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Friday 9th April 2010
Issue 14 (65)
No apology at Katyn ceremony
But commemoration
signals start of new era
NATIONAL
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R
ussia took some tentative steps
along the rocky road to reconciliation with Poland when Vladimir Putin attended ceremonies to mark
the 70th anniversary of the Katyn Massacre.
The Russian prime minister, who was the
first Russian leader to take part in formal
events commemorating the massacre, laid
flowers at the memorial in western Russia
to the estimated 22,000 Polish officers and
civilians murdered by Stalin’s NKVD in
April 1940.
With the Soviet Union long denying
its guilt over the massacre, and Russia
frustrating Poland with its apparent failure
to show any contrition over Katyn, during
a speech at the ceremony Donald Tusk,
Poland’s prime minister, made clear what
his country wanted.
“Prime Minister Putin, the eye sockets
of those killed here by a shot to the back
of the head are looking at us today and
waiting to see whether we are ready
to turn this lie into reconciliation,”
Mr Tusk told the hundreds-strong
gathering.
In a speech that stopped short of the
apology that many in Poland had sought,
Mr Putin stated Russia, which had, he
added, also suffered from Stalin’s wrath,
would not forget Katyn.
Premier Putin is the first Russian leader to attend this ceremony
“This crime cannot be justified in any
way,” Mr Putin told reporters during the
ceremony. “Forgetting would be duplicitous;
we are committed to preserving the memory.
“We cannot change the past but we
can establish and preserve the truth and
that means historical justice. Polish and
Russian historians are now working to
uncover this truth and to allow an opening
between our countries,” he added.
The Russian prime minister later explained
that he thought Stalin may have ordered the
massacre out of a “sense of revenge”.
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Yet while Mr Putin’s presence met
with widespread appreciation in Poland,
relatives of victims called for “the whole
truth from the Russians.” Others were
unimpressed by the lack of an apology.
Ryszard Kalisz, a prominent Democratic
Left Alliance member dismissed Mr
Putin’s speech as “diplomatic newspeak”,
adding that it showed no element of
contrition.
He also called on Russia to declassify any
remaining documents it has on the Katyn
Massacre.
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p.9
Summer blues
Winter bites back
Polish economy picking up
A new study has revealed that fifty
percent of Poles don’t earn enough money
to fund a summer holiday.
With the summer months fast
approaching, it’s the time of year that
people start to think about which part of
the world they would like to visit, but for
almost half the population, even heading
to the Polish seaside is not an option.
While the rest of Poland is enjoying the onset of spring, Zakopane was
plunged back into winter this Monday
evening as heavy snow fell, bringing
down power lines and leaving thousands
without power.
By Tuesday morning 10cm of snow lay
on the streets of Zakopane, taking locals
and tourists by surprise.
Good news about the economy this week
that gives reason for cautious optimism
that Poland may have the worst of the
downturn behind it.
First on the list is last month’s unemployment
rate, which estimates show dropped slightly
to 12.9 percent from February’s 13 percent,
according to data released by the Ministry of
Labour and Social Policy.
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inance Minister
Jacek Rostowski
is a cocky soand-so. By avoiding
recession last year with
economic growth of 1.7
percent, by scooping
the title of European finance minister of
the year and by lecturing the IMF on the
best way of dealing with economic recession, the 58-year-old minister has turned
into a smug prefect type.
But with Poland’s economy facing a
myriad of challenges in its attempt to
ensure public debt is cut from over 7%
of GDP to below 3%, which it needs to
do to adopt the euro, he now faces the
very real problem of how to hold onto his
credibility.
For despite his self-congratulatory
boasts of prudent forecasting, the reality
is anything but. Poland’s 2009 stellar
performance was based more on luck than
anything he or the government did. And
analysts know it.
Now his plans for cutting fiscal deficit
are decidedly woolly. One idea is to
increase labour participation. But how
he will deal with the fact that 55% of
Poles are neither working nor looking
for work, but rather sponging off the
state (the highest number in Europe) is
vague. Resolving the issue of farmers’
taxes, or lack of (they don’t pay any), is
also fuzzy.
Other plans rely way too heavily on
external factors over which he - nor anyone
- has control. Currency fluctuations are
one. The zloty is strong at the moment,
but that means Polish goods are more
expensive abroad, ergo they sell less,
economic growth is stifled and GDP
suffers.
Last year Poland’s economy rode the
storm, this year it is a storm. Rostowski
needs to show more humility than hubris
when lecturing others and either pray for
the same luck as last year or come up with
concrete proposals.
“I am open to this experiment, because
it is common knowledge that boys develop
differently than girls.” Janusz Zadlo, regional
education boss, on news that Krakow might
introduce single-sex schools.
1944 - Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler
escape from the Auschwitz - Birkenau
death camp. Their subsequent 32-page
Vrba-Wetzler report (featuring ground
plans and construction details of gas
chambers) prevented the transit of 120,000
Hungarian Jews to their deaths.
1983 - Work on the Warsaw metro
begins. Completed in 1995, the single line
currently encompasses 21 stops and carries
520,000 passengers every day. Plans are
now underway to build a second line which
it is hoped will be completed by 2013.
1991 - The Warsaw Stock Exchange
establishment act is signed. Since then,
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year.” Pawel Szwed, publishing editor-inchief, speaking about Artur Domoslawski’s
‘controversial’ Kapuscinski biography
‘Non-Fiction’ after selling 130,000 copies
in its first six weeks.
“Poles are no longer afraid of Germans
and Germany has become the most
important economic partner of Poland.”
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on
Poland’s 2010 foreign policy plans.
Readers’thoughts
The NPE weekend QUIZ
Dear Sir,
Komorowski is one of the MPs in whose
multi-constituency I happen to live. So, as
an experiment into the workings of Polish
democracy, I decided to approach him on a
matter of local interest. I emailed - no reply.
I emailed again - no reply. I contemplated
making an approach in person, but there
was nowhere I could physically get hold
of the guy without assaulting him in the
street! My wife gently pointed out that this is
mainland Europe and there isn’t the pretence
of representation that they enjoy in the UK.
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Dear Sir,
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this trend can be stamped out sooner
rather than later. One of the differences
between the Polish and British club scenes
I noticed when I first arrived years ago was
the lack of drug use and this was one of the
things I loved about the country.
It’s a shame that recreational drugs are
getting more popular. Perhaps it’s just as
well I’m too old to dance these days.
