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TVN expose dog sanctuary hell
Animals turn on each
other to survive
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D
ogs became cannibals in a desperate attempt to survive horrifying
conditions at one of Poland’s and
Europe’s largest animal sanctuaries despite
veterinary inspectors giving the centre the
all clear.
In the latest in a string of stories that have
focused Polish attention on animal abuse,
it emerged that cats and dogs at the home
in Korabiewice (near Żyrardów between
Łódź and Warsaw) suffered from appalling
and stomach-turning mistreatment.
“Dogs are eating dogs, and they stand in
pens flooded with faeces,” said one former
worker at the centre, who said he saw a
large, starving dog devour a smaller one in
a bid for survival.
“The dogs do what they have to do
survive. Those that don’t die,” said Monika
Budkowska, who once worked at the
sanctuary.
A visitor to the centre reported that
despite the sanctuary covering an
impressive 40 hectares the dogs were
packed so tightly into rooms that it was
impossible to see the floor. A documentary
aired on TVN showed harrowing images
of maimed and sick dogs, and the partial
remains of one dog that appeared to have
been eaten.
Cats suffered little better.
Kept in crowded conditions and without
Dogs are dying at the shelter in Korabiewice from starvation
heating, they froze to death; volunteers had
to clear out the frozen corpses each day.
In response to the TVN film the district
veterinary inspectorate said that it would
investigate the home, but it also had to
contend with questions as to why it had
failed to act earlier despite reports from
sanctuary employees of poor conditions
and mistreatment dating back two years.
Regular checks by district vets,
apparently,
found
only
“minor
shortcomings” in the treatment of animals
at the centre, and the owner, referred to
only as Mrs Magda, “did what she could
given the circumstances”.
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Mrs Magda appeared to be a mysterious
character and difficult to contact. Rarely
venturing from home, she only agreed to talk
to journalists after they said they wanted to
make a donation. In a brief conversation she
defended her treatment of animals.
The scandal comes as the latest horror
story of animal abuse.
A video of a man getting his dog run
over by a train (see NPE 103), prompted
a police investigation, and on the same
day as the sanctuary story broke, police
arrested a man on animal abuse charges
after he allegedly strung his dog up in a
tree and beat it with a stick.
p.8 BUSINESS
p.9
Calls for anti-Smolensk day
Lynch mob in Znin
Poland eyes up nuclear power
A facebook campaign aimed at getting
Poles to drop the topic of Smolensk for one
day has been met with both wild support
and outrage.
The ‘A Day Without Smolensk’ event,
which suggested making February 3 a
day when the subject of the disaster was
not to be discussed, received over 100,000
supporters just days after being set up.
Twenty-eight year-old Sebastian Sz.
was remanded in custody this Wednesday when, following the death of his twoyear-old baby, doctors discovered the girl
was covered in bruises. Doctors carrying
out the autopsy are in little doubt the
child was beaten to death and are considering changing the charge to one of
murder.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has made it
clear that his government wishes Poland to
be nuclear by 2020.
At a news conference earlier this week,
Mr Tusk said the country is ready to begin
preparing and learn from its past mistakes.
“We have ambitious, but realistic plans.
The failed attempt at Zarnowiec is no
longer an issue for us.”
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EDITORIAL
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From the editor
Quotes of the week
This week in history
“Judging by the statements of certain
politicians and family members, it will be
difficult to imagine a joint ceremony.” Government spokesman Pawel Gras on why he
believes PM Tusk will not attend the Smolensk anniversary events on April 10.
1913 - Warsaw’s Teatr Polski is opened.
Designed by Czeslaw Przybylski and featuring Poland’s first revolving stage, the
theatre was occupied by the Nazis during
WWII and was badly damaged.
O
ne way of looking at Poland’s
i nvolvement
in Afghanistan is Jack
Nicholson’s
Colonel
Jessep way with his
“You-can’t-handle-thetruth”. To quote: “We live in a world with
walls and those walls have to be defended
by men with guns.”
The other is the frizzy hair, sticky out
teeth way. To quote: “Why are we there?
