Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [295]


Much easier said than done, as history has always shown.


Quite.

Law / Moving to Poland - when to talk to an immigration attorney? [4]


It needs to be closer than distsnt ancestors that and there are strict conditions.

You can come for several months without a visa, however any longer and there bneeds to be a reason.

If you gave a skill that is needed and the employer has grounds to ewcruit abroad. why not look for work in PL? You may find something suitable, especially if you speak Polish well.

Which country are you from? If it's an EU member state (including French/Dutch overseas territories in the Caribbean and French territories next to Africa and in the South Pacific), you have a right to settle in PL, and if you're from certain other countries like India, it's often possible to get a fixed term visa and work permit if you have certain skills.

It's a nice place to live. Have you spent much time in PL, and what did you think of lifw in Poland?

Travel / Flying from USA to Poland in June - Will Visa now be required??? [38]


Presumably they have the normal 5 or 6 weeks paid annual leave plus of course public holidays.

And if their economy and society are as wonderful as some here suggest, they must all have plenty of money.


That's pretty well it. People on more modest incomes take short-haul holidays. Those who go further afield are more likely to go there to spend.

News / Poland Sports News - part 2 [91]


It's certainly wrecked his reputation.

Hard to know why he did it. Even harder to know why he thought he could get away, standing a metre or so from someone being snapped by the world's press with the cameras at the other side of him pointing in his direction.

News / Poland Sports News - part 2 [91]

As the Polish politician Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic said about the cap snatcher Szczerek "Undoubtedly the most recognisable Polish businessman in the world. Billions reached in one day. Polish entrepreneurs will be making up for image losses for years. Unfortunately."

Why the hell did he do that? What sort of person is he?

Life / Polish Wedding March & Funny Hat [41]


Traditions like that are worth keeping.

Old traditions stay, and new ones join them.

History / Future of Kaliningrad Oblast - is it possible to annex by Poland or will it become an independent country? [146]


It wouldn't be the first time, and other pariah states have done much the same.

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


Damn right.

Of course AI will change everything. More than we appreciate today.

It will be extremely bad for some countries, especially African and Latin American ones and r*SSia.

Canada is a good bet, Ukraine will do OK and Poland will if they are sufficiently pro-active.

History / What do Poles owe to Romanians? [16]


Many today view his legacy as more nuanced than in black and white terms.

And I take my hat off to any nonagenarian who shags a nurse on his deathbed...

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


Not a tuall6 relevant to Polish-Ukrainian relations.

History / What do Poles owe to Romanians? [16]


The General wasn't Ceaucescu, wasn't a dictator and Poland isn't Romania.


Plenty of political leaders around the world today are proud to wear that banner. All it means is that the workers control the means of production.

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


They all do.


Get a grip on yourself and stop trying to excuse atrocities and the pondlife who condone them

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


Did you ever?

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


It makes little difference however if anything they do a great deal of good by mocking the relentless orc propaganda.


Don't dish it out if you can't take it.


The world is better without that creature.

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


You're out by quite a few years.


It really is.


So normal.


And they whup orc ass daily.

And raise quite a bit of cash for drones, quite apart from those of us with commercial 3d printers in our spare rooms.

So when are your cowardly leaders going to return the children they kidnapped?

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


They aren't.

You're just going on about normal bickering. Screenshots of online wibble from the sort of person who starts their message with "dude" and says "stfu" and shold probably get some fresh air and exercise.

Scientologists do that too, saying "ooh, look at this" as if it was something out of the ordinary.

Just rather cackhanded PR segmentng.

People should remember that the pariah state r*SSia spends more that twice as much per year on online propaganda as we do on NHS England.

History / Poles should apologise to Ukrainians first [487]


They aren't.

This is just the normal dialogue between cultures, whipped up by r*SSia.

The silly quotes you print are just extreme stuff from online gobsh1tes, as bad as the silliest stuff here or worse. They are irrelevant.

Now run along and see about your turd hole of a country returning some of the thousands of children you kidnapped.

History / Future of Kaliningrad Oblast - is it possible to annex by Poland or will it become an independent country? [146]


The only strategic reason is to keep t( orcs out.


They might not agree with you on that (and nor would most people).

Poland does ńot currently claim that territory, nor would it be able to cope wit( a hostile foreign population, many of whom are recent ex military.

History / Future of Kaliningrad Oblast - is it possible to annex by Poland or will it become an independent country? [146]

Lithuania have an equal or greater claim, and Poland can't afford to and doesn't want to have a large post industrial city with limited strategic value to them and with a resentful foreign population.


Mushroom clouds probably.

News / Taxes, taxes everywhere [35]

Many towns in Saudi Arabia ban kebabs before 17.00 each day.

Nice though chips are, it's hard to imagine that Germany have banned them. What else would you have with a steak in the evening?

Genealogy / English versions of Polish given names [35]


Why not keep Wiesław?

News / Taxes, taxes everywhere [35]


That's an inevitable result of allowing people to trade in commodities that they never touch or even see. It happened with chocolate too several years ago.

Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [125]


A star!

Stein and Veitch. One can be (and the other is) Scottish. Strabolgi (there was a politician called that) is also Scottish and not Italian (it comes from a place called Strathbogie).

Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [125]

And there was a tawdry character in the Third Reich called Rosenberg which would surprise many.

Surnames are t always a clue to ethnicity.

Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [125]


When I taught in-company in Poland years ago, a place I did lessons at had a biggish business meeting with another related company in Germany. All the Germans had Polish surnames and all the Poles had German surnames.

News / Taxes, taxes everywhere [35]


You'll survive.

Developed countries the size and complexity of Poland would be far worse places without the tax revenue.


Good.


Not so good, however coffee is cheap in Poland.

News / Poles drinking more than ever, as incomes rise. [32]

I see Aperol (and a nice cheaper Biedronka version) more and more in PL, as well as more wine boxes and recently tetrapacks.

The boxes are quite good, since they last a while and you've not got bottles to dispose of.

Incidentally, you can get Stone's Green Ginger Wine very cheaply (surprisingly so) online in Poland (I think from Dar Wina or similar). Great mixed with whisky, also can be a substitute for Vermouth (a ginger dry martini!) and nice poured on ice cream, melon or both.

Off-Topic / God and Religion Talk [282]


Sadly there are materialistic societies where this is largely the case.

News / Poles drinking more than ever, as incomes rise. [32]


They always have a good dig at the liver anyway during medicals. Not so much because they worry someone's a very heavy drinker (unless there are signs of that) but because an enlarged liver can be caused by many things.

A day without wine is a day without sunshine.

News / Poles drinking more than ever, as incomes rise. [32]


Me too.

We drink a nice gin and tonic or a martini before dinner and a couple of glasses of wine with it. When I/we meet friends, we might have two or three beers.

As you say, that's happiness not desperation.