Law / Divorce of foreigners & desertion [3]

Ask a lawyer but it would Surely be much easier to do that in Ireland where you are a citizen and the courts and lawyers speak English ?

UK, Ireland / Double Taxation coming back between Poland & UK? [6]

If you are tax resident in Poland - here more than 183 days - then you have to pay tax on that pension wherever you keep it

In reality the Polish tax authorities have little way of knowing about it and don't have the resources at the moment to pursue small cases like that

Law / Can I Legally Adopt My Girlfriend's Child? [3]

I think if you do that you will also be responsible for the kid until quite a late age (24 ?) and they might be responsible for you when you are old - really check out what you are signing up for and remember they are not cute kids for long

I urge you to spend a few hundred bucks for a proper lawyer

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Who would have thought that a Russian anti Putin female student would have such strident views about leftists or abortion in the US

History / Current Polish-Russian relations.. What do the Poles think? [60]

Five facts about Russia that everyone knows

1. Your army are primitive rapists
2. You are poor because your leaders are thieves
3. You are unhappy because you are not free
4. Your president is a murderer
5. Your food is awful

Bonus fact

Those oil and gas deposits don't belong to the plebs.

Real Estate / Dividing a property [4]

Yes you can put that in a deed - but needs to be done formally with a notary

Real Estate / Dividing a property [4]

No. Whose name is on the title deed "ksiega wieczyste" ?

That is the legal basis for who owns the house

If you are married then even if your wife's name is in the ksiega then it is still your common property

If you are not married then the only way to secure yourself is to loan the money to your partner - that is much more complicated though, and if she is living there with kids almost impossible to enforce if something goes wrong

Put a ring on it and your life will be more simple (at least about this house !)

Life / Gym etiquette in Poland [9]

OMG now I didn't realize you were continuing the great Soviet traditions of weightlifting - budge smuggler shorts, a bad haircut and a steroid assisted training camp in the Urals with a bunch of bearded women every summer

Life / Gym etiquette in Poland [9]

The only exercise you do is picking cucumbers out on the dacha. Then getting the balalaika out and singing about the great famine

Life / Gym etiquette in Poland [9]

In case you want an answer from someone who uses a gym in Poland

Few people do that. I normally do carry a small golf towel with me but I don't do the full disinfection thing and most people do nothing.

News / R. Trzaskowski, current mayor of Warsaw, future President of Poland [354]

They should be allowed - free speech is one of the things the war is about. Of course they must pay for the policing

Last week he banned flags at a football match - ostensibly for fire safety, but more like because he could. Like Macron he is a young politician intoxicated by the arbitrary power he can wield. He gets a free ride from the liberal press because the alternatives are so bad

Warsaw is the capital and all citizens should be allowed to protest there

Off-Topic / Stock Market and Trading Talk [1011]

Right - so you are getting the hang of this capitalism thing ?

If Sergei Simonovich and Artem Ivanovich asked you to put your few pitiful roubles into a business making foot wrappings for Russian infantry that would be a bit like owning stocks

Off-Topic / Stock Market and Trading Talk [1011]

Of course you don't own any stocks - you already have your retirement plan, an exhausted old allotment in some one horse town 70km from Moscow, with some sour cherries, bent carrots and worm eaten cabbage to sell.

This time next year you will be a rouble millionaire.

Love / How are lesbians seen in Poland (more info inside)? [30]

With your salary from the troll farm I imagine you are quite a catch - any of the village girls who push the "coffee" cart through those gloomy corridors will be dreaming of a honeymoon with you - a 30 hour train ride to pick mushrooms in the grounds of a falling down sanitarium

News / Should Poland pay for gas in rubles? [194]

The countries that are paying in roubles are in breach of EU sanctions and should be taken to court. Hungary for starters

Life / Going Smartphone Free - taking off in Poland? [47]

Yea - you can save money to buy a new (new to you) Korean VCR recorder instead of wasting it on a bourgeois telephone. With your collection of grainy chuck norris movies and low quality Hungarian smut you will be the envy of all the drunks at the tram stop

News / Should Poland pay for gas in rubles? [194]

Nope - that would be a clear branch of EU sanctions against the rapist fascists

Law / Old Polish money banknotes - what's their value today? [415]

Nowt - less than 1 cent

Genealogy / Did Polish last names derive from city / village names? [9]

Yes that happens - my own family are named after a village now in Belarus

But Kaclowa might come from Katzel - a quite common German name or from Kazatel - a Czech word for preacher

Life / Debt in Poland. (problems at the polish customs?) [8]

If these are civil debts - from a bank then no you will not be stopped at the border

If they are tax debts then you could be stopped

You can't be addicted to partying

Life / Met two straight Polish Thugs or Hoods like out of a movie from the Slums [8]

I have seen a few big fights on that street and it's the one place I can remember an unprovoked assault on me - about 20 years back but was walking down there about 7pm, dressed up for a date and some guys shoulder barged me trying to get a reaction.

Now I think about it my date stood me up that night too LOL

Real Estate / Rental contract without a termination clause [2]

Its probably not worth his while to pursue you. There is a big backlog in the court at the moment.

On the other hand you have ti realize that power costs have increased a lot and your next flat witll come with a much higher power cost.

Quit it, post the key through the letterbox and be prepared to lose your deposit.

Life / Is it normal for men to abandon their children in Poland? [26]

No that is not normal in Poland at all - Poles would consider that very bad behavior

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

A lesson to a few people here too - if you think soviet life is appealing, off you go and see how you get on.

A tragedy for the family of this naive soldier

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Bit of sad news - that Polish soldier who defected to Belarus has been found hanged in Minsk

Rest In Peace

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

He will want to keep his best and most loyal troops close to Minsk - god knows what a rabble the rest of them will be. The Russians are slovenly and ill disciplined but Belarus army will be next level rubbish

Language / Is This the Correct Way to Say 'bro, wake up, it's the 90's'? [10]

Kolego is the closest fit to the Anglo / Aussie "mate" which you are right is not quite the same as bro. I think to say bro you need to be room mates or school mates

Language / Is This the Correct Way to Say 'bro, wake up, it's the 90's'? [10]

I think I would go for Kolego ! Certainly not bracie. But maybe Stary :)

UK, Ireland / Boris Johnson - is the new British PM a popular figure in Poland? [150]

Might be personable but he is a liar, very poor leader (much worse than Trump) and it's clear from this incident that he thinks ordinary British people are scum

Law / ZUS for a sole trader in Poland [10]

Good question but might be several weeks - they have a huge backlog at the moment after the lockdowns