This has nothing to do with us.”
For those caught in the middle, both
have resonance.
The Jessep school of thought is
entrenched in harsh reality. Like it or
not, there are those who want to destroy
everything the NATO alliance - to which
Poland belongs - stands for. And that has
to be combated.
The sticky out teeth people question
the rationale behind this. The Taliban in
Afghanistan is only fighting us because
we invaded them so what have 23 Polish
soldiers there died for, they ask? Why
does the Polish government spend 4.2mzl
on keeping a military presence there and
around 14mzl extra on development work?
To defend metaphorical walls?
Yes is the simple answer. As a NATO
member Poland is obliged to take part in
NATO operations.
It’s trendy to criticise governments over
military action. Especially so when soldiers
die. And military action can always be
questioned.
But then governments do have an
obligation to justify their military action.
And when those justifications run out it’s
time to get out.
That is more or less the situation Poland
is in now. Warsaw may think by staying in
Afghanistan it’s currying favour with the
US. But it’s not. It is simply running the
risk of more of its soldiers being killed.
And, at the risk of being labelled with
frizzy hair and sticky out teeth, what is the
point in that?
“I have a growing sense that the attacks
and controversy surrounding me do not
serve Poland. I do not want a Pole-on-Pole
war in Parliament.” Michal Kaminski on
his resignation from the ECR.
“No railway lines will be modernised
enough to enable travel time below three
hours - the standard expected by UEFA.”
Director of transport consultancy group
TOR Adrian Furgalski on problems surrounding the upcoming EURO 2012.
Re: Smolensk crash report released
Unfortunately, the Smolensk flight was
a catalogue of errors from start to finish,
and the Polish government needs to face
the facts rather than try to shift the blame.
Of course, the issue is politically loaded
which does not help if one is to have an
objective approach to the facts. The MAK
report in no way apportions blame but sets
out the facts of an air accident. The report
is available to read in English on the MAK
website.
Lyn Atterbury - Pila,Poland
Re: Dog led to death
This is one of the cruellest things I have
ever seen and sincerely hope the dog’s
‘boss’ will be severely punished for his lame
betrayal of probably his only loyal and real
friend... Though I usually am against death
penalties, I for once think he should be tied
on the rails himself.
Marc B Good - Vianen, The Netherlands
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opened. A popular shopping centre for a
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1950 - The Adam Mickiewicz monument is unveiled on Warsaw’s Krakowskie
Przedmiescie. Born in 1798, Mickiewicz
is one of Poland’s Three Bards and is best
known for his poetry and political writings. His remains are buried in Krakow’s
Wawel Cathedral.
This week folks, we’re offering up a
double invitation to see accordionist
Marcin Wyrostek live in concert at
Warsaw’s Congress Hall on February 9.
The winner of ‘Mam Talent’, Poland’s
much-loved version of The X Factor,
Wyrostek’s debut album Magia Del
Tango went platinum three times over
and those attending the concert can
expect to hear him perform classics by
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NEWS
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Doctor fined in Outrage over EU calendar
abortion case A
A
gynaecologist convicted of conducting illegal abortions received
a two-year suspended prison sentence and a PLN 4,000 fine in a case that
brought Poland’s strict abortion laws back
into the spotlight.
The Gorzow Wielkopolski court imposed
the sentence on the 74-year-old doctor,
who has retired from work, for performing
two underground abortions last year.
Waving his right to anonymity Doctor
Jerzy Gawronski, who was described by
the local press as “well known” in the town,
accepted the verdict, adding that he had no
intention of launching an appeal.
“I am waiting for a law that takes into
consideration the social conditions, human
poverty and human tragedy because at the
moment nobody is talking about that,” he
said defending his actions.
At the same time a midwife and colleague
of the convicted doctor also felt the wrath
of the law.
The court found the woman, who has
not been named, guilty of assisting in the
abortion procedure, and handed down a
seven-month suspended sentence, a PLN
1,000 fine and suspended her from work
for two years.
The court also imposed a two-year
suspended sentence and a PLN 400 fine
on one of the mothers of the patients for
“inciting an abortion”.
