Group owns its assets installations will be commissioned which will result in a total or significant departure from coal fuel A total departure from coal is first planned in Zgierz while a significant one in CHP plants in Bydgoszcz waste heat and renewable energy will be used to produce heat in the new and modernized heat units The funds come from the Energy Plus priority program Jun 17, 2021 | Society Nowy Sącz has the European Union’s worst air, according to new data released by the European Environmental Agency (EEA) A further four Polish cities are among the ten most polluted in the ranking of 323 places across the bloc Poland has long battled with some of the continent’s most polluted air which is estimated to cause around 50,000 premature deaths in the country annually was found by the EEA to have an annual mean concentration of 27.3 μg/m3 of PM2.5 (referring to small and particularly harmful airborne particulate matter) in 2019 and 2020 The World Health Organisation recommends a limit of 10 μg/m3 — Compassion 🇪🇺 (@gmulder) June 17, 2021 That made Nowy Sącz one of only five EU cities to receive the worst rating of “very poor” air Another was Zgierz (25.2μg/m3) in central Poland Also in the bottom ten were Piotrków Trybunalski, Żory (both 24.9 μg/m3) and Kraków (24.7 μg/m3) as well as the major cities of Łódź (18.2 μg/m3) Wrocław (16.2 μg/m3) and Poznań (17.2 μg/m3) were also classified as having “poor” air The non-Polish cities in the bottom ten were Cremona Umeå in Sweden had the EU’s cleanest air followed by Tampere in Finland and Funchal in Portugal Poland has EU’s worst air pollution, shows new report “Fine particulate matter is the air pollutant with the highest impact on health in terms of premature death and disease,” notes the EEA “Long term exposure…caus[es] serious health effects.” A study last year found that children in one Polish city had over four times the level of harmful substances from air pollution in their bodies as their counterparts in France Over the last decade, there has been a growing campaign in Poland for the authorities – as well as the public themselves – to take steps to mitigate air pollution Dangerous levels of air pollution in Polish children’s bodies, finds study The biggest contributor to the problem is home heating, with many Poles burning coal – and sometimes, illegally, household waste – in domestic stoves. 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AUTHOR ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Smoke rises from a burning garbage dump in Zgierz announced by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Tuesday follows a plague of fires at Polish landfills seen as potential foul play by the government as companies seek to cut corners on recycling rules or clear space for new deliveries of trash Brenntag has opened a new Food Application centre in Zgierz The new food laboratory consists of three sections dedicated to the branches beverage meat processing as well as bakery and confectionery The new facility is equipped with state-of-the-art technology allowing tests of a wide range of products as well as the preparation of final products "The Food industry is one of our strategic focus areas in Europe and we have dedicated facilities for the support of our business partners throughout Europe With the opening of an application centre that is now centrally located in Poland we especially like to get closer to our customers in Central Eastern Europe and consolidate our regional Food competence at one place We will offer our customers complete application support and know-how including trainings which we expect to result in the creation of new innovative solutions for the market" Middle East and Africa at the opening ceremony The new Food Application center is located at the Brenntag site in Zgierz which has the central warehouse for most specialized products for the Food industry in Poland and is the headquarter for the Polish Food Division ProteiNext is an annual symposium that offers a platform for sharing insights on protein analysis CHEManager Spotlight is an exclusive event tailored for practitioners and decision-makers in the chemical industry This part of our event series delves into the latest trends and innovations in logistics to streamline your operations and drive efficiency A single-line railway track from Łowicz to Łódź in central Poland is reducing commuter times and connecting new businesses we’ve been able to cut commuter times and are connecting new businesses For the residents of the central Polish region of  Łódzkie the lack of reliable train service has been an ongoing obstacle From commuting to the next town to travelling across the country bus or bike – or a combination of all three As part of an initiative to create a better-connected transport system the region has started developing a single-track railway line that runs between Łowicz