News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]


Yes, exactly. And additional 100% since 1989 to 2004. Together 200%.

Dear guys, nobody will persuade me that Poland is not booming. I just remember the communist squalor of 1970s and 80s and comparing it with today`s sitation it is like Heaven and Hell. Or Fire and Water.

Guys who deny Poland`s prosperity are narrow-minded simpletons because they know only their better developed countries, nothing else. In result, they don`t have a broader perspective, like me and other intelligent guys here.

Certainly, El Gordo isn`t intelligent enough

as he mistakes prosperity with red tape.

Gordo, here are the proper threads for you:

Poland still developing strong economy despite red tape

Problems with Polish Bureaucracy, residency

Bureaucracy in Poland

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]


I am prone to believe he had problems with his throat and vocal cords which went out of control. It happens when you shout for too long. Check at 4.40 min. Also, he tries to excuse his squeaking at 8:27.

Genealogy / Why the escape in the 1800s ? Searching for my family roots. [25]


Sorry, wrong.
Austrian occupation was the least horrible. Poles were allowed to run in elections for MPs in the Austrian Parliament and two Poles even became a Prime Minister, a thing unheard of in other occupation zones.

Life / Proper dose of life in Poland... the harsh realities. [64]


Striving for perfection at any cost is a clear sign of madness. :):):):)

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]


Thanks to it, we survived partitions, occupations, communism. We kept our balance due to our 1000 year old traditions.

Tradition!!:

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gRdfX7ut8gw

Po polsku / Najtańsze miasta w Polsce? [13]


Należy wpisać w Google ceny wynajmu mieszkań w Polsce i już. Mam Ci to znaleźć czy sam do tego dojdziesz?

Food / Butcher Shops in Krakow with Good Beef [11]

Thanks, some guys here will find it very useful.

I don`t, because we don`t eat steaks at home. The only beef which I devour is raw meat but as it goes minced in the recipe, I don`t mind its lack of tenderness. Minced meat is tender neough for me. :):):):)

Food / Butcher Shops in Krakow with Good Beef [11]

It is hard to get good, tender, delicate beef in Poland. Polish staples are pork and poultry, not beef.

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]


Stop that nonsense about Polish economy. I have had enough of that bulshyt.

You know nothing about it and the only knowledge you possess is taken from anti-Polish publications.

Why don`t you read some professional business sites? And neutral, first of all.

blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/03/26/poland-defiant-shoppers

There is obviously a communications problem in Poland - namely, someone has failed to inform Polish consumers that there is a crisis brewing and that they should keep their heads down and wallets closed.

February retail sales data released on Monday were surprising, showing an annual increase of 13.7 per cent while markets were expecting a 9.9 per cent increase.
"That is a very good result," wrote Malgorzata Starczewska-Krzysztoszek, chief economist for Lewiatan, the Polish employers confederation. "Polish consumers have long since factored in the news about an economic slowdown and it is only having a limited impact on their decisions."

Travel / What do you know about Torun, Poland? [30]

Torun is like Krakow but less polluted:

Leaning Tower

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Here you are:

Ojców National Park near Krakow:

Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary

Love / Are all Polish men Psychos? [111]


Beware of psychos. Never take a shower in the house with a psycho inside.

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]


Shyt, we are losing our Polish identity somehow. We are becoming Western Europe.

What a shame!

Shall I never drink freshly milked, foamy warm milk from the cow`s udder in my life anymore? The beloved taste of my childhood? :(:(:(:

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]


Foreign direct investment in Poland rose 46.7 percent last year, reaching $14.2 billion, up from $9.7 billion in 2010, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Global FDI rose 17 percent last year.

Growing foreign investment in Poland should come as no surprise, because Polish cities have for years been ranked high in league tables of the most attractive locations for investors. Poland's strong performance is confirmed in the Real Estate Investor Intentions survey conducted by the CBRE company and presented in March at the annual MIPIM 2012 real estate fair in Cannes, France. In the survey, Warsaw is the second most attractive investment destination on the European real estate market, right after London. The Polish capital ranks higher than Paris, which was very popular with investors last year, and also higher than Munich and Berlin in Germany.

warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/24668/article

Life / What's the Best Book(s) to understand the Polish People? [4]


Yes, I liked Jezioro Bodeńskie, Lake Constance, by Stanisław Dygat.

An excellent film has been made from the story:

Watch the soliloquy and you will know all about Poles:



Sorry, I forgot to add that the film received Grand Prix award at the Film Festival in Locarno in 1986.

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]


Thanks. It is very kind of you. :):):):):):)

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Why are you coming here with such cheap arguments? :):):):)

Don`t you know that 85 cents of each euro that is transfered to Poland as EU aid goes back to Germany? :):):) Taking all countries of old EU, it is 46 cents.

Isn`t it a fantastic business??? :):):)

Other, high time to learn some Polish: :):):):):)


marucha.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/z-kazdego-euro-dotacji-ue-niemcy-odzyskuja-85-centow


I don`t care about your personal impression. :):):):):) What matters is that Poland must get 90 billions in the next budget. :):):):):) Let`s call it a compensation for betrayal of Poland in Yalta. :):):):):):):):) We are only taking back what we didn`t get right after the war.

