Despite best efforts of the medical team, who operated for over 5 hours and transfused over 20 litres of Blood, Mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz died from his wounds after being attacked by a mad man with a knife on the stage during the finale of Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. Next day thousands of Poles […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far This week Wrocław celebrates a victory in the online contest for “Best European Destination 2018”. It has gathered more votes than London, Lisbon or Prague. It has been possible thanks to the voters from 146 […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “For Adolf Hitler and our country – three times Sieg Heil!”. Those words came from prime time TV program in Poland recently. And it was not a historical movie. It was a recent documentary in which […]
“Driving in the snow is impossible. Period”
I always loved winter driving. When I lived in Poland, I was taking every opportunity to drive out of the town, or to have some winter fun on the empty supermarket car park. But since I live in the UK, I do it less and less often. And it’s not even because there is rarely […]
Postcard from Poland
Click here to read last piece from “Meanwhile in Cuckooland” series Click here to see all the chapters of “Meanwhile in Cuckooland” Dear readers! As you might noticed, I am lagging behind with news from Absurdistan. This is because I went to investigate things on the ground… Ok, I won’t lie to you. To 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 So what is all that mess with courts in Poland about? It all has begun when Kaczyński said: “A postulate, that I personally supported, to create National Council of Jurisdiction was an important step on […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Rejected women can become really desperate. PiS Activist Anna Kamińska is such a women. After her ex-husband, PiS MP, left her and got involved with another lady, she can’t stop with thinking about new ideas […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far The PiS government has a hard time. It is criticized and boycotted at every opportunity. Literally whole pop-music scene boycotted one of the biggest music festival after PiS tried to interfere with it. Several people […]
Scotland allows Poles like me to have our dream lives
The internet nowadays is full of people who are happy to tell you how to have a good life. One group urges you to join them in leaving the rat race, drop everything and retire to some exotic country where life is cheap and beaches are beautiful. Another group includes motivational speakers who urge you […]
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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, […]