Work / After Masters in Management, Job Opportunities in Poland ? [34]

Again, skills are a given, but so is language, particularly nowadays withe PEGIDA rising!

Work / After Masters in Management, Job Opportunities in Poland ? [34]

If you don't know Polish and are looking to either work or study in Poland, these days, you'd better know at least fluent German if you want to so same in Germany:-) Otherwise, forget about it!!

Recent polls show the average "ethnic" German is turned off to almost any non-German-speaking foreigner looking for work in the former's country, unless they speak excellent German without a noticable accent.

This is at least what DER SPIEGEL reports!

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Thanks, dolno. I see times have since changed:-)

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

I believe British Bobbies still don't carry handguns while on their normal beat, am I right about that?

@cms, be careful not to generalize about US society! While many out there ARE Homer Simpson types, plenty are cultured, cultivated, and well educated.

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

Then they have only themselves to blame for the current fiasco, Maf, haven't they?
Methinks you and I agree more than not:-)

Language / Family Polish Language Games [11]

Only a suggestion, BlackPerks, don't necessarily take my word for it:-)

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

As far as the first statement, true as it undoubtedly is, the fact is it is when times are tough that a degree of empathy is most sorely needed, from ALL sectors of the society!! The government is attracted by the lure of cheap labor, just as in the US, France, Germany or any highly industrialized nation, so Austria's "importing" of low-wage foreigners is nothing new. The government though must call a halt to this policy and then, this might begin to stabilize matters, as would be the case right here at home.

Read any articles about what is going on in Germany with slogans like "Petry Heil!" (a take off on "Petri Heil!" aka "Good fishing today!) etc. and you'll see examples so numerous you'll have to literally beat them off with a stick:-))

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

Was fear of the irrational hatred of Hitler and cohorts "unjustified"??! Once more, you're clearly playing the Devil's advocate, Maf, but it's enough already!

Put YOURSELF in the position of being a stranger in a foreign country being unfairly targeted for the alleged misdeeds of your fellow countrymen.
Today it's mostly Syrian migrants, yesterday it was the Jews en masse, tomorrow??

Language / Family Polish Language Games [11]

Scrabble in Polish would undoubtedly be the best, at least for an intermediate to advanced level. Hangman's too difficult, I've found, even for native Polish speakers, I was told:-)

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

These however are not answers, Maf old man, they're quick fixes to long-term problems, to which certainly neither of us has the ideal solution!

I do know that Hofer's playbill is reminiscent of Joerg Haider who thought that Hitler had some excellent ideas.

The difficulty is when any extreme, left or right, is allowed to hold sway. To give a more homegrown example, it's as dumb to assert that a 100% inheritance tax will re-distribute wealth in this country as it is on the other end aka to end ANY government assistance, Medicure, Social Security forever and let the US populace fend for itself:-)

Don't you see; both are nuts. The leftist agenda though is perhaps a little harder to sell because it requires more humanity and fewer easy solutions.

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

The examples speak for themselves! READ THE PAPER, CHECK OUT THEIR PROPAGANDA.

Odd you should be asking for examples by merely playing the Devil's Advocate here, while the sins of the Hofer's, Trump's, and others of that same ilk go by unquestioned:-)

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

Maf, like Trump in the States, Hofer is your typical "gemuetlich" Austrian, a xenophobic fear mongerer masquerading as just a nice, ordinary guy, much as with Waldheim and many others, walzing their way into your heart, fueled by hatred and prejudice, rather than champagne and Viennese charm:-)

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

Why then has Hollande been so weak to speak out against Marine Le Pen, Merkel against Frauke Petry (whose popularity continues to grow), Renzi against the opposition, to whom he finally lost, or, most of all the former PM of Britain Cameron against Farage and the rest of the Brexiteers??

Oh no, I'm right about the advent of the right wing. Let's hope Austria's vote in the correct path to democracy will be a wake-up call as well as slow the march of les petites faschistes:-))

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

The EU has buckled so to pressure from rightist special interest groups, it's no wonder their efforts have been stymied for some time now:-)

Life / Opłatek, not presents, epitomises the true Polish Christmas spirit [85]

Babba Noel was therefore the FIRST (perhaps, only truly authentic) Santa Claus:-) After all, the Europeans were all heathens until the early Christians introduced them to THEIR faith!

