Law / Business Registration - Poland or United Kingdom [6]

And of course ZUS, who will calculate things on the most favourable terms for them - i.e. full contributions from the minute you registered in the UK, plus interest.

USA, Canada / NEW route Newark - Rzeszow by Poland's LOT [41]


It's completely laughable when you consider that there are much better options available for international route development. No-one is going to risk a one-time-a-week flight that could get cancelled, and the business end of the plane will be empty (and that's where the profit is made).

What makes this even more ridiculous is that if there's no demand for a New York-Krakow direct flight, then there's unlikely to be demand for New York - Rzeszów.

It would make much more sense to up the capacity on Rzeszów-Warsaw, then use that to funnel traffic into the European and long haul networks.

LOT are doing well in Europe (which is the strategy that PO authored and agreed with the EU), but their long haul strategy at the minute seems to be a complete mess and based on politics rather than on business.

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

Who cares about the stock market? Trump's boy couldn't even win in Alabama, LOL!

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


Really?

theconversation.com/research-shows-smacking-makes-children-more-aggressive-and-at-risk-of-mental-health-problems-83394

Funny how even American scientists discovered exactly the opposite.

Polonia / Egypt Visa on Arrival for Polish Citizens [4]


Sure. But don't buy the visa from the "visa desks", go to the bank in the arrivals area before passport control (you'll get bothered by the touts, but ignore them - they'll claim that you have to buy the visa from them and only them) and buy the visa from the bank instead.

It's been a while, but when I was there, you entered the arrivals building and the bank was on the left side.

UK, Ireland / Receiving money in the UK from Poland in foreign currency via bank transfer [9]


You could, but I think the difference is that a GBP transfer will cost much more than a SEPA Euro transfer - so for instance, with ING, I can transfer Euro to a bank account in the EU for 5zł, but a GBP transfer to a bank account in the EU would cost 40zł.

UK, Ireland / Receiving money in the UK from Poland in foreign currency via bank transfer [9]


Ahh, that's a problem. If it's a transfer from złoty to pounds, it's going to attract a quite large fee - I checked my own bank, and it's 40zł to make a transfer to the UK.

OK, I think this is your best bet - open this (it's free) - transfers - and ask them to make a SEPA transfer (przelew europejski) - it should cost them no more than 5zł to do it. Give them the Euro account details, and their bank will transfer the cash in Euro to your transfers account. From there, you can convert it into GBP, and then withdraw it in GBP to your own British account.

It's a little bit complicated, but much cheaper than doing it with a straight Poland-UK bank transfer.

UK, Ireland / Receiving money in the UK from Poland in foreign currency via bank transfer [9]


It really depends on so many factors, but at least with ING in Poland, there's three options - either you can pass all the charges to the receiver, you can split the charges (as in I pay for sending it, and you pay for receiving it), or the sender can pay all the charges.

You can also use Transfer wise, which sets the fees out clearly - I'd recommend using it if you want to have certainty over what it will cost and how much will arrive in your account. Generally speaking though, if you want to do a bank transfer, then I'd recommend the person in Poland converts it to GBP, deposits it in their bank, then transfers it with a GBP-GBP transaction instead, which should only have a small fee attached to it.

News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]


I'm intrigued by him more than anything. As you say, he's all of those things, yet he's calling for the delegalisation of the ONR and the nationalists hate his guts. I don't like him, I don't hate him, I just find him an interesting character and I'd like to meet him.


They care a lot. I follow the nationalist groups online, and they do not like him in the slightest.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


Actually, that's not the principle of democracy.

Democracy has never been about solely the will of the majority. Equality is also a major part of it, which is why the majority cannot just impose their will on the minority regardless.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


I'm not talking about them, just generic far-left anarchists. Polish ones - would you support their right of peaceful assembly and so on?


See, we have a completely different idea of democracy. For me, there are fundamental rights, and you cannot just take them away based on a thin majority.

Germany even has it enshrined in their Basic Law that there are certain articles that cannot be revoked regardless of what the people vote for. I agree with this - hence why I would never agree to anything that took away your basic rights as a citizen, even if the majority wanted it.

News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]


Well, either way, I can understand why nationalists in Poland are concerned at his presence. The fact that he hasn't bothered to learn Polish despite being here for at least 4 years from what I can tell - it's an insult.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


So if the majority of Polish citizens decide that, for example, those who obtained a foreign citizenship should be immediately stripped of Polish citizenship and their property taken away from them, would you support it? Or would you protest against it? I certainly would protest against it, but would you?


