News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [538]


Even in the UK which in theory has good social housing, there are still huge problems finding places for larger families to live and a high level of overcrowding in London.

News / Predictions about Poland for 2013 [85]

Unfortunately the facts are that most European economies are in recession.
It would be good if you could cite some proof that:


Given that there were already 625,000 Poles in the UK who had arrived since EU entry (according to the 2011 census) and an estimated additional 45,000 arrived between the census day and September 2012 according to the Home Office and of course the UK economy is still contracting, one wonders what you think they're all doing.

45,000 isn't 800,000.

I suppose for some people hard data just isn't that important.

Life / Advocating euthanasia routinely causes scandals in Poland... [63]

And as the article says, many choose to carry cards. You might want to check the actual Dutch law. Despite the non-Dutch religious pressure group you strangely chose to cite, the law is very strict in the Netherlands.

But I suppose hysteria and misinformation are more interesting than boring old facts.

Life / Advocating euthanasia routinely causes scandals in Poland... [63]

Interesting that you've cited a press release from a pressure group that was picked up by an ultra-conservative newspaper. The Telegraph do at least say the following which rather demolishes your point:

Life / Advocating euthanasia routinely causes scandals in Poland... [63]


It's very well regulated there. Nobody is forced to stay alive if they wish to die with dignity.

News / Predictions about Poland for 2013 [85]


I doubt that.


They won't be sending much back, will they?

The job situation in the UK isn't good and with the forthcoming ConDem attacks on the welfare system and the low paid things will be harder for most migrant workers. I believe that remittances will decrease.

News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [538]


I'd take them over the opposition any day. Those guys are the personification of filth.

Food / Origin of the pierogi [127]


They still work if you bake them - the dough will still expand - just don't expect them to be light and fluffy.

Frying works well too.

News / Predictions about Poland for 2013 [85]


I doubt their remittances will increase, especially since the work situation in other places is bad at the moment.

News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [538]

He's certainly on call, and does need to take a day off. I'm sure his predecessor did too. As Head of Government (not state) he still needs to spend time with his family. Even the President has at least one weekend retreat.

News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [538]


Somehow I suspect the reality is different.

Would you really want a prime-minister who doesn't spend time with his family and never relaxes?

Anyway, as Zibi says, politicians do have an awful lot to read through and reflect on. Senior UK politicians have their red boxes. Mrs Thatcher used to have to read through thousands of documents from them every weekend.

News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [538]


Exactly. I suspect he works 7 days per week.

History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

Milk bags in the UK? I've never seen that.

During the PRL, they used to have proper deliveries from a milkman, at least here in Warsaw.

UK, Ireland / Polish cities and their UK twins [34]

They have a lot in common and it's a good twinning match.

Mind you, Frombork has a bit of a feel of Lancaster too, especially the bit around the castle.

News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [538]


That's because it votes PieS.

Life / News on driving in Poland [57]


Freedom to know that the other driver doesn't have their judgement impaired by substance abuse?


What you really mean is: "....hopes they don't get killed and kill others".

Life / News on driving in Poland [57]


Exactly. Drink driving laws were passed for very good reasons rather than a whimsy. Same with speed limits. Both have reduced the number of accidents considerably.

If someone owns a vast country estate with nobody else on the roads they can drive how they like. If they want to share roads with other drivers and pedestrians, both of those groups have a right to be sure that all drivers are sober, clearly visible, not holding a telephone and driving within the speed limit.

Real Estate / Can foreigner buy apartment in Warsaw, Poland? [39]

I don't see so much being built now compared to the boom of a few years ago. The market seems to have stabilised.

Real Estate / Can foreigner buy apartment in Warsaw, Poland? [39]

A sort of stamp duty. The OP should be aware about tax liabilities when selling before a certain period has elapsed or at any time if the flat is above 250sqm or has a residents'-only swimming pool.

News / Predictions about Poland for 2013 [85]


I think there's a good chance this will happen. It certainly should happen.

Re. the currency. I'm not sure it's overvalued and as a major agricultural and light industrial exporter it's in everyone's interest that it doesn't happen. Should global food prices substantially increase though, they will have to try very hard to stop the zloty rising and I doubt in that circumstance that they'll try too hard.

I suspect that the number of foreclosures will increase this year. There will also be chaos after the meldunek system ends.

The gap between rich and poor will increase slightly and there will be an increase in people below the poverty line. Nevertheless, due to food exports and shale gas, there will be a slight increase in GDP per capita.

News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [538]


In that case you would be disingenuously inaccurate since Gazeta Wyborcza is a mass circulation newspaper belonging to a huge publicly traded media group who maintain a register of shareholders and submit detailed accounts whereas GP is a cheaply printed low circulation newspaper whose editor has persistently refused to reveal either its ownership or the source of his funding.

News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [538]


A lovely picture!


Very true. There are a number of well-publicised cases where that has happened. GP sells very few copies so there's a limit to any damage they do. It only keeps operating because of shady backers who they refuse to disclose.

Real Estate / Can foreigner buy apartment in Warsaw, Poland? [39]

Yes. The only restrictions relate to farmland and those restrictions are temporary.

The procedure for buying a flat is the same wherever you are from. You can rent a flat to whoever you like, however you may find that real estate here is more expensive that you would expect due to a population spike of people around a certain age and a poor supply of new build apartments.

Life / Advocating euthanasia routinely causes scandals in Poland... [63]


You're confusing the mass murder of hospital patients for political reasons with people who make a conscious decision that they want the last stage of their life to be dignified and brief.

UK, Ireland / Polish cities and their UK twins [34]

Plymouth and Gdynia. An excellent match.
Doncaster and Gliwice, Wakefield and Konin. Because of local industries. A bit of a mismatch since Wakefield is part of a conurbation and Konin isn't.

Life / Advocating euthanasia routinely causes scandals in Poland... [63]

Owsiak deserves praise for raising the topic. If someone chooses that their passing should be eased either by direct request, or if dementia is involved, in a living will, that wish should be respected.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]


Pleased to hear it, not that it makes the slightest different either way.


Indeed it is, for many reasons - culture, cuisine, economics, etc.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]

Who said there were such pictures?

Strange. You might find it more interesting to read rather than 'scroll' the thread.


Most of them, Paulina. That doesn't make a masterpiece typical,though, does it?

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]


Perhaps because there's no challenge to decline. Instead, you may find it useful to read the whole of the thread that you're posting on. You may find plenty of interest, though I suspect you will disagree with much of it.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]

Invisible? I suppose everything on the net is in a way invisible. To take the edge of your customary bile though, I'd refer you to some of the earlier pages in this very long thread where all necessary points were made and it was established that we are indeed in Eastern Europe.


So you're posting in a thread that you haven't bothered to read and are accusing others of being lazy! That does rather cast doubt on anything else you've tried to say. By the way, you'll find plenty about Polish vernacular architecture here.