Law / Poland - Temporary Residence card - Karta pobytu - required documents [142]

question -- can you travel if your Karta Pobytu is being renewed? I need to travel and my Karta is in the process of being renewed (you know how long it takes!)

Law / The 'Secret' of Poland's Economic Success [83]


I disagree. It's not just low wages. Poles are hard working and smarter on average than a Brit -- and this is due to the low standard of current British Education. For example, I would say that Brits growing up in the 90s are no where near as educated as their compatriots who grew up and studied in the 70s. There are exceptions, yes, but the education has failed the students.

Poles in contrast haven't had that misfortune -- yet (but that could change). They're also been fortunate in their location and yes to an extent on lower wages. This is not the sole reason for their staying good -- if you note in the article it doesn't say Poland wasn't hurt by the crisis -- it's just that relatively it did much better.

Love / Is Indian/Polish relationship possible? [370]

An Indian/polish relationship is possible -- between Indian Catholics (or other Christians) and Poles. Why? Because culturally both will share similar ethos -- poles and indians are family-oriented and indian catholic guys are taught to respect women and treat them well.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

Well, the Dutch last fought wars with the English in the 17th century (the English did destroy Holland's status as a superpower and basically usurped that role) and ditto for the Dutch wars with the French -- those ended in 1815. WWII is still a lot closer and there are still many people who lived through those times. By 2039, the animosity will be forgotten as the survivors will have passed on.

Remember that the English were enemies with the French and friends with the Germans right up until 1914, but alliances change.

All this talk about how Germany pays the most to the EU and Poland takes loans from it are just plain silly -- Germany was lucky that W Germany fell into American hands and the US enabled it's industry to rise. Poland is now also lucky that the Germans are there to help it.

however, never forget that people can bear grudges for centuries -- don't forget that the Syrians still talk about the wars with the Persians in the 5th century :)