History / What do Poles owe to Hungarians? [233]


isn't it ironic that the winners of the 1st World War who wanted self-determination of nations elsewhere gave areas of Hungarian majority often bordering the carved down Hungary to their neighbours - also I never heard of any Hungarian officials publically voicing the desire of Hungarian authorities to collect the lands back - if you have, please do link them up

History / What do Poles owe to Hungarians? [233]


this is as significant as some fringe Polish nationalist wanting Lwów to return to Poland

News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]


they all bore German names that didn't mean a thing in German - they were simply germanised Slavic names


I'm sorry to have misrepresented the incident a bit - Piotr Najsztub had a valid driving licence in the time of the incident (from what I can gather after reading up on the subject) be he didn't have it on himself - back then having a DL with you while driving was compulsory (it isn't anymore thanks to digital technologies implemented by the police)


ok, I read up some more - it turns out Najsztub actually didn't have a valid driving licence since it was withheld by the police some time earlier becuase of his previous driving offences -

Edit: it turns out he kept on driving without a valid DL for 8 years (since the police has withheld his licence in 2009)

News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]


he was acquitted of causing a road accident not of driving without a valid driving licence - to be precise

News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]


anyway - judges in Poland have complete independence ( save for a couple of them who have been suspended) as proven by plenty of verdicts that not only go against the wishes of the ruling party but also against the general sense of justice (for example a verdict on an influential journalist Piotr Najsztub (critical of PiS) has hit an elderly woman on a pedestrian crossing while driving without a valid DL and without current proof that his car was road-worthy - he was acquitted because as the judge said : it is impossible to state how speedy was the elderly woman while entering the crossing)

News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]


I'm on your boat - don't be that proud though cause I'm really mostly nobody ;)

Language / Helping Non Polish Student studying in Public School [32]


yeah, I figured it out, yesterday - thanks for reminding us, anyway

Language / Helping Non Polish Student studying in Public School [32]


sure, if parents pay for it then why not


I would actually be willing and ready to help your kids with school as I have plenty of time on my hands (of course if your children know at least basic English) - after I figure out if I can still use my skype account (haven't used it in years)

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

niezalezna.pl/457372-TYLKO-U-NAS-Nowe-smolenskie-klamstwa-TVN-Na-czym-polegala-glowna-manipulacja-stacji

Feedback / I love this forum - It's so Polish: tolerant, inconsistent, amusing [252]


it's vindue in Danish

News / Poland to officially demand $1.32 trillion WW2 reparations from Germany [457]


Yugoslavia was not part of the Warsaw Pact

Real Estate / Can I buy land in Poland remotely? [14]

if you want to become a lawful owner of a plot of land you have to arrange a visit to a notary (i.e. you have to do it in person (the other option is a plenipotentiary but since you live abroad it would be even more complicated)

Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [418]

I personally know of a person in Germany who had gun (probably held a licence) - he is (was?) a retired lawyer

Genealogy / Searching for living family around Piasutno Ludwy, Podlaskie, Poland [4]


I mean find a website of such an agency

I just made a quick look up and Piasutno is a very small place in western Podlaskie voievodship

here's a google street view of the place (you have to follow the road to see farmhouses (ahead or back from the location of the link)

google.com/maps/@53.2897894,21.8652903,3a,75y,36.59h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sSLd8ukdgIto90LxP7ajiAg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DSLd8ukdgIto90LxP7ajiAg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D36.58686%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

this link has to be this long

Genealogy / Searching for living family around Piasutno Ludwy, Podlaskie, Poland [4]


the easiest way to gather information on your Polish relatives is through a professional genealogy agency - they have know-how and resources and time to do professional research - it's doubtful you can find people from the Piasutno area here (in this forum) - if you are interested I can look for such an agency for you

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]


present numbers or the pre-WWII numbers?

Love / Do women like strong men in Poland ? [39]


100 per cent true - well 99,9999 per cent as the only man who regularly does it publically is Jarosław Kaczyński, an old bachelor suspected by many to be gay ;)

Polonia / Polish bus crash in Croatia. Is there a fate? [127]

I'm not sure you are right about it - as far as I know if you don't press the awake button in time the engine will autmatically apply breaks and stop the train

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@mafketis

it marks having completed a phase in constructing a house if I understand correctly - maybe the phase where you have walls up but not the roof - my knowledge of the subject is pretty superficial as you have probably noticed

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


it's wiecha

Law / Why is Poland importing so much coal? [76]


ok I found a video about it:

youtu.be/_9P-MnNl0H8

now bark the 'liar' back

Law / Why is Poland importing so much coal? [76]


calm down - use of such language is not seen favourably by the mods (I was suspended for it yesterday) - only pawian saying that he spits or barfs at you can get away with it


I wonder what would you say if I presented you with a video of Tusk, stating that what the article accuses him of

Law / Why is Poland importing so much coal? [76]


tvp.info/59541390/embargo-na-rosyjski-wegiel-donald-tusk-blokowal-sankcje-w-2014-r-bo-nie-chcial-robic-awantury-dzis-atakuje-rzad-wojna-na-ukrainie

first read, then bark the "liar" back - sorry third parties for using Ponglish

Law / Why is Poland importing so much coal? [76]


Novichok is being sarcastic - no Poland hasn't secured other sources before banning the Russian coal - there is a chase now, and God only knows if there will be enough coal for everyone

Law / Why is Poland importing so much coal? [76]

Poland imported about 8 million tonnes of coal from Russia before the invasion of Ukraine - then the opposition pressured the government to ban imports from Russia without securing supplies for those who use coal for heating - now there is a chase to import enough coal from other sources before the heating season

News / Ruling PiS party tried to cover up eco disaster in Odra River [88]

@Cojestdocholery

msn.com/pl-pl/wiadomosci/swiat/niemcy-zmienili-zdanie-ws-rt%C4%99ci-w-odrze-wskazali-na-nowe-przyczyny-zatrucia/ar-AA10Ccfp?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b1417e86e83340bc9190cf10497e6bb3

Germans have changed mind about the mercury in the Odra

News / Ruling PiS party tried to cover up eco disaster in Odra River [88]

oh, so now you know better what I watch and what I heard - interesting

News / Ruling PiS party tried to cover up eco disaster in Odra River [88]


the point is there was no cover up - even the state controlled media reported about the situation (even if in somewhat belated manner)

News / Ruling PiS party tried to cover up eco disaster in Odra River [88]


on top of what I read in the internet

btw in current tests the Germans haven't detected mercury instead they detected high general salinity - dorzeczy.pl/kraj/334597/polska-otrzymal-od-niemiec-wyniki-odry-nie-wykryto-rteci.html

News / Ruling PiS party tried to cover up eco disaster in Odra River [88]

@pawian I told you I heard about the situation a couple of days ago on the state-owned media