Genealogy / Name of a town in Poland in early 1900's [32]

Wroclaw ? Wloclawek ?

News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [543]

So why was he appointed a prosecutor at all if he doesn't have the guts to confront criminals - like most PiS appointees to public positions he is under qualified and with no leadership genes.

The thing is Amiga that we are paying the wages of these losers through our taxes. Your taxes are just funding the Aussie army in their fight against people taking exercise without a mask.

Real Estate / Termination of fixed term lease in Poland [28]

Free advice is worth every grosze. If you want professional advice ask a lawyer. I'm just giving you a common sense view.

Real Estate / Termination of fixed term lease in Poland [28]

The landlord would have to find you, get a lawyer and then wait for a court date. At the moment there are huge delays for small cases due to the backlog from Covid. That's why if I were you I would just get your new flat, leave and post the keys to him.

There is no way the court will start arguing about allergy documents for such a small amount but in any case it would be pretty unheard of to send those to your landlord - I know these days everyone thinks medical records are public but they shouldn't be and you have no obligation to show them.

Real Estate / Termination of fixed term lease in Poland [28]

Just leave and it's unlikely he will take you to court. You are not obliged to describe your medical conditions to the landlord.

But be fair - leave the flat clean tidy and accept you might lose your deposit

Food / Best Polish vegetarian food and other general queries [21]

And there are people that queue for a tin of szproty at 6am to have with their rock hard bread and last years ogorki. Hearty breakfast before a day of paid trolling

Work / What kind of CV for a job in a multinational company in Poland; Europass or traditional one? Address problems. [19]

Try for one page and definitely no more than two

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]

A tax deduction is not the same thing - you only get it if you work.

I'm more or less in favor of 500+ - I agree that it's given dignity to a lot of parents. It's all the subsequent handouts that I have a problem with and especially the reduction in retirement age and the massive increase in taxes for people like me

Not a problem for you - you don't pay tax here and you are probably paid somehow from public funds

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]

Od kiedy jestesmy na ty ?

I know you Aussies have an informal culture but it's different over here.

Loving the stream of Konfederacja cowards on the airwaves this morning trying to justify their pathetic stance.

PiS are turning in each other too - this has been a great exercise in exposing their personal ambitions which normally amount to how much cash they can extract from various unfortunate state owned industries,

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]

Some good news today

Konfederacja are a busted flush. They're tight T-shirt supporters would've respected them if they had stood by their guns.

Even if this law passes this government is just crumbling now - not gonna last a full term.

An awful lot of pressure now not just from the Americans but from the markets and from moderate right wing poles. .

News / The ruling party in Poland tries to take American owned TV news station off the air [528]

Konfederacja members are being bribed with management posts in state companies and NGOs - funded by the taxpayers. Complete pathetic cowards

Any company that puts a Konferacja member/family etc on their board won't be getting my business

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

Looks like you Russian pathetic trolls are stuck there for a few more weeks. No worries though - only rich thieves get to travel on their private jets,

you guys can have a typical summer break, picking cucumbers, drinking kwas and flicking horseflies off your shoulders on some baking tiny dacha.

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

Is there evidence that Belarus was behind the threat. Yes - four other Belarusian passengers got off at Minsk, obviously members of the Belarus secret service,

But it's not even worth discussing - you are paid by a murdering thieving dictator to do this for a living, so I will go and earn some money in an honest way like a normal self respecting person.

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

Awesome to see the shameless Russian trolls having to work hard this morning.

A few more hours and they will get a special reward - some foul coffee and a greasy donut from the one legged Afghan war veteran who parks his stall outside their office.

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

Tight t shirt wearing amphetamine taking nationalists - I know 3 or 4, plus a few down the gym that I am on nodding terms with

Older people with mildly nationalist views - lots

Weird PiS types - maybe 20 or 30 though they are disappearing form Warsaw business circles or at least not vocal about their views.

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

It's ludicrous and even insulting to be here in Poland and compare the EU to communism

I have never encountered someone Polish who knew communism who would make that comparison.

When Poles do complain it's either about immigration or bureaucracy.

As for NATO, well it's not so bad - it would prevent Russia from trying to illegally occupy other countries, just like it illegally occupies Crimea.

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

People dying of cigarettes in Poland - about 50.000 a year
People dying the instant that they ignite a cigarette - zero
People killed by speeding cars in bad weather - about 1000 a year

You keep using stupid examples to prove your point

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

Right. What is your explanation for the dramatic increase in living standards since 2004 in Poland, Czech, Hungary etc and why didn't it happen in Moldova or Ukraine or Serbia ?

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

Well we do remember the days when the Soviets were telling us how to organize our economy - queuing for ugly shoes at 5am in winter.

We know bitter Cuban oranges are a luxury only given to you guys in victory day but since joining the EU we get fat Spanish ones, we don't have to stand in line and we don't need any stupid coupons for them

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

You have some alternative explanations then Spike ? Backed up by some evidence ?

The same trend in rising living standards has been observed at all the other new entrants in 2004. So that is correlation x 10

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

Is there any Pole who can read and would deny that unemployment has fallen since 2004, that wages have gone up and that jobs created has gone up ?

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

It is not simply because they can work in McDonalds in London or get a nicer airport. All Poles know that EU membership has created many more jobs in Poland and increased living standards hugely since 2004 (did you see what Poland was like pre EU ?)

You got your Brexit so lets see how it works out for you.

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

But this thread has got nothing to do with the US or China or Russia

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

I know Moscow is a long way inside Russia but have you ever visited a Polish border ?

Goods and people go on the same road.

Not all goods are in trucks - many are in small vans and cars

Not all economic activity is goods.

Still where you come from you are probably thinking only about heavy up industry - pig iron, dirty brown coal and some rusty Samara state of the art cars

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [996]

The main Pakistani immigration to the UK was many years before 2004 - in the 60s and 70s. The majority of British Muslims have been born in the UK - so they are more British than you are American.

Travel / Travel to Poland from the UK? (COVID time) [50]

gov.pl/web/coronavirus/travel

Here are the people who can enter Poland - At the moment you probably don't meet any of those criteria, but wait a few hours and someone who has first hand experience may reply

UK, Ireland / Why Polish girls working in UK as escort more than other Eastern European girls [89]

What a spiteful way to spend your time - slandering and spreading rumors.

If you have a problem with this lady talk to her face to face

Life / What do Poles do when they need Cash urgently (small sums)? [15]

No - I don't mind having cash. At the moment lots of cars terminals are overloaded and breaking down so it's useful to have some notes

Life / What do Poles do when they need Cash urgently (small sums)? [15]

I'm always carrying a bit - car parks, tips, panhandlers etc

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

Overall it's bad news for the WSE - CD Projekt was one of only a few big listings in recent years, the others Allegro and Dino have done pretty well but have some curious accounting.

The exchange needs some good private companies because PiS is wrecking the public ones like PZU, Orlen, Pekao and KGHM by filling their boards with rural politicians and by extracting a lot of cash from them. A few more years of this and you can add the stock market to the list of institutions trashed by Kaczynski