History / Piłsudski's Cadillac to be rebuilt [8]


Maybe you don't know this....But the EU was formed after WWII.

Btw Pilsudski was a cosmopolitan, wanted to include minorities into Poland. He would have taken a dim view of your serb concentration camps.
Maybe you should stick with Dmowski - he is entirely into the serb mould. Unforgiving, hard and excluding everybody.

Travel / Ryanair flying domestic in Poland? [46]

Merged: Polish domestic flights with Ryanair

Did anybody already use them? Modlin is not that far from where I live, so we might be tempted to use them for a weekendtrip.

News / Has the mainstream media in Poland made too much of what 17 year old school girl said to premier Tusk [41]


This is the biggest joke of the day.

Law / How do I get onto the Polish electoral roll to vote in the European Parliament elections? [15]

It seems Macieriwicz found a new topic - after all his "religia smoleńska" has run out of steam (Goofy?) - he now claims PIS lost the elections because of fraud....

As PIS lost six elections in a row, they probably all were falsified :)

Study / Intensive Polish Course - the best schools in Poland? [21]

IKO is quite good.

News / Jaruzelski dead / his legacy in Poland [116]


fronda is a fascist mouthpiece. And for that mp...even his own party distances itself from his initiative.

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


I would say the whole of Polska B.

News / Jaruzelski dead / his legacy in Poland [116]


Since when do you represent all Polish veterans? If you would have stayed in Poland...but you ran off to the UK - whereas you could have contributed to this country big time...not with idiocies on the internet but with taxes, work, social contributions...

Speaking about butchers....your cherished NSZ and their brigada świętokrzyżka....where do you rate them? For them it was always much more interesting to murder Jews as to resist the Nazis.

Travel / Travelling to Wroclaw from Bratislava ( safety advice needed ) [12]


Exactly. Given the fact that there are plenty of Coffeeheavens around, including the station itself which is now perfectly safe.

Travel / Travelling to Wroclaw from Bratislava ( safety advice needed ) [12]

Katowice used to have a terrible station, stinking, drunks and junkies, dark... But the new one is very clean, bright, safe as it comes.

News / Jaruzelski dead / his legacy in Poland [116]


Obviously you have never heard of the "Brigada Świętokrzyżka" who happily cooperated with the Gestapo and the SS when convenient = murdering Jews.


You mean the pogrom in Kielce?


From what I know he is not living in Poland - for one thing somebody so "patriotic" should not have left for the UK, but work and pay taxes here and support the local economy, and not a corner shop in Fulham or Croydon?

Law / How do I get onto the Polish electoral roll to vote in the European Parliament elections? [15]


I always vote PO...despite the fact they not always deserve it. What I bemoan is there is no serious opposition party worthy of that name who I could vote for

What is for me downright bizarre - every time I vote I see in my polling station 1.People sitting down at some table, analyzing their voting form, even discussing it with passers-by... 2. or crowding with a whole family in the voting cubicle...and discussing loudly all the options.

Where I come from such a vote would be automatically null and void. Most peculiar.

Law / How do I get onto the Polish electoral roll to vote in the European Parliament elections? [15]

Went to vote today. Voters have to sign off on the election roll behind their name, and this per street
However my name was on a separate blue-coloured page. One other person was on that page, I suppose also a EU citizen.
Did anybody here had the same experience?
I remember during the last local elections I was on a different page as well, but still white :)

Law / Can I register a car in Poland if I don't have a Pesel? [18]


Both of you of course mean "meldunek" :).
Harry, why don't you see the sense of having a Pesel number? The first thing I did when I arrived in Poland, was to get a meldunek, Pesel and Nip...

No way I could have cleared my own car through customs without my Pesel.


We are talking about pre-EU times. The situation was different then. Btw I never had to change my lights, it just required mountains of red tape and a lot of patience.

Law / How can I check the status of my Pesel number? [19]


I suppose in every country that is the case...My Belgian ID-card also mentions my Belgian Pesel for example...

Law / How can I check the status of my Pesel number? [19]

If Pesel had something to do with citzenship, no foreigner in Poland could have one.

