-- POLES RIPPED OFF ON PELLETS. SKYROCKETING PRICES AND FUEL SHORTAGES IN TRADE - PORTAL SAMORZĄDOWY: “Owners of biomass boilers are sounding the alarm. At the beginning of the season, pellet prices soared, and now it turns out that in many stores and warehouses, it is simply unavailable. UOKiK [Office of Competition and Consumer Protection] has not found price collusion in the market, and the Minister of Energy announces intervention if the situation does not stabilize.”
https://www.portalsamorzadowy.pl/gospodarka-komunalna/polacy-nabici-w-pellet-szalejace-ceny-i-braki-opalu-w-handlu,647909.html

-- POLES TREMBLE FOR THEIR WALLETS. MOST HAVE ALREADY FELT THE JUMP IN ELECTRICITY PRICES - WP: “High electricity bills are becoming an increasingly significant challenge for Polish households. According to the latest survey conducted for Wirtualna Polska, nearly 70% of respondents see a clear increase in costs compared to last year, and concerns about the future are almost universal.”

-- COMPARING THE CURRENT SITUATION TO JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, POLES INDICATE RISING PRICES - DALEJ WP: “Comparing the current situation to January of last year, Poles point to rising prices. As many as 68% of respondents declared that they currently feel a clear increase in electricity costs (including 34% who answered 'definitely yes'). Only 20% of those surveyed see no significant difference in their bills, and 12% cannot clearly assess the change.”
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/polacy-drza-o-swoje-portfele-wiekszosc-odczula-juz-skok-cen-pradu-7251113076758848a

-- TODAY PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO TURN ON THE WASHING MACHINE DURING THE DAY - MICHAŁ WYPYCHEWICZ FROM ZPUE S.A. IN CONVERSATION WITH PIOTR MIĄCZYŃSKI IN GW: “Today, people cannot afford to turn on the washing machine during the day. At current electricity prices, if we were to introduce market mechanisms, a person earning the minimum wage could not afford to turn on a washing machine. And that's a fact. Pragmatically speaking, they shouldn't use electricity when they can't afford it. And by moving away from market mechanisms, we don't motivate them not to turn on the washing machine at 6 PM. We tell them: 'old man, you have expensive electricity? Use as much as you want, we'll subsidize it from the budget.' We 'flatten' their pain from taxes.”
https://wyborcza.biz/akcjespecjalne/7,154807,32564325,dzisiaj-juz-ludzi-nie-stac-na-wlaczenie-pralki-w-trakcie-dnia.html

-- POLISH VILLAGES ARE SEETHING. A GRAIN CRISIS IS ON THE HORIZON. FARMERS ARE ALREADY THREATENING PROTESTS - KRYSTYNA NASZKOWSKA IN GW: “There is a calm before the storm in the countryside. All because of problems with grain. Farmers are already threatening protests, and even protesting here and there, but this is just a foretaste of what might happen in the spring. We have low grain purchase prices and full grain warehouses. And zero ideas on how to solve this knot.”
https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,177151,32584754,polska-wies-wrze-na-horyzoncie-jest-kryzys-cen-zboza-rolnicy.html

-- POLAND IS EXHAUSTING ITS CURRENT GROWTH MODEL BASED ON CHEAP LABOR, EXPORTS, AND CAPITAL INFLOW - WITOLD GADOMSKI IN GW: “– Since we are so rich, why can't I afford many things, even those that my neighbor has – say thousands of Polish citizens. Slower economic growth with high social aspirations increases pressure on public finances, which can exacerbate budget deficit problems.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32582391,polska-gospodarka-ten-ogrod-trzeba-lepiej-podlewac.html

-- TRUMP ENTERS PUTIN'S TERRITORY - RUSŁAN SZOSZYN IN RZ: “Trump has reconciled democratic Armenia with authoritarian Azerbaijan and wants to earn billions of dollars from it. However, he must navigate the intricacies of local problems. US Vice President J.D. Vance will travel to Armenia on Monday. He is also scheduled to visit Azerbaijan in February. Donald Trump's America is rapidly becoming a key player in a region previously considered an exclusive sphere of Russian and Turkish influence.”
https://www.rp.pl/dyplomacja/art43764581-wizyta-wiceprezydenta-vance-a-na-kaukazie-poludniowym-jak-trump-wkracza-na-teren-putina

-- WŁODZIMIERZ CZARZASTY'S TACTICS TOWARDS TRUMP ARE RISKY. IT MAY BRING PROFITS TO THE LEFT, BUT IT CAN HARM THE COALITION AND COMPLICATE RELATIONS WITH THE USA - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Moreover, Czarzasty's overly aggressive maneuvering could have negative consequences for the entire country, as evidenced by the inadmissible and exaggerated reaction of Ambassador Rose. Because we truly need to maintain decent relations with the Americans. Thus, what is good for the Left may not necessarily be good for the entire coalition, nor for Polish raison d'état.”https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43763951-michal-szuldrzynski-dyplomatyczne-zwarcie-ambasadora-usa-i-marszalka-sejmu-komu-szkodzi-spor-o-trumpa

-- BOGUCKI ASSURES THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT ALERTED ABOUT CZARZASTY'S REMARKS: OBVIOUSLY NOT - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- BIRTHDAYS: Tadeusz Syryjczyk turns 78.