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

The Other, don`t be so childishly silly. You know that European funds can`t be used in that way so why are you making a fool of yourself?

It is a loan, not giving away. Besides, the sum is perfectly proportionate to the size and condition of Polish economy.

It is a fair deal. And Poland is playing an active role.

News / Why is PO still in power? [9]


Yes, I am complaining, too.

But I don`t see any other party worth voting for.

What a paradox, isn`t it? :):):):)

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Funny. In 1990 (or was it 1991?) the IMF supported Poland with 1 billion $ to aid the transition from communist economy to free market.

MF welcomes Poland's pledge to increase fund's resources by EUR 6.27bn
Poland made a pledge to contribute EUR 6.27 billion in additional financing to the International Monetary Fund to support funding for troubled countries, the IMF wrote in a press statement Thursday morning.

"I warmly welcome today's commitment by the Polish authorities to contribute EUR 6.27 billion (about USD 8 billion) in additional financing to the IMF," Managing Director Christine Lagarde said as cited in the statement.

News / What is Poland's politics towards Norway? [56]


Oh, I see.

Capital punishment is not sanctioned under Norway's current law. Breivik's options are now mostly between the 21-year imprisonment and, if he is found insane, compulsory psychiatric care for as long as he is considered ill. Breivik maintains he is of sound mind and pleaded not guilty on Monday, saying the murders he committed were "self-defense."

It reminds me of communist practises in the USSR - dissidents, instead of prison, were sent to psychiatric hospitals. Bolsheviks could claim there were no political prisoners in Soviet slammers.

Funny that Norway resorts to such methods. :):):):):):)

News / Should Poles care who becomes French President or is it irrelevant? [45]


Yes, I read about some hidden tensions between French and Polish leaders recently. Something about French reluctance to see Poland as a reliable partner. Europe of two speeds etc etc.

This, obviously, is not an opinion France would share, and Poland - while officially only "expressing concern" over some French positions - now seems to view France as its main adversary in the EU. This is the culmination of a long process of mutual disappointment, from France's reluctance to support Poland's NATO and EU membership and President Chirac's infamous "ils ont perdu une bonne occasion de se taire", to the French veto over Poland's aspiration, as EU President, to participate in Eurozone summits and the results of the December 2011 Council Meeting. If French criticism of Poland's participation in the war in Iraq has proved not unjustified, and her veto was directed at the UK and not at Poland per se, the drive to substitute European institutions with intergovernmental summits and to substitute the EU with the Eurozone is seen by Warsaw as "a noose around our necks".

The European institutions give a voice to smaller and weaker EU member states, and Warsaw is keen to preserve them. Although the Union's sixth largest in terms of population and size, due to the relatively small dimensions of its economy Poland sees itself as a champion of that group, and is (in this sense only) seen in return by them as such. As it is not currently a member of the Eurozone (although it aspires to membership) it is also vitally interested in avoiding the onset of a 'two-speed' Europe.

These interests and French policies have placed Warsaw on a collision course with Paris. The danger for Poland, however, is that while from its vantage point French policies constitute an existential threat, from Paris' perspective Polish opposition is a secondary irritant. The French objective is to keep the Brits out and the Germans in, not to aggravate the Poles. Therefore, just like the German alliance, the French confrontation is lopsided.

ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_reinventing_europe_poland_and_ the_euro_crisis

News / What is Poland's politics towards Norway? [56]

I wonder what Norwegians will do with Breivik after he does his 21 year sentence? Will they let him roam the streets of Norwegian cities and islands?

Published: 19th April 2012
BLOODBATH beast Anders Breivik yesterday branded the 21 years he faces for massacring 77 people "pathetic" - and insisted he should be EXECUTED.

News / What the Polish government do to bring back home Polish immigrants? [116]


Nothing. They are coming back on their own. Half have already returned.
Every second Pole, who went abroad after the Polish accession to the EU, he returned to the country. Only one in ten was related to the loss of jobs in the place of residence - according to data presented at the seminar on Wednesday, the Regional Labour Office in Warsaw.

Law / PIT 1% - what are you donating it to? [5]


I don`t. I am tax-exempt.

I donate money personally.

Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]

Our subject was already discussed in PF 4 years ago: Video about Immigrants in France, is Poland going the same way?

It is quite pessimistic.

Life / Why do you choose to stay in Poland, why not other country? [152]


I am needed here more than anywhere else. E.g., my Polish students need me.

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]

I heard he got hurt at home, some brawl with his son-in-law?

I like his biography, though:
Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke studied at the Faculty of Mathematics and Faculty of Philosophy of the Warsaw University. In 1965 he was detained by the communist authorities, while studying psychology, law, and sociology. In 1968 he was again arrested and relegated from the university for his participation in student protests. He passed the master's examination without attending a course of Philosophy.

In years 1969-1974 he was a researcher in the Institute of Motor Transport (Instytut Transportu Samochodowego), and then at Warsaw University. In 1978 he established "Liberal Publishing House" (Oficyna Liberałów), an underground publishing house.

More in Polish Wiki:
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Korwin-Mikke

Poll 24.04.2012

Travel / Whats your favourite Polish city and why? [132]


That is why it is my fav city.