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PoS #8

Sep 15, 2009 24 Comments by

PoS is back to Polandian! Yes, the holidays were hard this year! Now in September armed with tan and hotel towels we can get back to business. In this episode we sum up what was hot and not this summer.

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BBC’s shocking incompetence

Sep 01, 2009 69 Comments by

I was surfing the internet to see how various media cover the story of the 70th anniversary of the breakout of the Second World War remembrance service, that Polandian metioned in previous post. Naturally I went to the BBC. I wasn’t pleased what they wrote, in this article as I felt it didn’t explain anything [...]

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September the 1st

Aug 30, 2009 84 Comments by

On the 1st September 2009, 70 years after the breakout of the Second World War, world leaders will come to Westerplatte in Gdańsk, Poland, where it all began. They will pay tribute to the victims, line the paths of reconcilliation and vow to make sure similar things don’t happen again. But as delegations iron their [...]

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5 things you can do in a Polish forest

Jul 26, 2009 28 Comments by

30% of Poland is covered by forest. That’s a lot, and there are ways for you to use it. Some people coming to live to Poland were not blessed with having such wonderful forests in their countries of origin. Poor souls have no idea about forests, and how it could be a great place to [...]

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Polish space invaders target Brussels

Jun 04, 2009 11 Comments by

Twenty years ago communism fell in Central and Eastern Europe. It was Poland where the transformation which changed the course of European history began. A special artisic-social project entitled “Common Task” will remind Europeans about events which took place over 20 years ago. On 4th of June 1989 Poland was the first country behind the [...]

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Polandian on Sunday #7

May 10, 2009 3 Comments by

1. Monnari announces bankruptcy We’ve worked so hard for 11 years, this tsunami came, and now we’re left with nothing. I can’t eat or sleep since last month. – Marek Banasiak, company’s president told the media. Monnari Trade is a Polish clothing retailer, which has been steadily building a brand for urban women after 30, [...]

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Polandian on Sunday #6

May 04, 2009 12 Comments

Welcome to Polandian on Sunday (with a slight delay due to author’s weekend break in Sopot). Here is a brief summary of what happened this week in Poland. 1. Warsaw’s future architecture When you’re having a walk down the Warsaw’s Powiśle neighborhood why not pop into the Warsaw University Library. Since this week it is [...]

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Polandian on Sunday #5

Apr 26, 2009 5 Comments

Welcome to Polandian on Sunday with a brief summary of what happened this week in Poland. 1. Poland to launch a Mars base This week plans for a Polish Martian base were announced. The originality of the idea is to actually build the base on Earth rather than on Mars, and save some money in [...]

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Polandian on Sunday #3

Apr 12, 2009 8 Comments

Welcome to Polandian on Sunday with a brief summary of what happened this week in Poland. 1. Eurovote? Poles couldn’t care less This spring over 500 million Europeans will vote for 736 Members of the European Parliament. European Parliament is a legislative body which has a say (together with EU Council comprising heads of governments) [...]

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Polandian on Sunday #2

Apr 05, 2009 9 Comments

Welcome to Polandian on Sunday with a brief summary of what happened this week in Poland. 1. The Polish-Polish pierogi war. Pierogi, dumplings with many varieties of filling, are a Polish specialty. They have also become the subject of a major row. As businesses serving pizza are called pizzerias, those serving pierogi are called pierogarnias. [...]

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