Polish news
26 million cigarettes smuggled from Malaysia were taken over in Gdańsk by the officers of the Polish Central Bureau of Investigation (CBŚ). If this illegal action had come into effect, the budget could have lost almost 30 million zloty. The shady businessman is now in jail Customs and police officers
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August, 1st is written in the history of Poland with bloodstained letters. Polish Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa) decided to liberate Warsaw from the Nazi German rule and protect the country from the threatening Soviet control. Or at least to try and die trying. The Warsaw Uprising was a major
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The Polish capital has been chosen to host the world’s first Pokémon GO tournament. Everything is going to take place at the Vistula University premises (ul. Stokłosy 3, Warsaw) on July, 31st and start at 10 o’clock. They are everywhere! One of the reasons to choose Warsaw as
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Polish Polenergia group – known for its wind farms across the country – is going to build Poland’s first offshore wind farm about 23 km north of the Poland’s coastal municipality of Łeba, pomorskie. It’s going to be huge! Polenergia plans to erect 120 turbines boasting a total capacity
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The National Broadcasting Council (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji, KRRiT) has decided to punish Polish TV station Puls for streaming one of the last Oliver Stone’s movies – Savages. There is nothing that deserves a reprimand, perhaps apart from the fact that the director has made some better stuff. Nothing,
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Today British Prime Minister Theresa May is visiting Poland and meeting with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło. The talks, as the Polish PM announced at a press conference on Tuesday, are going to cover the subject of the situation of Poles living in the UK in the context of Brexit,
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The government has announced the liquidation of the National Health Fund and an increase in spending on national health care. Crucially it’s a move from insurance-only to universal, including foreign residents. Liquidation of the National Health Fund and a return to financing it from the country’s budget,
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It’s the fifth year in a row that is marked with a loss in Poland’s population. And all that with the generation of the baby-boom 1979-1984 deciding to procreate now. Difficult times ahead for the elderly people Analysts try to point out reasons for this situation
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As of Monday, July 25th, new provisions of the anti-terrorist law come into force, obliging each and every person who purchases a pre-paid SIM card to submit their personal information. Service providers will verify the buyer’s identity. Service providers offer online registration All subscribers will have to
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 what’s on offer, so
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A recent study shows that most Poles are glad that the World Youth Day is organised in Poland this year. They seem to be aware that such an enormous gathering of Christians can be held at ISIS’s gunpoint but they trust in the security measures undertaken in the country
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Last section of the A4 autostrada (motorway), connecting Rzeszów and Jarosław, was opened on Wednesday. A4 now leads from Polish border with Germany eastwards to the border with Ukraine. Polish autostrada – looks good! The construction was finished by the consortium of Polish Budimex and Austrian Strabag, after the agreement with