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Adoption law
opens door
to traffickers
P
oland could see a rise in child trafficking, if proposed changes to the
adoption law come into force, experts have warned.
The proposals, which are currently being
debated in parliament, could allow for the
adoption of children for money, and this,
apparently, could foster an illicit trade in
young children.
“Following the changes to the law this
could become the norm: Children will be
put up for adoption for money, because
there will be no penalty for it,” warned Wieslaw Dolegowski of the Foundation for the
Child, Family and Adoption. “We’re concerned that when the law comes into force,
adoption will be driven underground.”
Jerzy Naumann, a lawyer specialising in
adoption law, also struck a negative note,
saying that in his opinion the proposals
“may lead to a flourishing market in the
trafficking of children.”
In particular, adoption experts are concerned the proposed changes fail to include
commercial adoption under its definition
of human trafficking, thus biological parents could waive their parental rights in
return for a fee.
Forums for couples looking to adopt children from anything from a few thousand
zloty to PLN 150,000 currently exist, and with
such riches already on offer, if the new proposals become law they could provide easy money
for people looking to shed a child.
The flexibility and anonymity granted by the
internet also allows people willing to sell their
children the ability to do so with little problem.
But the insinuation that adoption and child
trafficking are on the same immoral level has
been rejected by those looking to adopt.
“You can not immediately claim that
adoption is an indication of human trafficking,” said Maria, who set up the internet adoption forum adopcjazewskazaniem.pl, adding that many people on the
forum would not consider buying a child.
Malgorzata Pomaranska-Bielecka, a
doctoral student from Warsaw University
who has studied the phenomenon of commercial adoption, said that the new proposals could ease the burden of guilt experienced by some adoptive parents.
“To date, participants in commercial
adoption feared accusations of human trafficking. Now the threat of punishment falls
only on the intermediary, the person who
arranges the adoption for profit,” she said.
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Paedophile handed in by crooks
A
collection of underage pornographic images were discovered
when thieves broke into a man’s
house in Bogatynia, Lower Silesia.
During the break-in, Arkadiusz R.,
44, had his basement raided and his vast
collection of illegal images were found
purely by chance.
“The thieves broke into his basement
and the suspect was found under rather
unusual circumstances.” says Pawel
Petrykowskie of the Lower Silesia police.
And unusual circumstances they
certainly were. Instead of making off
with their intended collection of loot, the
robbers unknowingly filled their bags
with piles of CDs and DVDs - many of
which contained a number of disturbing
images.
It wasn’t until police had the two thieves
in custody that the discovery was made.
During the questioning of the 21 year-
old and his 13 year-old assistant, officers
decided to check through the CDs and it
was only then that they realised exactly
what they had acidently stumbled across.
“In the apartment, the suspect had
secured more than a dozen albums, all of
which contained pornographic material
involving minors under the age of 15
years.”
“To make matter worse, in addition to all
of this, we found a number of pictures on
his mobile phone.”
The suspect’s home computer and
telephone are now in the possession of
the police experts and a series of new
examinations are currently being carried
out on all of the CDs and DVDs.
Arkadiusz R. has since been taken into
police custody where he is now being
questioned. For the possession of child
pornography, he faces a potential of up to
five years behind bars.
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NEWS
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Giertych slams Kaczynski
Summer blues
former education minister has
launched a withering attack on
Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, accusing him of trying
to obtain “absolute power” when he was
prime minister.
Roman Giertych, who served in the
Kaczynski cabinet during the 2005 to 2007
Law and Justice coalition government,
pulled no punches in a savage character
assessment of Mr Kaczynski.
new study has revealed that around
fifty percent of Poles don’t earn
enough money to fund a summer
holiday.
With the summer months fast
approaching, it’s the time of year that
people start to think about which part
of the world they would like to visit with
their families. But for almost half the
population, even heading to the Polish
seaside or mountains is not an option.
The
research,
carried
out
by
Eurobarometer, contrasts with the general
feeling that the Polish economy has held
strong, despite poor performances from its
European neighbours.
“Of course we’d love to take our children
off to exotic locations and show them a
number of different places but it’s just
not viable. Not with the money that we
earn,” says mother-of-two, Magda from
Bydgoszcz.
“Despite the fact that both myself and
my husband work extremely hard day-in,
day-out, we just can’t afford it.”
According to the findings, every third
respondent said that this year they won’t
even earn enough to fund a short vacation
within their own country.
The findings state; “Only about 14
percent of those questioned actually make
plans to travel abroad. But even then, the
lucky ones tend to wait for last minute
offers - mainly to Egypt and Tunisia, as
these places are the cheapest.”
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“He had a plan to gain
absolute power by winning
elections by pulling
strings he had on people
in the opposition”
Speaking before a parliamentary
committee into illegal political influence,
Mr Giertych accused the former prime
minister of trying to remove the checks
and balances that limited his power when
in office.
“The president of Law and Justice wanted
not only to guarantee his absolute authority,
but to remove the ‘brakes’ on power and
all those who interfered with him in the
pursuit of this,” said Mr Giertych.
The ex-education minister, who led the
League of Polish Families (LPR) as a junior
partner in the PiS coalition government,
claimed that Mr Kaczynski’s first target
was the constitutional tribunal, which had
frustrated PiS’s attempts to create its much
lauded fourth republic.
According to Mr Giertych, the PiS leader
instructed Zbigniew Ziobro, his justice
minister, to draw up changes to the law
that would limit the tribunal’s role and put
more power into the hands of the president,
Mr Kaczynski’s twin brother Lech.
He also wanted to shackle the press,
which was giving his government a torrid
time, by creating a new court, with its
officials appointed by the president, to
oversee and rule on any complaints against
the media.
Along with striking out at institutions
Mr Kaczynski, said the former education
minister, also tried to control other
politicians by gathering useful information
that he could use against them. Along with
employing this technique to try and keep
his troublesome collation partners under
his thumb, he also speculated using it
against opposition politicians.
“He had a plan to gain absolute power
by winning elections by pulling strings he
had on people in the opposition,” said Mr
Giertych.
He added that Mr Kaczynski had told
him that he had information on the family
affairs of Civic Platform (PO) leader
Donald Tusk that could be used against
him, as well as damaging material on other
leading PO members.
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INBRIEF
Lumberjack keeps his head
A lumberjack narrowly escaped a fatal end with
his chainsaw while climbing a tree.
Tomas Majerczyka, 22, was trimming branches in
the forest near his house in Szczawnica when the
incident took place.