Law / How can I check the status of my Pesel number? [19]

Pesel has nothing do with citizenship.

Law / If I gain Citizenship of Poland, does this mean I lose my French Citizenship? [18]

Still I don't understand why a EU citizen in Poland - IF having a permanent residence permit - would like to get Polish citizenship. The only thing you miss not being Polish is that you cannot vote for the Sejm and the President.


Is that also the case when your "first nationality" is not Polish?

Travel / Korean restaurant in Trojmiasto? [5]

gastronauci.pl

Law / Any advantage to citizenship of Poland if already have EU residency? [20]

IMHO there is no reason why a EU citizen in Poland with a permanent residence permit should obtain Polish citizenship. The only thing you could do with a Polish passport is . voting for the Sejm and the President. Besides of that? I don't see any obvious benefits.

Anyway out of curiosity a question...suppose you are a EU citizen getting Polish citizenship...You are still young...Could they draft you into the Polish army in times of emergency, being a Polish citizen?

Food / Which Polish milk brand is closest to UK supermarket style milk? [31]

We of course we all could go the American Wallmart model. Everything processed, "cheese-flavored', milk-like etc... Read today how much meat you can find in a McDo...

Every germ and bacteria sterilized. In the end we will be "eating" all the same "food", dictated by Unilever, Nestle, Kraft & Co.

Law / Can I register a car in Poland if I don't have a Pesel? [18]


Well that could be the reason, because I did have to pay taxes on importing my own car.

Food / Which Polish milk brand is closest to UK supermarket style milk? [31]


Yep, that's the case. It comes straight from the farm. Nothing can beat that taste.

Real Estate / Where can foreigners get financing in Poland? I will be purchasing a small home. [12]

I don't know about other countries, but Belgian banks do not readily offer mortgages for real-estate not located in Belgium.

Law / Can I register a car in Poland if I don't have a Pesel? [18]

First time I hear you can do that without having a PESEL. Based on what document they will register your car? Your passport?
When I imported my car years ago from Belgium when I moved here, my Pesel was surely needed.

Food / Which Polish milk brand is closest to UK supermarket style milk? [31]

Arguably the freshest and most natural milk you can buy is from the "mlekomat" milk distributors. The milk comes straight from the farm, is not treated / processed in any way.

It stays drinkable for a very limited time.
You can bring your own bottle or get one from a dispenser on the spot.
A list of them can be found here:

mlekomaty.org/swieze-mleko/2.190.lista-mlekomatow/

In Warsaw they unfortunately for me can only be found in the south of the city and on the left bank. There used to be one at Hala Mirowska, but is not there anymore.

Life / Information on medications and prescriptions in Poland; Rivotril / RELANIUM / DIAZEPAM [6]

For English-language care, try Medicover: medicover.pl/en/446,340,31815,centrum-medicover-grunwa ldzka,placowka.htm

Work / Job at HP in Wroclaw, what salary should I expect and Is It negotiable? [29]

It also can depend on a combination of languages you master. For example you might speak Dutch - and there are quite a few Polish people who speak Dutch on a B1/B2 level. But then you also might speak French. There are for sure Poles who do speak French quite well (I know quite a few of them). The combination however: English (English is a given in any BPO job) / Dutch / French is for sure more rare in Poland.

That's only an example, it can be applied to more language combinations.

Law / Karta Polaka (Card of the Pole, Polish Card) - working legally in all EU countries? [3]

A friend of mine here in Warsaw - Canadian - also had that card. As far as I remember it entitled him to work in Poland without a work permit - much better because otherwise every employer has to apply for a work permit for you, but does not entitle to work and live in other EU countries.

News / The US sends troops to Poland for drills [83]


How peculiar... Opened my local Warsaw newspaper today and first thing I read:
Slovakia and the Czech Republic stepped up their joint air patrols on the Ukrainian border area.
FYI: Both countries are NATO members. Both countries had joint missions in Kosovo, protecting the local people from the Serb militias. You should watch the movie Rwanda Hotel :)