Life / Polish water safe to drink? [50]


The EU have expressed concerns about water quality here and have identified serious shortcomings.

Sales of bottled water have long been very high here.

Life / Polish water safe to drink? [50]


Same in Yorkshire - very good quality. Here in PL there are a lot of issues with the pipes that affect taste, hence people usually preferring bottled.

Life / Polish water safe to drink? [50]


And certainly safe.

There are a few parts of Warsaw where residents don't drink the tap water.

Sales of bottled water are huge here in Poland.

Life / Polish water safe to drink? [50]

In Poland it depends very much on where you are. There are even variations within Warsaw.

Travel / Which places in Praga, Warsaw are MOST DANGEROUS at night? [15]


Most is OK now. The one really dodgy part a few years ago there is now generally safe.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


A vote loser here if ever there was one.

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That may be true, plus the credibility-stretching conspiracy theories about Smolensk.


More when than if.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Wacław Berczyński, the Smolensk investigator appointed by PiS has just resigned. It was he whose commission claimed a couple of weeks ago that there had been a mid-air explosion (despite all evidence to the contrary).

He had been heavily criticised by the opposition regarding other matters to do with military procurement; they had in fact threatened to refer him to a prosecutor..

wpolityce.pl/smolensk/336413-nasz-news-waclaw-berczynski-podal-sie-do-dymisji-przeslal-pismo-do-ministra-obrony-narodowej

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


I'm surprised they even have that much, given that the party leader has made it clear that they are no more than his puppets.

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He's no Trudeau. It was corruption, plain and simple. People expect this of PiS.

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What about American 'PZPR' operatives like yourself?

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Don't be silly, Po.


No it wasn't. Not by a long chalk.


Something you strongly support, since you've made it clear that only people who share your views should hold political office or be army generals.

Face it Po, you admire fascism.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


There you go again PO, maligning Poland's greatest (centre-right) statesman because he isn't fascist enough for you.

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Don't be disingenuous Po. Fascism's come a long way since its origin and exists in various forms - and certainly exists here in Poland.

And let's face it, you like fascism.


Like Middle Eastern religions?

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

"wogs"

Oh dear. And you still won't admit that you like fascism, despite so many of your posts pointing firmly to that.


The one that you aren't eligible for...

Nice to see I was right that the Misiewicz affair is just the tip of the iceberg about the PiS corrupt appointments scandal. Two more cases came to light again today and yes, one of them just happened to be a young friend of 'minister' Macierewicz....

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

Nothing.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


So yes, you do prefer fascism but are too afraid to admit it outright.

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Just admit it Po, you prefer fascism...

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Thats exactly what they want of course, as part of their National Socialism and of course doomed to disaster.

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Indeed. He seems to think that only politicians he likes should be allowed to stand for office.


Because he's made it clear that he despises Poland's democracy tradition and prefers overt fascism.

UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]


In your country, do armed police shoot noisy neighbours for


or


?

If that's the case, I'm glad I don't live there...

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Familiar with the current state of the army top brass and the reasons so many have quit in disgust, are you?


That, I-S, is the opposite of the truth. Not unusual of you to attack experts whose view is more up-to-date, balanced and accurate than yours.


You mean Poles who disagree with your ill-informed point of view...

How much time have you spent here in Poland over the last twenty or thirty years anyway? Especially since you think that the current army general staff are:

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


If anyone's interested in what Po has posted (and why - as usual there's a large element of disingenuity in his post) this article sheds some light:

"Statistics show that around 90 percent of Poland's top military brass have either been replaced or left of their own accord amid an overhaul launched by Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz after his rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) party took power in October 2015."

and:

"There are concerns among allies about the predictability of the minister," the Warsaw-based analyst told AFP. "Macierewicz has a terrible reputation. He has a hard time meeting his counterparts."

au.news.yahoo/world/a/35014390/as-nato-moves-in-troops-reforms-hit-polands-military-hard/#page1

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Any proof of that Po, or just another of your warped preoccupations?


Neither refreshing nor in any sense uplifting - basically the dark politics of the 1930s. You may consider media censorship, an attack on constitutional democracy, open racism and misogyny to be


however most people do not.


Given that PiS politicians very frequently lie and as we've seen with the rampant corruption around minister Macierewicz's little friend Misiewicz this week they are in no sense decent.

And yes, they've made Poland an international laughing-stock, as they did during their last brief administration.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Do you think Polish army officers are liars when they swear to defend Poland?

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He has always but always very much had his own take on reality.

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News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Most people here seem to and Jaro simply couldn't get away with it since he doesn't yet control all the media.

Hard to understand how they thought a state-owned company paying Macierewicz's young 'friend', a twenty-something with unexceptional educational attainment and very little work history, 50,000pln per month would slip under the radar.

Interesting to know how much more of this PiS has been up to and how many more similar revelations are to come.

Genealogy / Looking for a person living in Warsaw - any online phone book in Poland? [33]

Is she on Facebook or Nasza Klasa?

UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]


Your Housing Association (or whoever provides the flat) should be your first point of contact. They will intervene if the noise levels are above what they consider acceptable. No need to mention the nationality of your neighbour - it simply isn't relevant. If you get no joy there, have a word with your local councillor at their surgery.

Did you have a look at the neighbours from hell forum? Some interesting stuff there.

UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]

Too late to edit - @Ryouga, have a look at this website and forum, called 'neighbours from hell' : nfh.org.uk/forums/

People share stories there - some of them extreme and some mundane. It may help to put your own experience into perspective as well as being a source of practical advice.