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The Polish Parliament, which today starts a three-day session, will discuss the government draft of a family benefits act – the so called Family 500 plus. The opposition, which has made numerous amendments to the project, is very critical. With the next one we’ll get some diaper money The
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20 patients have been diagnosed with swine flu this year in Silesia, south Poland. Two of those people are dead. A hospital in Gliwice has prohibited patient visits. The source of the flu is unknown. When in doubt, see a doctor The number of swine flu patients is increasing day
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The British Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting Warsaw today. At 9 am he is to meet with Prime Minister Beata Szydło, he is also to talk with the chairman of the Law and Justice party (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński. Beata Szydło will fight for Polish immigrants in the UK Beata
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The first 100 refugees, assigned by the EU, will appear in Poland in March. They will be placed in a refugee centre near Warsaw. However, we don’t know how they will be seen by others and whether they will be accepted by the local community. These questions are crucial
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According to the Polish transport act of law, people using public transport have a right to get reimbursement because of a bus being late or cancelled – writes “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”. In practice, it’s not so easy to receive money for the alternative transport method. How long do I need
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The Senate and the Lower Chamber of the Polish Parliament may accept it but it will be a violation of law – evaluated Marek Borowski, independent senator. He was talking about a budget amendment which was supposed to donate 20 million złoty to Father Tadeusz Rydzyk’s school. However, Stanisław Karczewski,
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New act of law merging the functions of the Minister of Justice and the Director of Public Prosecutions was approved by the Lower Chamber of the Polish Parliament (Sejm) on Thursday evening. The act will now be handed over to the Senate. Justice is blind and a member of the
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Mathematics with the use of tablets, fly catching or English through Skype – Jolanta Okuniewska uses unconventional teaching methods and is highly appreciated for that. Recently, as the only teacher from Poland, she has been nominated for the Global Teacher Prize, called the educational Nobel Prize. Learning with Ms. Okuniewska is
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The chief of the Polish police force is planning to prepare and publish a map of the locations of sexual offences risks. Is the sex offender map a good idea? It will be possible to learn not only the name of the village or town where a previously convicted sexual
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A 54-year-old resident of the Wieluń district (Łódzkie voivodship) has been taken to hospital in a state of intoxication. The result of his examination has surprised even the police – breathalyser showed 8.6 per mille of alcohol in the man’s blood, 43 times the legal limit to
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The world’s smallest pacemaker was implanted on Thursday by doctors from a Poznań hospital. The new technology was applied for the first time in Poland. Hopefully the surgeons won’t lose such a tiny device According to PhD MD Przemysław Mitkowski of the I Clinic of Cardiology at the
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Changes to rules concerning punishment for hate speech to encompass sexual orientation will not be established, even though during the previous government rule such changes had been initiated. It’s hard to be different in Poland The previous codex change concerned law harmonisation between people who discriminate homosexuals online and