News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


Compared to PiS, they were angels.


Given that they are deeply corrupt themselves at every level and every project they have attempted has been a total disaster, I doubt they'll 'clean-up' anything at all. Least of all themselves.

People should never forget the words of the odious and unmissed Lech Kaczynski "Teraz kurwa my" = "Now it's our f*cking turn (for corruption)".

And meanwhile, the ordinary people suffer from their incompetence and hysteria.

Work / Information about jobs for Indian students in Poland [286]

Some certainly do, however they are few. As I said, no student whether overseas or local should count on being able to get work. Work for students (even ones from abroad) however it is hard to find.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


That makes no difference - and they are continuing apace.

Law / Poland's Zloty 43% undervalued [30]

Looks like Moody's are going to downgrade Poland too - this will affect the government's ability to raise money and will have some odd effects on the zloty.

The bond yields are already leaping - always a sign of no confidence.

Work / Information about jobs for Indian students in Poland [286]

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There are a few jobs for students who don't speak Polish but not many and they are very hard to find. Learning the language would open a few doors however unemployment is high and anyone (Pole or newcomer) shouldn't count on getting a wage while studying.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


That's certainly the way PiS operate. At town hall level (in those few towns they control, mostly rural) corruption is rife and they tend to assume others are as bad.

Even in cities there are pis supporters living in houses they got in dodgy ways or operating businesses that were handed to them when the state's assets were divvied up.

Hence so many decent people coming out to attend the Polish pro-democracy rallies.

News / Poland's democracy defenders in Brussels turned out to be EU employees. [62]


Basically just insinuations that she wouldn't (or couldn't) back up.

Life / Would you move back to Canada if you had Canadian PR or remain in Poland (and risk loosing your Canadian PR)? [30]


Exactly. Between Canada and Luxembourg the choice is hard however given that they're very young, Canada might be a good choice.

Life / Would you move back to Canada if you had Canadian PR or remain in Poland (and risk loosing your Canadian PR)? [30]


I know that requirements for Canada are quite stringent.

Given the IMPAN connection (which is prestigious) I suspect the best thing is to follow the work, however Canada could be a good bet. A chance to live in Luxembourg, one of the nicest places to live in the world is worth considering too, however you do need plenty of money to fully take advantage of that.

Travel / Recommendations for places to stay in Zakopane [8]

Merged: Largest Ice Maze Ever Built In Zakopane, Poland


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Normally, I don't much like Zakopane (except for the views of the mountains) but this actually looks worth a visit. If it doesn't melt right away, it'll be the largest in the world.

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Life / Would you move back to Canada if you had Canadian PR or remain in Poland (and risk loosing your Canadian PR)? [30]


Is it really permanent if she has to renew it. And both Luxembourg and London (either of which she can live in anyway without going through those hoops) are both a good bet.

Furthermore, she's said her partner is at IMPAN, a place I know well and which suggests that as a couple they aren't exactly short of choices - it shouldn't be too hard for them to get residency (genuine permanent residency, not some 'permanent' thing that you have to renew) in quite a lot of places.

But yes, Canadian residency is sought after by some; especially those who want it but don't have much chance of getting it.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


Every society has some people who are wealthier and more privileged than others. It's part of society and that isn't going to change any time soon. When you relocated from the United States of America to a communist country during the Cold War you probably exepected social and economic egalitarianism however in practice that never happens.

Nor is there the slightest suggestion that the people who attend the Polish pro-democracy rallies are in any way privileged. Not even Kaczynski and his clowns are hysterical enough to suggest that.

Life / Would you move back to Canada if you had Canadian PR or remain in Poland (and risk loosing your Canadian PR)? [30]


That's a good idea. So is Luxembourg, a lovely place, much milder winters and would be my personal choice (but it's expensive and your money would probably go less far than in Canada).