While climbing a tree, he slipped from a branch
and tumbled to the ground, the chainsaw landing
on his neck.
“It’s a miracle that he is alive. He will be in hospital
for some time but his condition seems stable,”
said Przemyslaw Maslowski, head surgeon at the
hospital.
Peja pays up
Rap artist Peja has been ordered to pay out a total
of PLN 17,000 for an incident in which he called
for one of his audience members to be attacked
last year.
The Poznan rapper was so infuriated by the
teenager’s heckling during a show in Zielona
Gora, that he told the crowd; “This one will be on
me... Beat him up.”
The fine will come as somewhat of a relief to the
rapper, as initial speculations suggested that he
could face a prison sentence.
“Were it not for his words, the victim would not
have received the beating,” said the judge as the
announcement was made.
Nazi extradition expected
The Swedish neo-Nazi who ordered the theft
of the famous ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ sign is to be
extradited to Poland to face charges this week.
According to reports, Anders Hogstrom had
been commissioned by a British collector of Nazi
memorabilia to obtain the sign, though this has
yet to be confirmed.
Speaking of the extradition, Swedish prosecutor
Agnetha Hilding Qvarnstrom said, “He hasn’t
appealed, so the decision has been final since
April 1.”
“According to the law, the Polish authorities have
10 days to come and get him, so April 10 is the
last day they can come and get him. We will keep
him here in Stockholm until they come. But I can
confirm that he’s still here,” she added.
MFA power cut
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made headlines for
different reasons this week when its central office
experienced a major power cut.
“There was only power in one of the buildings. For
a good few hours we did not have any internet
access,” said the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’
Press Spokesman, Piotr Paszkowski.
“In the afternoon there was a power failure in
the new building outside the MFA. There was
no internet stream in the building because
unfortunately, the failure occurred where all the
servers are,” he added.
But one anonymous worker was less blasé about
the situation. “I’ve been in the Ministry for many
years, but I don’t remember anything like that. I
just couldn’t work.”
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Bolly Hell! Wot a difference!
P
olish politics is renowned for its
turbulence and transformations
- albeit usually for the wrong reasons. So it comes as a refreshing surprise
when the transformation is a positive
one.
Anna Kalata, a former member of the
Self-Defense party (SRP) and Minister of
Labour and Social Policy during Jaroslaw
kaczynski’s cabinet, has had tongues
wagging throughout the political world
with her latest makeover.
Renowned for her conservative hairstyle,
suits and headmistress-glasses, Kalata has
traded in her old look for an ultra-modern
new look, including impeccable makeup,
a new wardrobe and long flowing blonde
hair.
But many have been asking what has
brought on these sudden and somewhat
drastic changes? In a recent interview with
TVN, the former minister says that the
transformation was inspired by her role in
a Bollywood film.
Speaking about her new life, Kalata says,
“Whilst in India, I met a person who is a
film director. They needed someone my
age and I seemed to fit the description with
their vision.”
“My job is as an Indian and Polish
business associate. So inevitably I have to
be over there very often.”
But she insists that she has not left
Poland behind for good and that she still
holds her country and family close to her
heart,
“Of course, I miss my family very, very
much. I miss my children a lot, but they
are all grown up. First and foremost, I miss
my parents the most. It’s not that I have
completely left Poland, because I return
home on a regular basis - every two or three
months in fact. Sometimes, every month,
depending on my various activities.”
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“
It’s on me! It’s
on me!” the
rapper shouted from the stage,
and it was, when a
Zielona Gora court
this week fined Polish rapper around Peja seventeen thousand
zloty for inciting a crowd to violence. The
horrific video of the incident showed the
rapper reacting to some heckling by hurling abuse at a spotty sixteen-year-old.
“You’re a w**ker! You’re a p**fter! You
know what happens to p**fters? Show him,
PODLASkIE
Bus stopped
a tough childhood in a rundown area of
Poznan and that’s how they react there.
They have a code of honour.
I’m not sure which I find more
repulsive; the original assault, or the
apologists for it. There’s a nasty tendency
to confuse explaining behaviour with
excusing it. And anyway, many other
people grew up in run-down areas and
don’t behave like a cretin in public.
Thankfully the courts weren’t having
any of that nonsense and decided to take
the Peja at his word and on his honour
- it’s on him.
Traditional food from the monastery of the
Benedictine monks in Tyniec near Cracow.
A
public
bus
smashed into a
bus stop in Bialystok this Wednesday
morning when the
driver passed out at
the wheel, but fortunately no one was seriously injured. The number 106 bus was almost
empty and nobody was waiting at the bus stop
when the vehicle careered off the road, struck
a car, knocked over some safety railings and
ran across a grass verge before slamming into
the very structure where it was supposed to
pick up passengers, albeit on the wrong side of
the road. The driver, who managed to report
his problems over the radio shortly before the
crash, regained consciousness in the ambulance that was sent to the scene. He is currently
under observation in hospital.
Priest causes pile up
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everyone. Kick his f**king head in the
p**ck!” And the morons in the crowd did.
Some of the rapper’s colleagues on stage
showed a modicum of responsibility and
tried to stop it, but the rapper responded
with “It’s on me!” inciting the crowd
further.
After the video of the concert made
it into the media some of the rapper’s
friends came out apologising for him. He
was apparently the victim. The poor little
teenager had insulted the hulking, musclebound, wealthy recording artist. We don’t
understand Peja, they said. The rapper had
n another road traffic incident in Malewice, near Siemiatycze, eight people
were injured, one seriously, when a Seat
driven by a local priest veered into the opposite lane on a tight bend, leading to a
head on collision. The accident was caused
by excessive speed, but police are still waiting for blood tests to establish whether the
priest was sober as he refused a breathalyser test at the scene. All those involved
suffered injuries to their limbs, broken legs
and wrists. Seven remain in hospital, one
victim discharged himself.
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Dead officer assistance row
A
n unsightly row
has broken out
over the financial assistance to be paid to
the family of Andrzej
Struj, the off-duty
Warsaw police officer
killed when he tried to
stop two hooligans who threw a rubbish bin at
a moving tram (see NPE 6/57). Police unions
asked for the officer’s daughters to be given
PLN 50,000 from the so-called ‘prevention
fund’, but the Deputy Commissioner refused.
“We consider he has exceeded his authority
and committed a bureaucratic crime,” union
leader Janusz Labuz commented on Radio RMF
FM, confirming that the unions have informed
prosecutors of the matter. In their opinion the
Commissioner was controlling funds he had
no right to, as the funds are voluntary payments
made from officers’ own pockets.