and Zgierz This project focused on track number three a 47 km stretch of track that leaves from Stryków station 12 sets of turnouts (used to guide trains from one track to another) were replaced trains can now travel at a speed of 90 km/h this means the trip from Łowicz to the Łódź Kaliska station has been cut in half – from over two hours to one hour This is great news for the many people who commute between one of the 11 towns served by the route: Łowicz with the creation of the Łódź Agglomeration Railway will have a substantial impact on the region’s economic development With the addition of the soon-to-be-complete line 15 which will connect with line three at Zgierz and offer service to Bednary the region expects to see a boost not only in passenger traffic the rail will be extremely beneficial to the many industrial sites being established along the still-to-be-built A1 highway.  the north-south A1 will connect much of central Poland running from Gdańsk through Łódź and its Upper Silesian industry area to the Czech border at which point it connects to Czech motorway D1 The 565.1 km route is part of the European E75 route Total investment for the project “Modernization of the railway line No 15 on the Bednary - Zgierz section together with the construction of the link to the airport Reymonta - stage I reconstruction of the railway surface on the section Łowicz - Zgierz” is EUR 15 296 898 with the EU’s European Regional Development Fund contributing EUR 8 158 346 through the “Łódzkie” Operational Programme for the 2007-2013 programming period The investment falls under the priority “Transport infrastructure” PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe Spółka Akcyjna (Polish Railway Lines) CA Immo exits non-core market Serbia with the sale of the 19,600 sqm office building Sava Business Center in Belgrade Both the sales price and the buyer are subject to confidentiality As the PBSA sector finally takes off in Poland it is now increasingly attracting international operators and investors Eurobuild CEE spoke to Xior's investment manager about why it has such confidence in the Polish market Residential developer Develia has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire all the shares in Bouygues Immobilier Polska the Polish subsidiary of Bouygues Immobilier ESA logistika has leased 15,000 sqm in Prologis Park Piotrków GLP has completed the development of its Wrocław V Logistics Centre and has received a BREEAM rating of Outstanding Panattoni has secured EUR 40 mln in financing from BNP Paribas for the development of Panattoni Park Sosnowiec IV Newgate Investment (NGI) and Redkom Development are developing a large retail park in Bydgoszcz Deutsche Hypo – NORD/LB Real Estate Finance has provided a five-year green loan to Olivia Seven for the refinancing of the Olivia Prime A office building in Gdańsk-Oliwa communications and security company Motorola Solutions has signed a five-year lease renewal 18,000 sqm at the Green Office complex in Kraków’s Podgórze district Falling interest rates and easing monetary policy across the eurozone and CEEi are boosting investor confidence in the region’s commercial real estate market reveals Colliers in its ‘Beyond Real Estate | Economy’ report Panattoni is to build the Panattoni Park Mainz Süd in Erbes-Büdesheim bei Alzey Axi Immo has presented its latest report “Warsaw Office Market – Q1 2025 The market opened in 2025 on a steady footing with a notable increase in leasing activity and a modest decline in vacancy landlords continue to focus on upgrading existing assets and prioritizing quality over quantity Convenience store chain Żabka has officially opened a new logistics centre in Kąty Wrocławskie The first stage of the development will serve 1,500 stores in the Wrocław area Romanian Post has leased over 5,000 sqm of logistics space in CTPark Bucharest to serve as its temporary regional courier and logistics hub for Bucharest JLL has announced the sale and leaseback of two properties by a manufacturing company in a deal worth over PLN 1 bln Warehouse developer CTP is adding 2,000 sqm to its Clubco coworking development in Brno pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has extended an investment facility to PineBridge Benson Elliot for the Diuna Office Park in Warsaw The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024 while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone of EUR 100 Torus has announced its All.inn students’ residence concept that is soon to appear on ul which specialises in temperature-controlled goods is to enlarge its freezer warehouse in Radomsko by an additional 4,800 sqm it will be the company's largest distribution centre in Poland Footwear retailer Deichmann has prolonged its lease of 21,000 sqm in Prologis Park Wrocław III The company has been in the park since 2011 The grand opening of DPD's 18,000 sqm logistics hub