News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

So maybe it is better to ask Russia for reparations ? They prevented Marshall Aid and probably caused equal damage as the Germans did. But PiS will not ask them because they know strong leader Putin will give them a humiliating two word answer.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

That is not the normal way for governments to behave at all. Imagine if the Germans suddenly said that their 1991 signature on the treaties recognising the finality of the Oder as the border, no longer applied.

I'm no huge fan of Tusk but I don't think it's correct that most people here hate him. I have never heard anybody express strong sentiments about him - and I know quite a lot of normal PIS voters. Yes he has got a limo. Most of the current government here also have limos, and so does The prominent backbench MP who cannot even drive.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

I think Morawiecki should just send his bank details to Merkel by SMS and the money will roll in. After this we can ask Putin for some reparations from Russia.

In 80 years time there will probably be some Iraqis demanding reparations from Poland for its part in the illegal invasion of 2003.

Real Estate / BEST Poland's city to Invest in?? Warsaw, Wroclaw, Krakow, Poznan, Gdansk or...? [34]

In the center of a big town you will need at least 6000 per sqm and in Warsaw the average is now round 8000. For a 60sqm place in Krakow or Poznan then you will not get much change from 500k zloty once you have furnished it and paid transaction costs.

Middle class families will be less willing to live in the middle of cities once their kid starts walking. There is a lot of govt support for them to buy new build places and on the edge of big towns there are lots of small housing developments being built where they can have a kind of 80-90sqm house.

I have had a couple of rental properties here and my average yield has been 5.2 percent - i rented both to students and young families and the yield is pretty much the same. Thats before I take into account my own time managing them. You will find some people who can claim much higher yields but they are generally more experienced, cost conscious investors with time to manage the process.

I only had one problem tenant but a bigger issue is the czynsz and repair costs - it is getting difficult to pass these on to tenants - most want to know for certain how much they will pay and not have annual unpredictable increases.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

No reparations from Russia of course for the Siberian prisoners. What honestly are the chances of strong leader Putin paying out reparations to the Slav brothers.

Study / I'm thinking to study in the Wrocław University of Science and Technology [55]

It was a Gallup poll from 2012. Gallup are reputable pollsters. The actual number is 46 percent.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

Not you of course :). Just saw a few of Dirk's normal long paragraphs staring back at me - and it's the full set of bingo - Jews, sharia, benefits, HIV, liberal California.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

I happily read the quality end of the right wing press - Telegraph, FT, Economist, Times, Wall St Journal. I don't read demagogic nonsense.

Rest of your post is too long and too rambling to read. I'm not sure why they didn't teach you how to use paragraphs at those fancy schools you went to.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

Only reparations to people still alive who suffered material loss from German aggression - my guess is about 3 percent of Poles.

Work / Poland IT jobs websites? [22]

Pracuj.pl is th most widely read and has a big IT section

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

Let me guess - the Mail, Express and the Sun ? The same people who thought Brexit would be a success.

This is a non starter - will never happen.

How about if reparations were paid but only to people directly affected ? That might be fair. I believe many forced labourers already received reparations but I don't know how much

Work / How much salary should I ask for IT Business Analysts in Wroclaw ? [17]

That's more than 18k for your employer - I would be amazed if anybody offered that money unless for a managerial position.

Work / Poland - Expat Careers [26]

BTW have you thought of Amazon - they are making huge investments in Poland and I am sure that anyone who can read and write and knows something about logistics must have a half chance of getting a job. Of course it's an awful company to work for but apparently they pay well and you can get the name on your Resume and then leave whenever you get burned out.

Work / Poland - Expat Careers [26]

Your best bet is to use your supply chain skills - it is a badly underserved area in Poland at the moment so they will overlook your language issues if you have some genuine experience. Good places to look for leads would be the Amcham which is very active in Poland and also maybe see if your Alma Mater has a careers service or an alum network - if so they might put you in touch with other people from your school here. Or you could just go on spec to some of the bigger logistics companies - Schenker, Raben, Pekaes etc.

Defence contracting is not going to be easy to get into - you might require vetting and your time in Estonia might be an obstacle to that - but again maybe check that through Amcham contacts as a good number of US defence firms have operations in Poland.