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Winter bites back
W
hile the rest
of Poland is
enjoying the onset
of spring, Zakopane was plunged
back into winter
this Monday evening as heavy snow
High ranking officers have been quick to
counter the charges, police spokesperson
Mariusz Sokolowski telling TVN24, “We paid
funds to the family immediately from the
‘assistance fund’. I can’t say how much it was,
because the family might not wish me to. But
it was the highest amount we could pay out.”
He was then backed up by the Chief
Commissioner, Andrzej Matejuk, himself.
“The Police not only paid out financial
assistance, but also provided the family
with all possible care,” and explained that
the ‘preventive fund’ could not be accessed
because of its rules. “A person who wants
to utilise the ‘preventive fund’ must show
receipts for medical treatment. We want
to negotiate new conditions (with insurer
PZU), but at the moment the terms of the
agreement won’t allow it,” he told reporters.
jaywalking. The man had fled the capital while
police were investigating a number of cases.
Once their investigations were complete, they
discovered he had left the country.
“A European arrest warrant was issued
for him. He was wanted for extorting
computer equipment, PLN 400,000 in
cash, property fraud, forging documents
and other crimes. The losses caused by his
activities amount to at least PLN 2.5 mln,”
Anna Kedzierzawska, a press officer for
Warsaw Police Headquarters told reporters.
Thermos dealer arrest
P
Polish man wanted by Warsaw police for
fraud was arrested this week in France
following a routine check when he was caught
olice have arrested a 22-year-old man
in the Wola region of the capital for
possession of drugs after finding a stash
of twenty-five portions of marihuana hidden in a thermos flask. Officers were tipped
off that a dealer was operating in a flat in
the area and discovered the drugs during
a search, they also found cash and an electronic scales. The man now faces up to two
years in prison.
fell, bringing down power lines and leaving thousands without power. By Tuesday
morning 10cm of snow lay on the streets
of Zakopane, taking locals and tourists by
surprise.
The tourists in particular were pleased
by the unexpected turn of events and lost
no time at all in strapping on their skis.
“Wonderful powder, there’s nothing like
skiing on fresh powder snow,” commented
one happy skier.
Those heading into the mountains though
are being warned to take extra care and a
level three avalanche warning is in place.
Due to the typical spring weather conditions,
warm in the day leading to a slight thaw, then
refreezing at night, the danger of avalanches
is particularly high. Inexperienced walkers
should stay away and those who do take the
risk need to ensure they are equipped with
crampons, avalanche detectors, probes,
shovels and the like.
The French connection
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REGIONALNEWS
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POmORSkIE
WIELkOPOLSkIE
Storm over wind farm
Shocking guitar
roposals for a
wind farm in the
district of Malechowo have been scuppered after residents
discovered they had
been misled over the
size of the investment. Plans for the wind farm have been
in progress since 2006, but were apparently
for seventeen wind turbines generating
two megawatts of power.
It later turned out, though, that the
wind farm was to cover an area of 600
hectares and comprise twenty-three
turbines. Residents rebelled and lodged
protests against 21 of the 23 proposed sites,
bringing the investment to a halt.
Local councillors are desperate to force
the investment through as it is calculated
the wind farm could bring as much as PLN
1 mln to the district’s budget in land rental
charges.
tragic accident
in Leszno this
week saw a guitarist
electrocuted while
giving a lesson to a
colleague. The incident
happened
when the musician
reached across to his student’s guitar while
still holding his own.
Some kind of short circuit was set up and
the 20-year-old received a powerful electric
shock. Despite immediate assistance from
his student and family, the man was dead by
the time ambulance staff arrived.
Police have secured the equipment involved
but are presuming it was a freak accident. “The
equipment was good quality, not something
cobbled together, because such things do
happen. Were there problems with the
equipment before? That we don’t know. The
family is in shock and mourning. We haven’t
yet been able to interview them,” Leszno police
spokesperson Piotr Rosinski told reporters.
P
Porno pair charged
T
he two residents of Lebork involved in
the production of zoophilic pornography (see NPE 10/61) were charged this
week at the first hearing in the case. The
couple, 28-year-old Emilia D. and 50-yearold Dariusz G., expressed their sorrow and
agreed to submit to the court’s sentence
without contesting it. The male producer
of the films received a two year prison sentence suspended for three years and a PLN
3,000 fine, while the “actress” involved was
required to pay PLN 2,000 to the local childrens’ home.
A
Poznan metro
T
he Poznan Urban Transport Company
has revealed their plans for a major
new tramline which is to be built in time
for the Euro 2012 championships. It will
feature a kilometre long tunnel and have
sunken tram stops with glass ceilings, all
of which is leading people to compare it to
an underground railway.
“We’ve got the concept for the route ready
and by the summer we want to finish the
building plan and apply for permission
to go ahead,” said Gerard Masłowski
of Infrastruktura Euro 2012, which is
overseeing the investment. The visualisations
show what it will look like, although it will be
finished to a more economic standard than
the illustrations show.”
The 800m long tunnel is a departure
from the initial ideas for the line. “Earlier
we considered embankments and shielding
it with acoustic screens, but they’d have
to be 6m high, which would affect the
environment and access between estates.
And even then the noise levels on the Rusa
Estate would have been exceeded. That’s
why we decided on a tunnel with pedestrian
walkways above.”
The entire 2.5km route will cost about PLN
270 mln and it is estimated that it will enable
passengers to get from the outskirts of town
into the city centre in only 25 minutes.
Bridgestone expansion
J
apanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone
is to spend EUR 105 mln expanding
their Poznan factory, employing a further
200 people in the next three years. Despite
the economic crisis, which hit the motoring industry particularly hard, the manufacturer actually increased sales last year.
“The extension of the factory is an expression
of our trust in its workers and in the quality
of tyres manufactured in Poznan,” Samon
Isogai of Bridgestone Europe told reporters.
The expansion will increase production to a
massive 29,000 tyres a day.
Move over darling
P
olice from Wejherowo this Wednesday evening caught a 34-year-old
man who tried to outwit them by swapping places with his passenger. The
police passed the car on the road leading out of the town and then noticed
as it pulled over brief ly before starting
again.
They decided to investigate further
and pulled the car over. Noticing that the
driver and passenger had swapped places,
they breathalysed the passenger, who had
0.1% of alcohol in his blood. The man now
faces up to two years in prison.
