The Nova Poshta group of companies has launched the first Nova Post branch in Katowice, bringing the total number of Polish cities covered by branches to nine, the company's press service reported.

"You asked - we did. The nineteenth branch in Poland in the city of Katowice is already open. As in other branches, you can send and receive parcels and documents here," the company said, noting that it will open branches in other cities.

As specified in the release, a total of 18 Nova Post branches have already been opened in Poland - in Lublin, Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, Gdansk, Wroclaw and Rzeszow.

Earlier it was reported that in March Nova Poshta would enter the second foreign market - Lithuania and open a branch that would receive and send parcels weighing up to 1,000 kg in its capital, Vilnius. Work is also underway to open branches in Germany.

Founded in 2001, the Nova Poshta Group of Companies is the largest participant in the Ukrainian logistics market: its network includes about 10,000 branches and 13,000 parcel lockers throughout Ukraine. The number of shipments for 2021 exceeded 372 million. In addition, the non-banking financial institution NovaPay provides services for money transfers and electronic money transactions. In 2021, some 388 million transactions were carried out.