The conviction of the three people
highlighted the strength of Poland’s
abortion laws, amongst the strictest in
the EU, but also the fact that medical
professionals are prepared to break them.
With the law permitting abortion
only if the mother is at risk, if the foetus
has a severe congenital disorder or if the
pregnancy is the result of rape, no more
than a few hundred legal abortions are
carried out each year.
But pro-choice campaigners estimate
that there may be 150,000 illegal abortions
carried out each year in Poland, and they
use this figure as evidence that the current
abortion laws are not only failing to stop
the procedure, but also drive the “business”
into the dangerous and unsanitary
backstreet world.
But despite the huge difference between
in the numbers of legal and illegal
abortions, and a continuing debate in
society over abortion, most political parties
uphold the legal status quo, with only the
left-wing Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)
calling for a softening of the law.
Catholic organisation has filed a
complaint against bumbling EU officials after a number of Christian
holidays were left off its latest calendar.
The Association of Catholic Families
(Stowarzyszenie Rodzin Katolickich) has
made the complaint official claiming
that it is prejudice for excluding major
holidays from its pages, including Easter,
All Saints Day and, most bizarrely of all,
Christmas.
The calendar, which the European
Union claims is meant for educational
purposes, has been produced to distribute
throughout the 27 member states and an
estimated 3 million have been printed up
in total.
But while many traditional Christian
dates have been overlooked, the
association points out that it features a
number of holidays belonging to different
religions, such as Sikh, Muslim and Jewish
holidays and days containing no relevance
whatsoever like Halloween and Valentine’s
Day.
But it seems that Poland is not the only
nation that has been rubbed up the wrong
way by the product - a number of official
complaints have already been received
from various other countries including
Holland and France.
To make matters worse, the Polish
version of the calendar features an
‘honorary patronage’ by the National
Education Ministry and even includes an
introduction by EU Commissioner Janusz
Lewandowski.
In an attempt to put an end to the
uproar that the publication has so far
caused, the EU has made a statement, in
which it says that “the omissions were
made without intent” and ensures that
such matters will be rectified for next
year’s edition.
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Calls for anti- Pole killed in Afghanistan
Smolensk day D
A
facebook campaign aimed at getting Poles to drop the topic of Smolensk for one day has been met with
both wild support and outrage.
The ‘A Day Without Smolensk’ event,
which suggested making February 3 a
day when the subject of the disaster was
not to be discussed, received over 100,000
supporters just days after being set up.
Speaking to Rzeczpospolita, organiser
Piotr Stohnij said, “I have been wondering
for quite some time if the media frenzy
surrounding the catastrophe will ever end
I really believe that public debate needs to
cool off.”
But the move has rankled a number
of politicians, especially in the Law and
Justice (PiS) camp. “The event resembles
the type of initiative that Janusz Palikot
would come up with,” MP Zbigniew Kozak
told Polska The Times, adding that it
merely “distracts attention away from the
real problems surrounding the tragedy”.
But despite its mass popularity, Stohnij
has since removed the event, claiming that
it had become ammo in a political game
and had been “manipulated to deepen the
abyss which is dividing Poland”.
A series of copy-cat events have since
sprung up to fill its place however,
suggesting that many people still agree
strongly with the initial idea.
eath brought the grim realities of
the Afghan war back home to Poland when a soldier and a civilian
died after their Rosomak armoured vehicle
was caught in the blast of a roadside bomb.
Private First Class Marcin Pastusiak,
who was promoted to sergeant
posthumously, and civilian medic
Marcin Knap died in the explosion, while
two other servicemen sustained injuries.
The deaths of the two men brought the
Polish body count in Afghanistan to 23.
In a letter to the dead soldier’s family
read at his funeral, President Bronislaw
Komorowski said that the sergeant,
although far from his native land, “had
carried out his duties conscientiously
and courageously”, adding that he had
died fighting “international terrorism,
the greatest threat to the contemporary
world”.
Despite the president’s rousing words
and efforts to link Poland’s 2,600-strong
Afghan mission to national defence,
popular support for the campaign has
sunk to an all-time low.
