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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
