Back in the dark, communist times, the Polish band Maanam refused to play on the event organized by the communist party. To punish it, the communist regime banned its songs from the radio. The problem was, that the band was extremely popular and its songs, such as To Tylko Tango were at the top places […]
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On relations between Poles and Jews
The topic of Polish-Jewish relations recently often draws international attention. Depending of who’s talking, we can hear about Polish anti-Semitism, Jewish anti-Polonism and attempts to rewrite history coming from everywhere. Infamous Polish law penalising attribution of Nazi crimes to Poles was met with the outrage after it was portrayed by Jewish communities as yet another […]
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It’s official. Poland is no longer a country with rule of law any more. EU top court ruled, that Ireland might be right to refuse extradition of a Polish criminal, as due to PiS judiciary reforms, he might have his rights to fair trial compromised. And we can already see that he would not be […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far It seems that problems with Polish healthcare are finally gone. Jarosław Kaczyński is reported to have some problems with his knee (it was probably injured from writing so many new laws on it). Did he […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Remember, when in those secret recordings then minister Elżbieta Bieńkowska from PO said, that “only a fool or a thief would work for 6 000 zł”? Well, we might be pretty sure, that there are […]
Is London Council really banning commemoration of Polish Battle of Britain pilots?
On the polish right wing portal wprawo.pl an article was published. It was entitled “Allies? London council prevented laying flowers at the Polish War Monument”. This text tells a dramatic history of Polish War Veterans who were forced to leave their flowers at the padlocked gate after “annual Polish celebrations” were banned due to complaints from local residents […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “Let’s act quick, before we realise it makes no sense!” – this is one of the most famous quotes from Julien, the king of lemurs from the popular cartoon Madagascar (at least from the Polish […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Delusions of Polish Right wing can be present everywhere. The XIX-century notion of Poles being the chosen ones, the Christ of the nation, who’s role is to bring the light to other countries is omnipresent. […]
Scotland is one of the best countries to be Polish nowadays
In recent months we have witnessed a significant rise in hate crime against foreigners in England. Many of the victims were Polish. What has escaped the attention of England-centric media (both in Poland and in the UK) is the fact that Poles in Scotland still feel welcome and safe and such acts are almost unheard […]
20 miles to heaven
Mariusz “Pudzian” Pudzianowski, a former strongman champion and MMA fighter owns a transport company. Annoyed by the situation in which migrants in Calais try get past that last 20 miles that separate them from Great Britain by breaking into the lorries and by the fact that hauliers are left to face the consequences (including a hefty fines […]