If you need one scene that represents today’s Poland, the recent unveiling of the “renovation” market square in Janów Podlaski will be perfect. After chopping down a little park (94 of the 140 trees that grew there have been cut down), the square has been covered by concrete. In there a new fountain was constructed, […]
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20 reasons why there is shortage of drivers in the UK
Thousands of people who shop in the UK probably noticed shortages of products in British supermarkets. The supply problems are blamed on the shortage of HGV drivers and the government is taking steps to tackle it: the driving hours have been extended and there is a talk about bringing the army drivers to help with […]
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It seems Poland is at war. Just recently we heard about our submarine that got almost sank then one of the Polish fighter planes had been shot at and now two tanks have been completely destroyed. And then there is that instance of cyberwar, where the e-mails from the important member of the government had […]
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It’s well over 24 hours since the Lukashenko regime hijacked a Polish plane (yes, this Ryanair plane was registered in Poland). And yet deputy minister for security (that is an official role of Jarosław Kaczyński in the government) has not spoken on the subject yet (not to mention no government action regarding the fate of […]
Critical situation of the truck drivers stranded in England
The situation in Dover did not look well for a few days already. A pre-Christmas period, cumulated with the rush to stack as much imports as possible before very likely no-deal Brexit on 1st of January resulted in the unusually high amount of freight traffic going through Dover and Channel Tunnel causing unprecedented (if we […]
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It’s tough to be a right winger and a Catholic in Poland nowadays. Everyone is trying to offend you in as many ways as possible. Those rainbow flags for example. It was not enough to place one on the figure of Jesus in Warsaw, now other monuments are being decorated in this way as well. […]
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It has been over a month since I wrote last piece in the series of Meanwhile in Cuckooland. It is partially because of my work on the article on Jewish matters, which required extensive research, partially due to my other work commitments. That means that, unless you were following Polish matters elsewhere, you missed the […]
Brexit, the drama.
Dramatis personae: United Kingdom (Britain) European Union (EU) Britain: EU, you need to amend your basic principles, so we can have more perks and less commitments, or we might be leaving. EU: You got enough concessions already, stop it. Britain: Would you really risk us leaving? EU: Yeah, as if you really wanted to. Britain: […]
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For a few days Polish internet had been flooded with fake screen grabs from TVP’s flagship information program “Wiadomości”. This was yet another instance of PiS learning in a hard way about the power of internet and how “Streisand effect” works. See, public television in Poland have always been politicized, and accusation of it being […]
“Our fantastic future out of EU”
Two years passed since the referendum in which Britons have decided that they no longer want to be in the European Union. To celebrate this, Daily Express published an interview with David Davis, the Brexit minister. It has been entitled “Our fantastic future out of EU”. I hoped that from reading it I will finally […]