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78-year old Felix unlawfully detained in psych hospital for 11 years

by Trevor Turnbull | 28 Nov 2015 | Polish news

Felix Meszka has spent the last 11 years of his life in Poland’s biggest psychiatric hospital in Rybnik, Southwest Poland. The Supreme Court found his detainment was a “gross violation of the law”. It’s not the first time the Rybnik hospital...

Norway socialist party wants powers to block immigrants

by Trevor Turnbull | 14 Nov 2015 | Polish news

The minority socialist “SV” party is pushing for amendments to Norway’s EU agreement to allow Norway to take control of refugee numbers, and have the power to block immigrants, such as Norway’s most popular arrivals – the Polish. The...

Pedestrian right-of-way law fails in Poland, foreigners beware

by Trevor Turnbull | 24 Oct 2015 | Polish news

A law to give pedestrians the right of way at zebra crossings in Poland has failed. A senate resolution rejected the amendment to the law on road traffic, with 197 for, 217 against, and 24 abstaining. The hard-to-believe fact (for foreigners) is that in Poland, a...

Amazon deploys Europe’s first robot workers in Wroclaw

by Trevor Turnbull | 17 Oct 2015 | Polish news

Amazon has started robotic operations in a secure area of it’s Wrocław logistics centre, with a deployment of 250 metal servants. In October 2014, Amazon opened three technologically advanced logistics centres in Poland, the largest entry of the American giant...

Poland’s trade swings from €1.9bln deficit to €2bln surplus

by Trevor Turnbull | 13 Oct 2015 | Polish news

Business has been going well in Poland with latest figures showing a trade surplus of €2.214 billion. For the period January-August, imports were €114.387 billion, and exports €115.602 billion. A year ago – €1.921 billion deficit. That’s a 6.9% increase in...

Romania, Bulgaria have least affordable petrol in EU: comparision

by Trevor Turnbull | 12 Oct 2015 | Polish news

Recalculated for affordability: A few days ago we published a list of EU fuel prices, the cheapest being Poland and Estonia. But the price at the pump does not give us the whole picture, until compared to average wages. Reddit user “Falkenhirn” took the...

Bison appears in the West of Poland – don’t take a selfie with it

by Trevor Turnbull | 9 Oct 2015 | Polish news

Normally the Polish Bison is found in the East of Poland, but recently one was spotted chilling out in the sun quite far to the West in a place near Stare Kurowo. The Polish Bison is known locally as “Żubr” and is an internationally known and iconic...

A communist car reborn: Poland presents the new Syrena

by Trevor Turnbull | 7 Oct 2015 | Polish news

There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of it. It used to cruise the streets of communist-era Poland, and now it will do so again in a new modern design. The name Syrena, is as in Siren, or Mermaid. It will be reborn with the model S201, and made in...

Poland takes a risk with minimum wage increase to 12zl : opinion

by Trevor Turnbull | 3 Oct 2015 | Polish news

It’s all over the news – a minimum wage proposal of 12zł per hour. It’s low by Western European standards, but by local standards from around 10.67 it’s a chunky 12.5% upgrade. At this stage it’s just a proposal, and it doesn’t...
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