BTW Merriam Websters definition of Expatriate is "living in a foreign land". I am guessing the OED is something similar. God knows where this idea that you have to be sent abroad by your company comes from. If there was a meeting arranged for e.g. Canadian expats in Warsaw, that would mean basically anybody from Canada was welcome.

Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

I know you are the scientist, but those are strange numbers. Why are you referring to cubic metres? If you mean square metres then that 57K seems a tiny amount. It's 6% of 1 km² and it's roughly the same size as a modest shopping mall. As I understand from COs very clear and well presented data then what is being proposed at the moment is clearance of 12% of the Polish portion of the forest.

But in any case I think we all understand the jist of your argument - cutting down trees is better than letting in Muslims, trees eventually grow again and we are tired of experts.

Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

How has the ECJ overstepped its mandate in this case ?

I also think they don't need chauffeur driven cars - just like Jarek does not (the dude is unable to drive).

Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

Just a casual observation but Casual Observer does come across as far more rational and methodical in this argument than you do.

Iron side has obviously come back from a night of overpriced vodka at the Red Apple and lost the power of spelling - beetle is a tough one but "wish" instead of whish should be easy.

Travel / My Experience in Poland (compared to Germany) [100]

I think the AfD already split in half this morning. Like UKIP the smallest sniff of power was enough to have them at each other's throats. It's the Judean People's Front versus the People's Front of Judea.

Travel / My Experience in Poland (compared to Germany) [100]

I don't think he is from India as he wanted to eat Golabki.

You seems like an educated person with a good family prospect and on that basis you are only really likely to get work in a big city and in a big company - where you will find social attitudes not that different from Frankfurt.

Rzeszow is very nice but not sure what prospects for work there would be.

No, the Polish school system is not really PCbut is pretty good but you will find plenty of drawbacks to complain about like any school system. Learning Polish is achievable but learning in to the standard you can work in it would take several years.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

I think in Ceredigion the deciding factor was that there are two universities there (though according to G nobody could really want a university education these days). it was one of only a handful of Welsh districts to vote remain.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Yes - there was considerable Wage growth in Greece, Spain and Italy at PPP between 2001 and 2016 - source OECD

Half Brexit seems precisely what Teresa May wants to implement.

Law / Need residence permit in Lithuania - I'm from Poland [4]

I did this last year. If it is a UAB then you do not need to be a resident, no longer have to do the Lithuanian exam and you can buy one off the shelf - but quite expensive if you want that quickly. Could be about 5000 Euro.

If it is a branch office then you have two routes - become a resident your self or employ of Lithuanian. No idea how to sort your residence out I'm afraid.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

As for Mark Blyth well I watched 3 minutes of it and he seems to be talking about the Euro, not about the EU. The UK had a permanent exemption from joining the Euro. In any case I don't agree with what he says about that. Eurozone wages continue to grow and have grown quite strongly overall since it was introduced in 2001. Chinese wages have also grown very much in that time by the way, which he does not address.

Plus this is the guy who said the EU would collapse in 2017 - think there are still about 100 days left so he might be right.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

But your statistic is about Poland. It is nonsense

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

What on earth does some probably anecdotal figure about PiS voters in mental hospitals prove when compared to fully evidenced statistics from voting disctricts in the U.K. in a one question referendum ?

I don't even think prisoners and mental patients can vote in the Uk. Certainly they didn't used to be able - I'm not sure and I can't be bothered to google it.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

But small business owners voted strongly in favor of remain - by 60% + according to most opinion polls.

You are right though - stupid people don't like being told they have made a stupid decision.

Can we bring back Polonius ? He was a bit more switched on

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Does not reopen the Scottish independence question
Does not reopen the Irish question
Does not reopen the Gibraltar question
And hundreds of areas of scientific and academic and security cooperation

Took literally 30 seconds

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

What is wise about Brexit ? Can you name any group in society that is better off as a result ? It is already costing average families more than 10x the annual cost of the UKs contribution.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

And that was a stupid decision that they are now begging for more time to implement, is already costing them more and has greatly damaged Britain's place in the world.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

? Even by your standards it's a bizarre comment

It is not my theory - it is facts.

Brexit vote was strongest in the North and in rural areas. Of the 15 biggest urban areas then only 3 voted Brexit - Sheffield, Birmingham and Nottingham.