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BUSINESSINBRIEF
French to build biomass plant in Poland
The French energy company GDF Suez
announced it plans to build Poland’s largest
biomass energy plant in the southern
town of Polaniec. The plant will produce
energy by burning waste wood and straw,
at a cost that is roughly the same as for a
conventional coal-fired plant. The facility will
cost some PLN 1 bln to build and will have
a capacity of 190 MW when it goes online
at the end of 2012. Construction of the plant
will help Poland meet its obligation to the
EU to produce 15 percent of its energy from
renewable sources by 2020.
More Poles choose private medical care
Both the number of Poles paying for private
medical treatment and the total amount
they are spending is rising sharply, according
to a new report from Health Consumer
Powerhouse. Patients devoted some PLN 30
bln on private care last year, twice what they
spent in 2007. The report also showed that
some two million Poles regularly go to private
clinics for medical treatment, and that sixty
percent would rather pay a private doctor
rather than contribute more to the staterun National Health Care Fund. According
to the organisation’s ranking of European
healthcare systems in 2009, Poland was 25th
out of 31 countries surveyed.
INNUmBERS
2 .0%
WIG-20 stock
index falls during the
shortened trading week of April 6-8.
PLN
100 bln
Total cash in Polish TFI funds rose in March to
a level not seen in over a year.
20%
Percentage spent of the PLN 67 bln in EU
funds allocated for rural development.
NBP OFFICIAL CURRENCY RATES 09/04/2010
Currency
Czech Koruna
Danish Krone
Estonian Kroon
Euro
Hong Kong Dollar
Hungarian Forint
Japanese Yen
Norwegian Krone
Pound Sterling
Russian Ruble
Swiss Franc
US Dollar
Symbol
1 CZK
1 DKK
1 EEK
1 EUR
1 HKD
100 HUF
100 JPY
1 NOK
1 GBP
1 RUB
1 CHF
1 USD
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0,1526
0,516
0,2455
3,8405
0,3691
1,4409
3,0553
0,4833
4,4027
0,0978
2,6783
2,8634
Polish economy picking up
T
wo pieces of good news about the
Polish economy this week give reason for cautious optimism that –
in spite of the Eurozone’s current trouble
with Greece - Poland may have the worst of
the economic downturn behind it.
First on the list is last month’s
unemployment rate, which estimates show
dropped slightly to 12.9 percent from
February’s 13 percent, according to data
released by the Ministry of Labour and Social
Policy. Some 2.1 mln Poles are currently
registered as unemployed, the figures show.
Although nearly two percentage points
higher than last year’s 11 percent jobless
rate, the March numbers show the economy
has already started picking up steam.
Since the unemployment rate is a lagging
indicator – firms hire and fire only after
business has already picked up or slowed
down – a drop in that figure indicates that
the pace of economic activity was already
increasing in the preceding months.
These new numbers may look bad
in comparison to those coming from
neighbouring EU countries, but this primarily
reflects differences in how Poland calculates
it unemployment. Using the EU’s Eurostat
system, the Polish unemployment rate was 9
percent in February compared to an average
of 10 percent throughout the community.
The Ministry said the figures are a sign of
a recovering labour market. “Contributing
to the decline in unemployment was a
sharp decline in new unemployment
claims compared to previous months, and
an increase in the number of people being
dropped from the rolls due to having found
employment,” the report reads.
The report described March as the
best in three years in terms of job offers.
Employment offices nationwide had more
than 116,000 jobs in their systems, a 42
percent rise from February. In the Lubelskie,
Wielkopolskie, and Mazowieckie provinces,
the number of available jobs advertised rose
by more than 70 percent.
A second piece of good news was a report
from the Polish Confederation of Private
Employers ‘Lewiatan’ showing that employers
are planning to increase business investment
activity this year by 6-7 percent over 2009.
According to the figures, 34 percent of
businesses said they plan to spend more
on investment in 2010 than last year, while
only 7 percent expect to cut their budgets.
More importantly, large firms showed the
strongest interest in increasing investment
outlays, with 45 percent of these saying they
will spend more, a near 6 percent rise from
last year. This is key because the biggest
companies account for more than half of
the overall investment activity nationwide.
Those companies who were most
optimistic about their future investment
spending included exporters and industrial
producers, while owners of hotels and
restaurants and real estate developers
were among those least likely to anticipate
increases in such spending.
Controversial highway plans
N
ew figures show that spending on
highway construction was 20 percent lower than planned last year
due to budget pressures. This year, the government is adopting a controversial strategy to continue keeping these costs down
– hiring a Chinese contractor.
The original 2009 budget for building
highways and express roads of PLN 32
bln was cut back twice, dropping to PLN
22.7 bln. By year’s end, however, only
80 percent of that, or PLN 18.4 bln., had
been spent. These spending statistics were
released on Thursday by the parliamentary
infrastructure committee in its report on
the progress of road building ahead of the
Euro 2012 football championships.
The report showed that it will be hard to
finish many of these infrastructure projects
before thousands of fans arrive in Poland
two years from now. Deputy Minister for
Infrastructure Radoslaw Stepien placed the
blame for the delays on his predecessors
from the Law and Justice Coalition, which
ruled through November 2008.
In one of its efforts to cut the costs of new
roads, the government awarded the contract
for building a section of the A2 highway to the
Chinese Covec consortium. This has drawn
protests from the European Construction
Industry Federation, according to the Germany
daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
The federation argues that Covec
represents unfair competition for European
companies because it is a sister company of
the China Railway Group, which is a stateowned company subsidized by the Chinese
government.
The daily notes that the company will
have 40 percent lower costs than similar
European firms, not only due to its lower
labour costs, but also because it can get
capital from its government, which is
illegal for countries in the EU.
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SOmEThINGFORThEWEEkEND:Travelmusingsfrom
inyourpocket’s‘Uncle’AlexWebber
I
’d like to say I had a
memorable Easter,
the trouble is large
chunks of it appear to
have passed in a blur.
That’s especially true of
Sunday, marked with
Mates & Co. down at the Boathouse
brunch (Wal Miedzeszynski 389a, Warsaw). Now weekend brunch is a bit of
an expat rite of passage, and for me on
the rare occasions I do surface for it it’s
usually round the corner to the Hilton.
