Law / Road trip from UK to Poland. Car selling regulations in Poland? [10]


More importantly, I'd worry about getting the export paperwork correct. It's not just a matter of taking it to Poland and selling it - you'll have to obtain the correct papers from the DVLA for a start.

Incidentally, you cannot register a UK RHD car in Poland.

News / Who is "the enemy within" in Poland? [88]


I don't want to change much here. In fact, things are quite good - we have a sensible President, a good Government with a talented Foreign Minister - all in all, life is fine here.

Jonny - doesn't it crack you up that despite MediaWatch endorsing Radio Maryja and PiS, he has absolutely no clue about their economic policies? :)

Tell you what MW - why don't you go away and find out who provides Jaroslaw Kaczynski's power base? There's one organisation with a grand history that does just that... and they're not conservatives.

News / Anti semtism at Polish Congress [57]


Indeed.

How quickly people have forgotten about Lech Kaczynski's excellent personal relationship with the Jewish community.

News / Who is "the enemy within" in Poland? [88]


Hmm - I pay taxes, use local facilities, use Polish products (in fact - I usually fill my car up at Orlen and not BP), don't get into trouble with the police (except that one time when I was caught speeding), employ some people, volunteer here and do my best to make this a more pleasant place to live. Okay, so I did spoil my ballot in the 2nd round of the Poznan mayoral election - and I am rather merciless about enforcing contracts and threatening legal action towards people who don't pay invoices - but hey, you'll forgive me, right?

Heck, I even spend money in the Polish mountains and not the Czech/Slovak/Ukrainian ones.

And what do you do for Poland?

Could it be that it's not the enemy within that we have to worry about, but rather external enemies of Poland who are pretending to be friends?

Love / Polish traditions and parents (I was dating this Polish guy..) [72]


If I recall, what made Mol particularly nasty was that he targeted the gullible types who would fall for such a line.

News / Who is "the enemy within" in Poland? [88]

Indeed. I really wonder who they are - I've been here for ages now, yet as far as I can see, there's no such thing. I'm sure there are Russian and American spies here, and probably a few Chinese and some Germans - but that's normal in the world of international relations and hardly "the enemy within".

Even the deluded Kaczynski supporters are hardly "enemies" - just deluded people.

UK, Ireland / John Drennan: "Poles in fear of starved Irish influx" [15]


Talk about uninformed!

And yet Poles complain when others write total garbage about their country.

Law / British married to a Polish woman and they have a son. Son's British Passport? [65]


As an EU citizen, she has the full right to live and work in the UK regardless of her marital status.

Life / The rising costs of food and fuel in Poland and the effects on disposable income/economy [177]

It's impossble to say - tell us where to/from and I can tell you.

Depends on the car, too.

Life / Which cities in Poland have the most expats, and why? [34]


Sadly, if you'd actually met these idiots, you'd know that most of them spend their time ********, complaining and whining about Poland. Right now, they're whining because the university dared to increase the fees a bit. I've also seen them berate a Polish cashier in a shop for refusing to sell them alcohol (they were already very drunk) among other cases of bad behaviour.

They treat Poland as something to be suffered and endured, not something to be embraced. And having heard countless stories of how they are favoured over Polish students - do you really think this is something we should be embracing?

USA, Canada / Travelling to Poland from the U.S. on a expired Passport [43]


In theory.

In practice, expect questioning and possible secondary inspection.


There's no guarantee that the airline will accept it.


If you want to risk being turned away at the airport, then yes, you might be able to make the trip. You won't know until you actually get to the airport as to what they'll do.

USA, Canada / Travelling to Poland from the U.S. on a expired Passport [43]


Don't count on it. The rules have changed recently in regards to the US - I'm sure that a valid passport is now needed to re-enter. Apparently the Green Card is enough too - but then you've still got the problem of needing valid identification to enter Poland with in the eyes of the airline.


Bad news for you in this respect too - you'll have to wait at least 3 weeks, if not more to renew it here.

USA, Canada / Travelling to Poland from the U.S. on a expired Passport [43]


It's not valid for entry into the country to which you wish to travel - hence - they're not going to take the risk of transporting you.

Schengen imposes mandatory fines upon carriers which transport people who are then denied entry into the Schengen zone.

For that matter, is the Green Card even valid without a valid passport?


Also unsuitable.

Schengen law makes it clear that the border may only be crossed upon presentation of a valid passport or identity card issued by an EU/EEA/CH member state. While Poland may accept an expired document, the carrier simply isn't going to take the risk with an expired document.

Would the United States really allow re-entry on just the Green Card as well?

USA, Canada / Travelling to Poland from the U.S. on a expired Passport [43]


No. A green card wouldn't be accepted as valid identity by the vast majority of airlines.


Not worth the risk though - the USA is and was actively warning people about the "passport trap", although it's less of an issue now that Schengen is in place.

Work / Salaries for architects and interns in Poland: how much? [18]


That's what market research will tell you.