at Segro Logistics Park Stryków took place on 14 April 2025 The courier company currently leases a total of more than 35,000 sqm across Segro's portfolio in Poland The largest Polish ice cube manufacturer has increased the space it leases at the MLP Pruszków II warehouse complex to 7,200 sqm an Oligocene well has been drilled to meet the tenant's needs Peakside Capital Advisors and Partners Group have laid the cornerstone for the City Point Okęcie logistics centre Panattoni has completed the expansion of Panattoni Park Koluszki in Central Poland and obtained an occupancy permit Axi Immo has presented its latest market analysis in the special publication "Central Poland Industrial Snapshot" the region recorded a historic high in industrial and logistics leasing activity A 15,300 sqm hi-tech production hall has opened in Debrecen developed by Panattoni Hungary and the OTP Real Estate Investment Fund a company that specialises in LED light therapy and pharmaceuticals distributor Avenier have both signed leases for space in CTPark Plzeň Kasárny Mito Light is to take up 556 sqm while Avenier has leased 588 sqm with the handover planned for the autumn of 2025 With warehouse and industrial stock of nearly 35 mln sqm Poland’s market has stabilised at a healthy level Logistics operator DB Schenker has leased an additional 9,800 sqm in the Hillwood Rawicz logistics centre The tenant has been operating from the centre since the autumn of last year when it opened a service centre with an area of over 17,000 sqm for a manufacturer of optical products More than 2.6 mln sqm of industrial and logistics space was delivered across Poland in 2024 according to BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland’s latest report "At a Glance While this was below the new supply levels recorded in previous years Spring has very much sprung and everywhere is bathed in the first warm sunshine of the year I have in the back of my mind the terrifying fo .. 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Viterra has moved into its ​​new 1,500 sqm offices in Olivia Prime part of the Olivia Centre business complex in Gdańsk Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district The property is owned by Stena Real Estate .. The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul The new building will house the faculti .. Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu adopting the title of its property management product the construction of the Panattoni Park Unterfranken has officially started DIY has reportedly kicked off its foray into Poland by opening a logistics centre in the country which had earlier announced plans to look into Poland has leased 5 000 m² of space at Hillwood Zgierz I logistic center in Dąbrówka Wielka It further stated that Axi Immo brokered the transaction.  DIY’s chief operating officer who has been overseeing business development announced last September plans to venture into the "very dynamic yet promising market" after visiting the country for a business trip who spent a decade at discount clothing and houseware retailer Pepco was appointed as director of business development for Mr Market research firm IBIS World ranks Poland’s hardware and home improvement industry eighth in Europe It pegs the sector’s growth in the market at 6.5 per cent per year on average Home Improvement Report edited by DIY International puts the market volume of Polands DIY market at EUR 7.0 bn DIY has been actively expanding in Europe after establishing its presence in Asia All important international markets at a glanceThe unique data collection on the worldwide do-it-yourself trade DIY International+Well informed at all times.  The online magazine publishes regularly updated reports features and analyses from the global DIY industry The subscription gives you full access to the premium content marked DIY+ on this website Print issueThis is an indispensable aid to assortment design in DIY stores and specialist stores with home improvement and garden departments DIY Indonesia reports soaring sales for 2024The Indonesian unit of Malaysian home goods retail chain Mr DIY made 2024 a year to remember not … DIY eyes Czech Republic and HungaryThe Malaysian retail chain Mr DIY wants to enter the Czech Republic and HungaryMalaysian retail chain Mr DIY is planning to enter the Czech Republic and Hungarian markets DIY sets up in South AfricaThe Malaysian retail chain is preparing its market entry on the African continent Brico in BelgiumBrand times fiveThe Belgian DIY market leader Brico uses five size concepts from city stores to DIY project stores… high regulatory density: the Belgian market is considered … All FieldsNow a Benelux playerBelgian service provider All Fields works for manufacturers and retailers in the DIY sector  IPM EssenPlant Power at IPM ExpressThis year IPM Essen will be offering new formats on the subject of plants