by Trevor Turnbull | 23 Jul 2016 | Leisure & Travel
Cracow is a busy destination for tourists and ex-pats alike. The food, drink and nightlife scene is never lacking in variety, with something for all tastes. As tricky, ever-changing and subjective as it is, many of our readers are interested in summaries of...
by Trevor Turnbull | 20 Jul 2016 | Leisure & Travel
Cracow is an idyllic and historic Polish city, unlike much of the country having miraculously escaped damage through the turbulent history of wars and occupation Poland has suffered. As a top tourist destination, millions of visitors flock to Cracow, 2016 being an...
by Trevor Turnbull | 17 Jul 2016 | Leisure & Travel
As the nation’s capital you would expect Warsaw to have a wide selection of craft beer bars, and it doesn’t disappoint. The craft beer and microbrewery fashion is a welcome one, transforming the bar scene to allow one to quaff a few brews in the name of...
by Trevor Turnbull | 16 Jan 2016 | Leisure & Travel
New kid on the (Polish) block, Netflix, is now available, and with a one-month trial it’s worth checking out, even if you don’t really plan to subscribe. But a warning – with no adverts, entirely on-demand, cancel any time, and the convenience of...
by Trevor Turnbull | 6 Jan 2016 | Polish news
Rejoice English speakers – Netflix Poland has opened its virtual doors for business, ushering in a new era of on-demand English language content. It’s been a game-changer in other countries. The email arrived, titled “Netflix is now available in...
by Trevor Turnbull | 4 Jan 2016 | Polish news
The city of Gdańsk has approved a plan for the region entitled “A low-carbon economy Plan for Gdańsk”. All regions will need to issue such a plan in order to secure EU funding for an ambitious nationwide implementation. Poland is Europe’s worst...
by Trevor Turnbull | 31 Dec 2015 | Polish news
Due to allegations of revenue gathering, the camera device controllers at the municipal Police (Straż miejska) will cease to maintain Warsaw’s cameras on the 1st January 2016, as handover of control to the road transport inspectors (Inspekcja Transportu...
by Trevor Turnbull | 7 Dec 2015 | Polish news
A Ukrainian hacker was apprehended in Kraków last week by Polish authorities in cooperation with the FBI after 8 years of tracking. His extended stint of crimes include money-laundering, phishing, and data theft. Estimates of his total haul over the years exceed $80...
by Trevor Turnbull | 3 Dec 2015 | Polish news
Poland has been benefiting from an allocation of almost 100k tonnes of food aid, funded 85% by the EU from the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) and the remainder from within Poland. It’s good timing with WP Finance reporting yesterday 5.4% of...