I was looking forward to my trip to the British embassy. According to every spy film I’ve ever watched an embassy is supposed to be the sovereign territory of the nation it represents. Also they have secret basements housing jet-propelled mini-helicopters. I have no idea if this is true, but since when was reality more [...]
The circus that is Polish politics has been interesting itself this week in whether they seek a mole, a rat or both. The Peasant’s Party (PSL) have been talking about finding a mole, although I confess I don’t know why! More amusingly, Law and Justice (PiS) politicians are continuing their hunt for the rat who [...]
I know I sometimes have a lot to say about our friend at PiS, his brother and other people but it’s important to have some balance so today the question is simple – are PO actually doing anything? PO’s broken promises Education Minister Katarzyna Hall yesterday admitted that her flagship project to send six-year old [...]
While Poland is still dreaming about adoption of the Euro in 2012, eight years after joining the EU, its tiny-weeny, titchy-witchy neighbour to the south, Slovakia, is using the Euro as of Jan 1 2009. The even smaller nations of Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta have also joined in the last year or two. I confess [...]
I have the world’s worst internet connection. It costs me 50 zl a month and is slightly less reliable than a Nigerian oil millionaire who wants to use your bank account. Frankly it would be quicker to write Google searches on handmade parchment and post them to California. I can get quicker results by shouting [...]
President stuck in Mongolia after receiving doctorate President Lech Kaczyński, scheduled to be in Japan, is stuck in Mongolia as his plane froze over on the runway at Ulan Bator airport. The head of the President’s Office announced that the visit continues with only a slight delay as the President has hired a Mongolian plane [...]
A mixed bunch making the headlines today. First off, there is promising news regarding the outlook for economic growth in Poland in 2009…or is there? Poland is set to be one of the least-affected economies by the current downturn, according to a new forecast by the OECD. The organization predicts that the GDP in Poland [...]
Continuing this week’s general trend towards whinging and ranting about subtitles, lektors, and other things translation related we bring you my favorite badly-translated Polish website. Be More Careful is brought to you by the Ministry of [the] Interior and Administration and is described as: …a guide, which contains the information and a list of measures [...]
Whilst looking for some statistics regarding Poland’s exports, which I have yet to find, I found this rather charming rant from the GUS, National Statistics Office. It is a little old now as it dates back to April this year but it seems that a few public prosecutors were, for reasons unknown to me, being [...]
This ongoing farce regarding attendance of the upcoming EU summit meeting does nothing except make Poland look like a fool of a country in everyone else’s eyes. Whatever the disputes may be between Tusk and Kaczynski they should be settled here in Poland and not allowed to interfere with official business outside the country. It [...]