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The Polish government has caused a stir by asking two fire stations in every “powiat” district (380 of those) in Poland, including volunteer ones, to house refugees. Firefighters not happy Incredulous firefighters all over the country have responded with displeasure, citing lack of space, lack of sanitary facilities, the unrealistic
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PKP railway seems to have found itself sitting on a gold mine – land. Given its history, it has the benefit of vast amounts of undeveloped land in prime, central city locations. PKP to be more than just trains PKP (Polskie Koleje Państwowe), Poland’s national railway, owns more than 100,
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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 apply to
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Polish federal officers raided an illegal, large-scale cigarette manufacturing plant in Warsaw yesterday, stopping an operation that was producing 150 cigarette packs every minute. 690,000 seized The feds say counterfeit packs cost 80 groszy to make, were sold locally for 4 złoty, and exported and sold illegally in
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💡Important! This law failed. From 2017 there is no change. Any foreigner stepping onto a crossing in Poland may wonder why a car accelerates towards you, rather than slowing down. Beware, it’s because they can, legally. Yes, you have to give way to cars. There are changes afoot which
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Driven by determined Polish vintners the fledgling Polish wine industry is steadily growing, in spite of high startup costs and government obstacles. Presently the number of legally registered wineries is just 78, making it a niche, but it’s over 50% more than last year’s number. Poland is producing
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The Polish institute of labour and social policy (Instytut Pracy i Polityki Społecznej) has released figures that place 40% of Polish households below it’s defined quality-of-life threshold. 40% of Poles financially vegetating They calculate that a couple with one small child require 2661.36 złoty (€630) per
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The Wrocław Technical University (Politechnika Wrocławska, PW) had had an explosion of ideas in 2014, with 153 submissions to the Polish patent office (Urząd Patentowy), including 123 patents granted. Wrocław Polytech is an ideas machine The office divulged that other main submitters were the Wrocław University of Life Sciences with
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Two Polish 17-year-olds have won tied first place in the European Commission’s young scientist competition in Milan, and scooped up thousands of Euros in prize money. Copernicus would have been right chuffed Michał Bączek and Paweł Czyż tied in first place with an American and German competitor,
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Due to the recent refugee crisis, internet hate speech has been on the increase in Poland, bringing with it more questions about why there are no laws or regulations enabling effective pursuit of people who publicly post derogatory and hateful comments. Insulting comments go unpunished There is more and more
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A letter of intent has been signed to construct a new ferry, in order to create a direct link from Gdynia to Hel peninsula, with a remarkable eco-friendly electric powerplant. The model is planned to have capacity for 80 vehicles and 200 passengers, and be built locally. A Nelton
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President Andrzej Duda, who is visiting the UK on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, said that he does not encourage Poles to return to the country because – in his opinion – the economic situation is not favourable. Andrzej Duda After the official part of the meeting with over