This time round a revolution in the ranks
meant we found ourselves in the Boathouse, and I for one am delighted we
did. I’ve not been there for ages, and the
timing of my return couldn’t have been
better; prime dining on a sunny veranda
overlooking Warsaw in bloom. Add to
that a French chef, some expat legends
and a very decent spread and you get a
fine day out – and with five hours of food
and drink costed at 129zl not stupidly
pricey: do it.
I do however have a problem relating
to brunch; unlimited booze rewires
my brain - one moment I’m polite and
conversational, witty even, the next I’m
stalking strangers and shaking my fist
at the shadows. Within a flash I go from
the pleasant Dr Jekyll to the monstrous
Mr Hyde (as in, ‘Hide, Webber’s gone
nuts again’). And that’s exactly what
Gdansk
10 .04 Saturday - Spięty - Antyszanty
Pub Doki, ul. Doki 1, www.myspace.com/
freakpointingagencyQConcert starts at
20:00. Tickets 25/20zł. Available at Pub Doki
(Open 10:00 - 21:00, Fri, Sat, Sun 10:00 24:00).
Katowice
11 .04 Sunday - Dark Funeral
Mega Club, ul. Żelazna 9, tel. (+48) 605 21 89 30
QConcert 19:00. Tickets 65zł. Available at
happened. With brunch over I joined
the ‘Professionals in Warsaw’ (look for
them on Facebook) for their seasonal
get-together, and that’s precisely where
everything went wrong: cartwheels and
animal impressions, you name it, I did
it, but not before showing off a patent
lack of guile and menacing the ladies
with disjointed rants and monologues.
The hangover was horrendous, and the
headache couldn’t have been topped if I’d
lost my twist on Russian Roulette. I got
what I deserved.
I needed rehab, what I did was the
next best thing – a trip to Malbork. A
little under four hours from Warsaw
there’s little to note here other than a
quite spectacular castle. And it’s not just
spectacular, it’s the largest brick zamek in
the world. Recognized as a world heritage
site by none other than UNESCO, this
monster has done it all – in the 14th
century it served as HQ for the Teutonic
Knights, while 600 years later the Nazis
used it for swearing in ceremonies for the
Hitler Jugend.
Today a mist cloaked walk round the
ramparts and chambers is a tranquil
tonic to weekend excess, and highly
recommended for both recovery and
research. What I won’t recommend is the
onsite hotel, a rat brown horror filled with
creepy corridors, Brezhnev furnishings
and plugs that go POW. Yuk.
www.eventim.pl and Empik, H-2, ul. Piotra
Skargi 6 (Open 08:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 16:00).
Warsaw
10 .04 Saturday - Muniek
Palladium, ul. Złota 9, tel. (+48) 22 822 87 02
QConcert starts at 19:00. Tickets 43/38zł. Available
at Empik (ul. Złota 59, B-3. Open 10:00 - 22:00, Sun
10:00 - 20:00) and www.eventim.pl.
13 .04 Tuesday - Piano Recital - Ewa Pobłocka
National Philharmonic, ul. Sienkiewicza 10,
Thai Relax
studio tradycyjnego
masażu tajskiego
Traditional
Thai
Massage Studio
ul. Zwycięzców 28 lok. 32 (first floor)
Warsaw - Saska Kępa
tel. +48 22 242 83 89
mob. +48 600 298 912
e-mail: [email protected]
www.thairelax.pl
tel. (+48) 22 618 41 51QConcert starts at
18:00. Tickets 25-45zł. Available at National
Philharmonic’s box office, ul. Sienkiewicza 10
(Open 10:00 - 14:00, 15:00 - 19:00, Sun depending
on the repertoire).
Sopot
13 .04 Tuesday - Jazz Travel - Sławek Jaskułke
Versalka, ul. Bohaterów Monte Casino 63, tel.
(+48) 602 63 66 37QConcert starts at 20:00.
Tickets 15-30zł. Available at Versalka (Open 09:00
- 23:00) and before the concert.
In cooperation with In Your Pocket city guides
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Krakow
Warsaw
Warsaw
10 .04 Saturday - Pillow Fight Day in Kraków
Rynek Główny, tel. (+48) 12 429 13 45
As we all surely know, World Pillow Fight Day
was celebrated on April 3rd, but most potential
participants (students to you and me) were
on their Easter hols, so it’s being staged on
Saturday 10th. If you want to come along,
you need to bring your own ‘soft’ pillow and
a bin bag to clean up the feathers afterwards.
QEvent starts at 14:00. Admission free.
09 .04 Friday - 14 .04
Wednesday - New
Jewish Music
Praga Północ, tel.
(+48) 22 618 41 51
This will be the
first time out for
a festival which
explores
the
multiple musical
directions inspired
by Jewish culture.
When most artists and audiences think
of Jewish music, the sounds of Klezmer
spring to mind, but this festival is also
about broadening horizons. In Poland
this means taking a closer look at the jazz
underground amongst other genres. The
events will be taking place mainly in two
locations: Praga Theatre, ul. Otwocka 14
and Skład Butelek, ul. 11 listopada 22,
both in the district Praga Północ. Here are
selected highlights:
10 .04 Saturday - Solidarity with Belarus
Pl. Teatralny Open-Air Stage, tel. (+48) 22 618
41 51
Wroclaw
09 .04 Friday - 11 .04 Sunday - Student Song
Festival
Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych, ul.
Wystawowa 1, tel. (+48) 71 347 72 64
This will be the 20th jubilee festival and goes with
the slogan ‘land of mildness’ - you’re right, word
for word it doesn’t translate all that elegantly perhaps ‘smooth landscape’ might be better. The
first day focusses on female voices, the second is
strictly sung poetry in Polish. The highlight is the
final concert with Voo Voo, a group featuring one
of the biggest guitar players in Poland - Wojciech
Waglewski. The programme looks like this:
09.04 Friday - Maria Peszek, Gaba Kulka and
Mikromusic
10.04 Satuday - Wolna Grupa Bukowina, Nasza
Basia Kochana and Bez Jacka...
11.04 Sunday - Stanisław Soyka Quintet,
Martyna Jakubowicz and Voo Voo
QConcerts start at 19:00. Tickets 10-75zł.
Available at www.eventim.pl and Empik, rynek
50, A-3 (Open 09:00 - 21:00, Sun 11:00 - 21:00).