Absolutely normal and no bad thing. People identify with where they grow up, their culture. It only tends to be unhappy or insecure people who identify more with where their parents (or even grandparents!) came from.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Don't be so silly Po, more than half of the people who take part in the Polish pro-democracy rallies weren't old enough to be members of a political party that wound down in 1989.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Are the Polish pro-democracy rallies about a previous administration?

No. They're because people don't like the regime now.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


A strange dismissal of the majority of Poles who don't support the current regime. Only a clown would suggest that the tens of thousands of ordinary Poles attending the Polish pro-democracy rallies are "forrely (sic) privileged".


If that's the best you can do,met looks like you're running out of steam.

Off-Topic / Polish and Russian Christians! Lest's unite today! [41]


How funny you are.

And nothing to do with Russian-Polish relations, an area where the traditional relativism and liberalism of Poland and the traditional absolutism and conservatism of Russia are so often at odds.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Much more valid and a rather (rare for you) interesting comment, since we know that the president who had a twin was an absolute disaster, and we know that his twin, Jaroslaw is what you quaintly call a 'homo'.

What an awful pair, what an awful political cult.

No wonder so many people come out on the streets to save Poland's democracy from the Kaczynski/Macierewicz/Ziobro Cult.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


A very good guy.


Never trust a politician with a twin.

Work / What is Warsaw's Google Campus all about in Poland? [13]


Not the first and not the last of that here in Warsaw. There have been a few similar in the past couple of decades.


Selling their paid products.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


It does anyway, so why obsess. Some men have a wife and a mistress, some men have a husband. Some men moulder away wishing they'd had more fun, some defected to the Eastern Bloc and faithfully serve the regime but afterwards pretend they didn't.

What matters is much more important - and that is underpinned by the basic; living in a decent country where the rule of law is observed rather than a hysterical dictatorship.

Which is why people are so keen to defend democracy here in Poland, and shrug off those pond-dwellers who are one third catholic, one third fascist and one third (failed) craven opportunists serving a totalitarian regime.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

Remember they love the idea of control.

When they're out, as soon as an election is called, their successors will have to sort it all out. Rather like the mess they caused with the dodgy contracts for Modlin Airport, which then had to be closed due to a badly built runway - of course they were out of office by then.

No wonder people come out on the streets against them.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


Who?


Why? It's simple enough to understand, despite being your usual spewed propaganda.

No wonder so many ordinary people turn out for the Polish pro-democracy rallies. I'd say long may they continue, however the sooner the snap election is sorted the better.

Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

Delph might be ok since he's in PL - the real horror is when you come back after a period away and the insects really go for you (or you just feel it more perhaps due to lack of natural antihistamine).

Repellent is still a good idea, though as any mushroomer knows, the little devils can get under your clothes.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


That and recovery of state property handed out for almost nothing to those who faithfully served the communist regime as propagandists etc.

No wonder ordinary people are turning out on the streets to take part in the Polish pro-democracy rallies.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]

And do you think lustration is an important 'pressing' issue?

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


A sad state when ordinary people are moved to do this. The real damage to the economy has nothing to do with the TV coverage of the tens of thousands of normal man and women who attend the Polish pro-democracy rallies; instead it is all about the instability caused by attacks on the constitution, on law and on justice.

That and memories of how horrendous the Kaczynski gang were when they were briefly in power a few years ago. So short a time, so much damage; PiS must really hate Poland.

Off-Topic / Polish and Russian Christians! Lest's unite today! [41]


Something ultra-conservatives try their damndest to avoid.


A bit late for that (by two generations!)

Off-Topic / Polish and Russian Christians! Lest's unite today! [41]


So is every living creature. Sadly some people (and I'm thinking of you) don't quite evolve the brain power needed to post an intelligent comment here.

News / Demonstrations in Poland in defence of democracy. [2554]


And the hard facts are that investors and the markets do not trust Poland at the moment - the exact amount of capital flight won't be known for a few months, however stock prices and returns on bonds show that the PiS instability has caused huge damage already. The worst is yet to come.

The ordinary men and women who attend the Polish pro-democracy rallies are yet another symptom of this, rather than the cause.