Study / British School of Warsaw in Wilanow [73]

Thank you, terri! HOORAYY, we agree on that.

For this reason, Poland must do something to insure that it DOES pay her English teachers a decent to above decent salary to make certain that they get top quality native English speakers!!

From our lips to Duda's ear:-)

Life / Opłatek, not presents, epitomises the true Polish Christmas spirit [85]

A good observation, Wincig and Dominic!

To be sure, present-day Turkey was Christian long before it was invaded by the Muslim Crusaders.

Study / British School of Warsaw in Wilanow [73]

I take it then the instructors are all native English, or at the very least BILINGUAL-native speakers.
:-)

Life / Opłatek, not presents, epitomises the true Polish Christmas spirit [85]

They're also called Freedom Partiers, PoloniusLOL

Life / Opłatek, not presents, epitomises the true Polish Christmas spirit [85]

Thanks, Maf!

Life / Opłatek, not presents, epitomises the true Polish Christmas spirit [85]

Has Polish Christmas tradition then the character of the "evil" Krampus, like they have in Austria?

Life / Opłatek, not presents, epitomises the true Polish Christmas spirit [85]

Apparently what "we" call Santa Claus, Poles refer to as Święty Mikołaj, correct?

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

With your last statement, you might well be right!

Nonetheless, I certainly equate post-Civil War segregationists, for whom the "War Between The States" is still brewing, with post-War Nazis for whom Hitler's ideology is very much alive; they're both OUT TO LUNCH:-)

Hofer hasn't moved on with the times, Van der Bellen has, and the far-right has simply got to acknowledge this, even if they can't bring themselves to accept change!!

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions from Alabama is living TODAY, and all his anti-Bellum bad manners, such as addressing African-American colleagues as "Boy!" is nothing short of unacceptable.

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

No soap there, Maf! The Nazi party is within relatively recent memory, many of whose members or followers are still very much alive, albeit rather geriatric at this stage:-) The Civil War to which you refer ended in 1865 and the last from that era died out around the end of the 1940'sLOL

It certainly should bother you that the FPO nearly won, and that the far-right throughout Europe are poised to assume office! It's precisely when times are tough that core values are most desparately needed. Without either optimism or idealism, mankind reverts back to animal kind and certainly nobody wants that.

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

Ahemm, sorry Maf, but the FPO was started almost immediately post-War in Austria by ex-Nazis, eager to return their disillusioned homeland to the "good old days", I'm surprised at you. Or is that just typical understatement?:-)

Joerg Haider schmoozed his way into voters hearts, even appearing with a Jewish historian on a Canadian talk show, but was nonetheless a Nazi to the bone!!!

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

For whatever it's worth to anyone, van der Bellen and the Greens won in Austria, thankfully defeating Hofer's FPOE:-)

Perhaps now, Pegida and AfD won't feel quite so emboldened. Germany's Sigmar Gabriel of the Left Coalition of Merkel's party watched the Austrian elections with baited breath and expressed a deep sigh of relief at yesterday's outcome!

Italy's Renzi though wasn't as fortunate.I think we can forget about Francois Hollande for the forseeable future as well.

Feedback / Member warning system to prevent abuse / spam / off-topic posts [145]

Prob is though, it's never gonna happen, because PF is dedicated to inclusion rather than exclusion, and unless someone's "civil rights" have been provably violated though trash talk, the alleged "victim" hasn't a leg to stand on:-)

Study / Poland-Germany university transfer? [16]

First off, in order to study within the EU, knowledge of the target language is a must. While many countries offer university courses in English, they aren't always taught by native English speakers:-)

My experience as both an exchange student in Germany as well as visiting instructor of ESL, is that any talk of "credit transfer" TO a German univerisity requires that a working knowledge of the language be attested to.

Feedback / Member warning system to prevent abuse / spam / off-topic posts [145]

Purposely offensive and inflammatory posts should simply be removed, end of story!

News / Germany After the EU and the Russian Scenario - future of the European Union and Poland [310]

Well guys, if the PEGIDA, or more likely the AfD, is swept into office come end of next year, this'll be the ultimate game changer now, won't it?

Heck, this Sunday, according to the US press anyway, Freedom Partier Horbert Hofer will be the people's choice in Austria:-))