Friday 09.04
Skład Butelek:
22:00 Mikołaj Trzaska Solo
Saturday 10.04
Praga Theatre:
18:00 Wojtek Mazolewski Bund Band - Tribute
to Marek Edelman
20:00 Horny trees
Skład Butelek:
22:30 Raphael Rogiński - Mizrachi
Sunday 11.04
Praga Theatre:
20:00 DJ Click
Skład Butelek:
22:30 DJ Lenar
Monday 12.04
Praga Theatre:
19:00 Klezzmates
21:00 Shofar, Clementine Gasser, Clayton
Thomas
QAdmission free.
This is the biggest concert in a series of events
aimed at showing support for the democratic
opposition in Belarus. On stage will be Sidney
Polak, Akurat & WU-HAE, Maleo Reggae
Rockers, Janek Pęczak & The Relievers, Robert
Brylewski as well as Belarussian bands Sprat
and Recha. There will be a side event ‘Hand
Made For Kids’ where you can but items like
home-made jewellery, pictures or bookmarks
with all income being spent on books for
school kids in Belarus. A very good cause and
well worth our support indeed.QEvent starts at
17:00. Admission free.
10 .04 Saturday - Music Against War
M25, ul. Mińska 25 (Praga), tel. (+48) 606 99
62 00
This
concert,
part of the
Anti-War Days’
events, is voicing opposition
to the so-called
‘war on terror’.
The date is chosen to coincide with the arrival of a new enlarged Polish military contingent in Afghanistan on 13th April. The M25
club will host a benefit concert featuring
acoustic performances by Ewelina Flinka
and Tymon Tymański as well as Kochankowie
Gwiezdnych Przestrzeni. The artists play for
free and all proceeds go to help to organise other events. ‘Drop acid, not bombs’, as
we used to say my student days.QConcert
starts at 20:00. Tickets 12zł. Available before
the event.
In cooperation with In Your Pocket city guides
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Lech defeat Legia in derby
L
SPORTSBRIEFS
Skra goes for European title
A massive 13,500 spectators are expected
in Lodz this weekend to watch the European
Volleyball Champions League Final Four, with
PGE Skra Belchatow carrying the hopes of
Polish supporters. The weekend tournament,
features the top four teams from the European
league, including reputedly the best team in
the world, Trentino Volley.
Skra are confident they can win the event, but
Trentino will be a tough act to beat and feature
Pole Lukasz Zygadlo in their ranks. “If we play to
our best there’s no team in Lodz that can beat
us,” Zygadlo told Przeglad Sportowy.
Meanwhile Skra are contemplating facing
the best teams in Europe without one of their
star players, Michal Bakiewicz, who has been
struggling with back pain for almost a month.
He has been fit now for the last few days, but
full participation by the Polish national team
representative has been ruled out.
Kubica to Ferrari?
French journalists from the car magazine ‘Auto
Hebdo’ have printed rumours that Robert
Kubica has signed an agreement to switch
from French F1 team Renault to Italian legend
Ferrari. In traditional fashion the Polish driving
ace told Przeglad Sportowy, “I won’t comment
on that. A lot has been written about it, and a
lot of people have linked my name with that
team.” Kubica is currently sitting seventh in
the F1 drivers’ championship, only nine points
behind leader Felipe Massa, following a fine
fourth place in Malaysia last weekend.
ech Poznan squeezed a 1-0 home
win over rival title challengers Legia
Warszawa on Saturday to keep pace at the
top of the Ekstraklasa with Wisla Krakow. In a
match which some parts of the media referred
to as ‘the derby of Poland’, Lech were dominant
throughout but Legia always remained a threat.
The first half had Lech camped in Legia’s
half, with the Warsaw side occasionally
menacing on the break. The intense rivalry
on and off the pitch was tangible and once
or twice threatened to boil over with some
over-enthusiastic tackling.
The second half began in breath-taking
fashion as Lech managed to hit a post and
miss two follow up attempts in the space
of a few seconds. Then a minute later Legia
almost scored but the goal-bound effort
struck their own player Iwanski.
Lech went straight back down the pitch
and instantly created two more chances
to score. Poznan’s star striker, Robert
Lewandowski, had a brilliant match but
just couldn’t put the ball in the back of the
net, wasting several one-on-ones with the
Legia keeper, Jan Mucha, and generally
conspiring to keep the game scoreless.
Even the referee was against Lewandowski,
yellow carding him for diving in what was a
clear penalty incident. Following that the
referee seemed to develop a card fever and
threatened briefly to ruin the spectacle.
Poznan’s midfield dominated throughout
and Peszko kept providing the bullets
for Lewandowski from the wing, but to
no effect. It was left to Semir Stilic, with
a fantastic curling free kick in the 76th
minute, to break the deadlock. Stilic’s season
had so far been damaged by a mixture of
transfer speculation and injury, limiting his
appearances. It was the Bosnian’s first goal
of the season, perhaps auguring a return to
the form that made him one of the team’s
top performers last year.
“Semir deserved that goal like nobody
else. He’s been waiting a long time, even
stayed behind after training to practice
more. I hope the goal is the start of a
passage of good form for him,” said teammate Tomasz Bandrowski after the game.
After scoring, Poznan stayed on the
front foot, but couldn’t kill the game off.
Their rookie keeper Buric was pretty much
a spectator, but at 1-0 there was always a
danger that the tiniest slip could undo all
the good work.
Eventually, though, the final whistle
came, bringing relief and delight to
the Poznan stadium. Legia were left
to contemplate the implications of the
defeat on their title challenge, while the
Railwaymen continued full steam ahead,
four points behind league leaders Wisla
Krakow.
Marek gets two year ban
K
ornelia Marek, the Olympic
skier caught using proscribed
substances, was handed a two
year ban by the Polish Skiing Union
(PZN) and ejected from the team.
In a rather vague conclusion to their
initial report, the PZN disciplinary
committee stated that she, “acted
alone or with others,” in taking the
banned performance enhancing drug
EPO.
In a brief press conference given after
the ruling Marek, looking more relieved
than contrite, stated, “I apologise with all
my heart that my affair has cast a shadow
over all the medal performances of the
team.” Asked if she felt guilty, she replied,
“Guilty of recklessness and trusting too
much.” She also said she had no intention
of giving up sport as, “It’s my whole life,”
and announced her intention to prepare
for the Sochi Olympics in four years’ time.
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I am selling my 80m flat on ul. Szara.
2nd floor, no lift. Flat to be modernised.
Block is renovated. Perfect location in
the park. 999,000pln or best offer..
The Centre for Polish Studies is running a
competition for learners of Polish to study for free.
Entrance runs until the beginning of May.