Even if the far-left anarchist is merely protesting peacefully?

Or are you relying on some vague "danger to Poland" to justify excluding people from the protections offered by the Constitution?

But please, tell me - how would you feel if those same institutions did the same to your family? Let's say the next government decides that your family is a danger to Poland, and you see your cousins being treated in this way. Will you support it, or will you protest?

News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]


You don't get the "close advisor to PM Morawiecki" part, do you? He's very influential, hence why even Jacek Międlar made a video about him. Actually, if you want to find out more from the nationalist perspective, here you go - youtube.com/watch?v=OAvfs2NiSNo

IS - about him being deported - I have no opinion on him. But he's an interesting character, not least because he's a former advisor to the Deputy Speaker of the Israeli government, and he has a lot of links to Americans too. And now he's one of the main advisors to the Polish PM, despite being British and not speaking a word of Polish.


KOD were getting similar numbers a while ago. It's about the norm for a large political rally, though PiS haven't attempted a single rally since being elected despite several abortive attempts.


Keep up. They backtracked quickly once they realised just how badly it was seen internationally.

News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]


That was the police estimate.


theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/13/polish-president-condemns-far-right-scenes-at-independence-day-march

Sorry, you need to really keep up more with Polish news. The government changed their mind very very quickly once they realised how strong the international backlash was.

By the way, one of the PM's closest political advisors, the British-Israeli Jonny Daniels, is calling for the delegalisation of the ONR.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


Yup, I've read that too. That means that you have to act in everyone's interest, not just your political interests.

So, in other words, you are duty bound to defend the rights of every Polish citizen regardless of where they stand politically. If the police are assaulting a far-left wing anarchist, it's your obligation to step in and defend that person from further assault, as it's in the common good to protect Polish citizens from unlawful assault from the police.

Would you defend an anarchist from police brutality?

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


I'm pretty sure that it's the case.

News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]

Only 60,000 of them, and only once a year. They were predicting 150,000 beforehand, so that can only be called a failure.

By the way, several hundred of them are being investigated.

News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]


They were bussed in from far, far away, because even PiS supporters in Warsaw wanted nothing to do with Trump's visit.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


The Constitution which makes it clear that everyone is to be treated equally?

News / Beata Szydło - the best Polish politician, world's politicians could learn from her [80]


Not sure where you're getting that from, given that he is a devout Catholic, has attended mass with the Pope and attended Catholic schools as a child.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


It's common with people who move abroad. There's one despicable idiot living in Gdańsk who preaches about the greatness of Brexit constantly, and his knowledge of Polish and Polish affairs is minimal.

News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]


Ah, predictable Fox News watcher bashing Soros.

News / Beata Szydło - the best Polish politician, world's politicians could learn from her [80]


Schulz would be that guy, and most likely will be that guy if the coalition talks are successful.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


You'd be surprised how easy it is to influence people.

I would have thought that you would have read How To Win Friends and Influence People! (and if not, why not?)

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


Already on it.

You'd be surprised how easy it is to change the minds of future generations of voters.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


pnb.pl/clientarea/polish-news-bulletin-daily/310728-komorowski_kalisz_sikorski_top_approval.html

4 years ago. I wonder who the hell trusted Kalisz, but the fact remains that opinions can change very very quickly in Polish politics. Solidarność were flying high in 1989, let by 1993, Poland was ruled by post-communists.

Polish voters are incredibly fickle, and even in 2011, Twój Ruch were elected on the back of a massive youth vote. People were speculating then that young people were abandoning the stuffy old parties, yet they flipped to vote for right wing parties in 2015. So, as I said, don't be too cocky about it.


I can. As a Polish citizen, I have the right to join legal groups that want to do just that. I'm free to run for political office too, and to work within that office to change society, culture, traditions, etc.

Things will change back the other way in Poland, and by cheerleading the current reforms, you're opening yourself up to an attack on yourself and your property by a vengeful future government that uses the same arguments as you're using today, according to your own words - As a voter in a democratic society, you must then respect the wishes of the majority of voters..

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


Indeed. May I remind Adrian that in 2001, the SLD were unstoppable - Kwaśniewski was re-elected President in the first round, the SLD won 41% of the vote with the next party (PO) with only 12.7%, and the map of Poland was almost totally red. 14 years later, their Presidential candidate got 2.38% and they failed to reach the threshold in the Parliamentary elections.

A student of Polish politics knows better than to boast about current polls.

News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]

You would have done the same thing in his place, and you know it.

News / EU confirms it will take action against Poland over court reforms [554]


Yes, yes we do.