PoS #8

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.

Polandian on Sunday #7

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, from the [...]

Polandian on Sunday #6

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 hosting an [...]

Polandian on Sunday #5

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 times of [...]

Polandian on Sunday #4

Pawel is away this week (probably base jumping or something) so it falls to us ignorant foreigners to round up the news. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
1. Jilted at the divorce court
Marriage is a popular institution in modern Poland, more so than many other European nations where spending large sums of money on a [...]

Polandian on Sunday #3

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) on the [...]

Polandian on Sunday #2

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. At least they [...]

Polandian on Sunday #1

Welcome to Polandian on Sunday with a brief summary of what happened this week in Poland.
1. Białystok rejects ‘gay’ logo.
The Mayor of Białystok said this week that the city will scrap its new logo, designed as a part of city’s new PR campaign. Together with the Eskadra company, the city spent lots of cash and [...]