EXPERIENCED heavy collision technician
for our body shop in Oslo Norway. We
prefer an individual that is experienced
with modern equipment, possesses solid
technical knowledge,experienced with
Car-O-Liner bench, measuring systems.
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Contact:
[email protected] tel. 693041085
For more details on how to enter and
gain the chance of learning Polish for
free go to www.learnpolish.edu.pl or call
Marta Werbanowska on 22 826 19 04
Contact: [email protected]
Apartment for sale - Warsaw
Summerhouse at Mazurian Lake
Downtown Studio+Sunny Balcony
Central Warsaw near Royal Route.
Built in 1912. 1st floor of four.
Modernised with original features retained.
Just under 100 m2.
Price 1.94M PLN.
Photographs available on request.
Telephone: 0725 857 475
Fed up with weekends in Warsaw?
Need hide-away from the big town?
Charming summerhouse 2 hrs from
Warsaw to rent. Ideal for families w/kids
and pets. Full season rent possible.
To rent from July 2010: Charming studio with
living room, kitchenette, bathroom, and
sunny balcony. Fully furnished, renovated,
wooden floor, 24 sqm. Washing Machine,
DSL + WiFi, Phone. 3 mins from Metro
“Ratusz” in quiet street w/ Parking.
Contact:
[email protected]
Contact: [email protected]
Apartment to let - Warsaw
Polish or English
Flat for Sale in Warsaw - Anin
Apartment to let downton wasrsaw
200 metres from metro centrum.
Canadian fluently bilingual able to
clarify and solve linguistic problems
for those seriously interested.
Contact: [email protected]
Spacious & quiet flat of 132m2, 5 rooms (4 bedrooms)
ideal for family with children
- separate, fully furnished kitchen with dining space,
- large and bright living room,
- four bedrooms, two bathrooms,
- garage.
Many shops in immediate surroundings, also
playschools primary and secondary schools.
www.mieszkaniewaninie.pl
Private Spanish Lessons
Land for rent/lease near Warsaw
Private Polish/English Lessons
Spanish teacher (NATIVE SPEAKER) with
experience in private tuition. I would be happy
to teach you spanish and improve your level with
intensive and funny lessons.
Contact Elena, 722 15 58 10,
[email protected]
Warsaw downtown area.
Price 50 zl/60 min.
2,640 hctr of land near Radom and Białobrzegow
for long term lease.
Ideal logistics/transport/warehousing, petrol
station/LPG service. Entry from all sides including
highway E7. Located in Maksymilianów.
Possibility to rent in parts. Line for electricity and
other utilities included. Price 5 zł/M2 to negotiate.
Contact: Dinesh Sharma Mob:+48-500-122-836
Professional and experienced teacher available
for private tuition. Polish and English language
lessons for adults and children which are
interesting, effective, and fun. Also, private tuition
for schoolchildren. Contact Anna on 0602 312
243, [email protected]
Please call monika luther - davies for full
details and photos 0048 601 81 81 70.
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Role Playing Game in Warsaw
Poland Tartan Army
GAA in Warsaw
International English-speaking group in Warsaw,
mostly foreign professionals, play tabletop
Dungeons & Dragons fortnightly. No experience
necessary but fluent English proficiency is
required. Have a good time. Play some games.
Meet new friends. Open your imagination. More
info: Facebook group: http://tiny.cc/zaffa or
CreativeCowboy[at]yahoo[dot]com
A new Poland Tartan Army Facebook group
has been created. If you are a fan of Scottish
football and our national team please
join the group by visiting Facebook and
conducting a search for Poland Tartan Army.
If anyone, who is not a part of Facebook,
is interested in this idea then please email
[email protected] to register your interest.
Cumann Warszawa.Poland’s first and only GAA
club is up and running and is looking for players
of all levels, all nationalities and both sexes. We
offer weekly training, competitive games and
regular social events as well as fresh oranges at
half time.
Contact Eoin at 0518-425-587 or
[email protected]
Tri-City Toastmasters
HASH HOUSE HARRIERS
Toastmasters club
When: The club meets on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th
Wednesday of each month
Where: ul. Kartuska 5, second floor, 80-103
GDAŃSK.
[email protected]
Phone: 504 304 764
We are a Polish and Expat social group who organise a
walk/run in a forest, park or around the city, followed by
a few beers (or whatever takes your fancy!). We meet at
the Marriott hotel on alternate Saturdays at 2pm. “Hash
House Harriers” is an international group, which was
originally established in Malaysia 70 years ago.
All are welcome. For details, call Martin at 502-052-958.
Email [email protected] or www.warsawhash.pl
Toastmasters club (Polska) invites all to its weekly
meetings. Toastmasters is the international
organization for learning the art of public
speaking and enhancing leadership skills.
Meetings every Wednesday at 19.00 at the Palace
of Culture 12th floor (premises of Collegium
Civitas) - entrance from ul. Marszałkowska side.
For more details visit www.toastmasters.org.pl or
call Etan at 696-292-451
International Women’s Group
International Rotary Club
Poznan International Church
Meetings are held twice a month on the first
Monday (at rotating locations between 10:30
and 12:30) and the third Monday of the month at
Restauracja Tapa y Toro located in the Zlote Trasy
Shopping Mall (ul. Zlota 59) from 10:00 - 11:00.
For more information see www.iwgwarsaw.com or
contact us at [email protected]
International Rotary Club - Warszawa Wilanow is
the only English speaking Rotary Club in Warsaw.
Visiting Rotarians are warmly welcomed
to join the weekly meetings held at the
Polonia Palace Hotel, Al. Jerozolimskie 45.
Tuesday’s at 12:00, except the last Tuesday
of each month when the meeting is at 19:00.
For more information: +48 601 897 731
Every Sunday at 10:00
Contact details: www.international.pl. It’s simple at P.I.C..
Come and experience God through current music and
relevant teaching. Grow in your relationship with God
and others by making friends and joining a small group.
Serve God and people by being generous with the gifts
God has given you. Go and make a difference in the
world by sharing the love of Christ.
Gospel Baptist Church
Expat meetings
Services are held in Polish and English
languages: Sun. 11:00, Thurs. 19:00. For more
information contact: Pastor Paul Sock, mob.
0500-270-990, e-mail: [email protected]
Meeting English speakers in Warsaw just got a
whole load easier. We don’t teach you Salsa,
we make you pay for your own drinks, but
we do promise to give you the premier multicultural event of the week at Warsaw’s very own
Professional Wednesday Meetup.
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