Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Extending term of Donald Tusk as president of the European Council shaked Poland for a while. Jarosław Kaczyński during a shouting session in a Polish parliament (as polish parliament slowly turns into some poor stage […]
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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 19
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far The nation chosen ones have really hard life, and then they have to face people’s criticism. They work hard like noone else: Bartłomiej Misiewicz for example worked so hard, that he had to go for […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 18
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Poland finally had it’s five minutes, for which Foreign Minister Waszczykowski was longing so much. He even had a chance to speak with people who really matter! To be honest, his exchange with Frans Timmermans […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 17
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Many of my readers, including some Czechs, send me links to recent events in Poland, asking me to cover them in this series or ask “why I never mentioned this or that”. The answer is […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 16
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “The year is 2017 AD. Mazowsze is entirely occupied by Warszawa. Well, not entirely. One small village of indomitable PO voters still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the PiS […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 15
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Finally, there is hope for a bit of fresh air in Poland. The PiS government after denying that smog is a problem has finally decided to address the problem. That came a bit unexpected if […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 14
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far US Soldiers recently deployed on the Polish soil seems to have not doing very well. In a few days they are here, they have managed to crash two humvees into each other, spill a load […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 13
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far While across the globe people enjoy the sun at sunny beaches of Santo Subito, capital of San Escobar, a country invented by Polish foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski, Poland is hidden under winter blanket of snow, […]
Kaczyński’s Golem
I need to take break from my “Meanwhile in Cuckooland” series, as the matter in question is not funny. Jarosław Kaczyński rise to power was build on fuelling xenophobic moods in the society and flirting with extreme right. My first ever piece for Britske Listy was pointing out this very problem. Today, actions of PiS […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 12 – Anniversaries and Month-inversaries.
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Last days have passed in Poland under the sign of anniversaries. Or month-iversaries, as in case of the 80th month-iversary of the Smoleńsk crash. The most important anniversary is 13th of December. 35 years ago […]