FOCUS: Maja Lunde

BALANCE EU-India summit

The EU-India summit will take place in New Delhi on January 25-27, 2026 during which the two sides will sign the Free Trade Agreement. The European Union remains India’s largest trade partner while India’s population of around 1.5 billion is roughly three times that of the bloc.

Q and A with Robert Zduńczyk

An interview with the co-founder of the Poland-East Africa Foundation which is marking 20 years of operations in 2026.

BALANCE V4 Trade Corridors

The economies of the V4 Group - Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia - showed varied performance in 2025, with Poland being a growth engine, Czechia stable, while Slovakia and Hungary facing hurdles. To find out more BALANCE spoke to Akos Zulik, the head of the CEE connectivity hub at Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest.

BALANCE Deal Hunters

According to a report by DXC Technology entitled "Black Friday 2025", more than 90% of Poles are aware (or have heard) of Black Friday or Black Week, while 29% of Poles seem to be in the habit of shopping on Black Friday.

FOCUS: Maja Lunde

In this edition, we will be speaking with a famous Norwegian writer, Maja Lunde, whose latest novel „The Stopped Time” has been recently released in Poland. For years, her captivating books have topped the shelves in Poland, a country that was among the first to warmly embrace her work.