USA, Canada / Travelling to Poland from the U.S. on a expired Passport [43]


Nope. No valid ID, no international flight - they simply won't take the risk that he'll be denied entry.


Only reason I can think of is that he's from a country which requires a visa for Schengen and so needs to use a Polish passport to gain entry.

edit : no, wait - I forgot - it's illegal for Polish citizens to identify themselves to Polish officials using non-Polish identity documents.

USA, Canada / Travelling to Poland from the U.S. on a expired Passport [43]

However, the vast majority of airlines will not let you travel on an expired document - it'll be a valid passport or nothing.

Incidentally, the right of entry to Poland applies to all EU citizens, not just Poles.

Life / Which cities in Poland have the most expats, and why? [34]

Yes, if you're Polish studying a Polish programme.

But if you're following the English programme, the university is notorious for producing very poor graduates with an attitude problem - I know several people who have dealt with them in the university, and the opinion is very, very poor. Even the Polish students can see that they get "special attention" because they're paying a lot of money (in Polish terms) every year.

As for the entrance tests? Needless to say, I've heard quite a bit of gossip surrounding the integrity of such tests. Given that the Polish education system has huge problems, would anyone be surprised if people were bribing their way in?


Good for who? Is it really good that Poznan is churning out graduates who couldn't get into/pass medical school in the United States?

The English programmes are a joke. Even talking about dentistry, there are quite a lot of Asian students who have very dodgy English - yet they still pass. Why? Because they pay.

(the Polish programmes on the other hand are very tough and of a decent enough quality)

Life / Which cities in Poland have the most expats, and why? [34]


I'm going by last year's data, but as I recall, you were looking at about $35k in the USA for a medical degree as opposed to $17k in Poznan. That's another reason why it's a bit of a joke - it attracts those who want a cheap medical degree on a course where they're unlikely to be failed (the university doesn't want to put people off!).

The thing I've found is that here, the vast majority of them are only here because it's an easy route into medicine. Barely any of them are here for any other reason - indeed, they seem to be pretty oblivious to life in general here outside of their world.

I know a lecturer here who teaches them, and her opinion of them is that the course is definitely much easier than the one Polish students do.

Life / Which cities in Poland have the most expats, and why? [34]


Polish doctors are fine.

The English programme at Poznan Medical University...well. To say "a bit of a joke" would be an understatement.

Life / Which cities in Poland have the most expats, and why? [34]


I call them idiots because by and far, they are. They behave disgracefully, they look down on Poland and act like they're much better than they are.

The only reason they come here is because they couldn't get into a decent medical school elsewhere.

Work / Salaries for architects and interns in Poland: how much? [18]


Depends how good his/her negotiating skills are.

Really, there's no way of saying.

One thing is certain : there's a lot of competition for jobs.

Life / Which cities in Poland have the most expats, and why? [34]


Not many in Poznan, unless you count the medical school idiots who only study here because it's renowned as being one of the easiest and cheapest ways to get a medical degree that can be used in the States.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


I think it's just a question of priorities - Krakow will have the A4 going directly to Germany and Ukraine, the A1 to Gdansk and Lodz isn't far away, and there's already a dual carriageway route all the way to Warsaw - so building the S7 wouldn't seem to be a huge priority. But again - it should just be built as a toll motorway rather than bothering with all the nonsense of trying to scrape together the cash to pay for an expressway.

The real problem is going to hit soon - the A4 will soon become tolled along the entire length, the A2 will be tolled between Konin and Strykow and other motorways might get tolled too.

News / 100% TRUE! RAT MEAT PREPARED IN 3 BIGGEST CHINESE RESTAURANTS IN KRAKOW CLOSED DOWN ! [96]

So, make sure not to include anywhere on the Rynek, then.

News / Poland gets a little bigger:) [82]


Blimey, PennBoy. You should take a trip to Slovakia then - your opinion will soon change ;)

(just ask the Hungarians)

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


No no, I mean the DK8/A1/A4 route to Krakow is more than good enough. Although if you ask me - the S7 should just get built as toll motorway and be damned - Poland just hasn't got the money to build free expressways.

Never understood why, for instance, there's a stubborn insistence on building the S5 from Poznan-Wroclaw as expressway - wouldn't it just be much better for everyone for it to get built as a toll motorway?

News / Santander buys the third largest bank in Poland (Bank Zachodni) [11]


Pretty much. The Irish government had no choice but to sell BZWBK - they needed the cash to inject into AIB, and their hand was really forced.

Either way, this is the worst possible deal for BZWBK employees - Santander have a long established model of moving into a new market, rebranding after a while, then culling all the back office jobs and sending the jobs to Spain instead. On the other hand, it does mean that Poland has another large, stable bank.

News / Poland gets a little bigger:) [82]


To be honest, the history of Poland at that time is filled with such events - while I don't know much about what the Czechs were doing, it's incredibly interesting to look at how the Polish policy towards her neighbours in 1918-1922 more or less led directly to her defeat in 1939.