An opinion poll taken at the time of
the recent deaths showed that only 17
percent of Poles backed the mission
while in 2001, when the campaign began,
some 69 percent were in favour.
The drop in support reflects growing
disillusionment in Poland over the
progress of the Afghan war, which
continues to shed Polish blood despite
some 10 years of hard fighting.
Poles are also increasingly worried that
their continued presence in Afghanistan,
far from making the country safer, will
just bounce them up the target list of any
militant group willing to inflict suffering
on their country.
However, former defence minister
Janusz Onyszkiewicz blamed the lack of
interest Poles take in the world outside
their borders for the lack of support for
the war, arguing that they have a “little
shack mentality”.
Despite waning enthusiasm the Polish
government has stressed that as a NATO
member Poland has a duty to participate
in a mission that it says is vital for the
collective security of the organisation.
Political experts also argue that the
Polish government’s willingness to put
troops on the ground in an attempt to
show the world that it is a serious player
will give it a stronger and louder voice in
international institutions.
President Komorowski wants the
Polish combat mission to end in 2012,
with troops staying on in a training
capacity.
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NEWS
IN BRIEF
Church helps raise the issue
Polish priests are being taught how to give tips
to men with impotency problems, in an attempt
to bring them in line with a more modern way of
thinking.
Teachers from Krakow’s John Paul II centre have
joined forces with the Papal University, to help give
advice to priests so they are able to broach the
topic with their congregation.
“We would really like our priests to be able to deal
with issues such as this. It will help them become
more modern men,” said Stanislaw Kosowski, head
of the centre.
Roly-Polski
Poles have been warned that their love for Britain
and Ireland is quickly helping them pile on the
pounds.
With such a large number working in the UK
and Emerald Isle, more and more have become
accustomed to an unhealthy diet. EU estimates
show that by 2021, Poles may be as overweight as
their American cousins.
“Although the general obesity rate in Poland has
been relatively low, it is growing very quickly,” says
Professor Miroslaw Jarosz of the National Food and
Nutrition Institute. “In American, obesity amongst
young people increased threefold in the last thirty
years, in Poland it went up tenfold.”
Bat in the building
While nobody would deny that government
buildings are home to a number of unusual sorts, a
group of schoolchildren on a trip to the Sejm came
face to face with one more unusual than most
when they spotted a bat.
Having flown in through the window earlier this
week, the beast was caught on camera by one
child, who filmed it on their phone.
“We have tried to dim the lights to make it less
anxious but it is still with us and we don’t really know
what to do to get it to leave. Bats are a protected
species so we are not able to do anything that
might harm it,” said a parliament spokesman.
Kaczynski cut out
The character of the late Lech Kaczynski has been
cut out of upcoming Hollywood film ‘5 Days of
August’, despite playing a large role in the real-life
events on which the film is based.
Directed by Renny Harlin, the movie documents
the Russia-Georgia conflict which led to the 2008
South Ossetia war and is due to come out in March
this year.
However, even though all the scenes which feature
the president (played by Marshall Manesh) have
already been shot, they have simply been removed
from the final edit.
“The decision was eventually made after a number
of lengthy consultations in connection with the
death of the president last year,” explained a
spokesperson for the film.
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Kaczynski suicide survey
T
he Media Ethical Council has
received a complaint from Law
and Justice (PiS) after an article
discussing the likelihood of Jaroslaw
Kaczynski’s suicide was published in a
magazine.
The feature, printed in weekly publication ‘NIE’, surveyed a number of senior
politicians and asked them their views on
the demise of the PiS leader.
Controversial figure Janusz Palicot
and independent politician and film
maker Kazimierz Kutz were two that
voiced their opinions. “I certainly do not
wish him such a fate,” Kutz told the paper, but added that “death by suicide is
not such a bad thing when a person has
to suffer like that.”
A nd rzej L epper, leader of t he Sel f
Defence pa r t y (Sa moobrona R P)
a lso made h is t houg hts clea r stati ng t hat Kacz y nsk i wou ld end h is
days to “t he joy of bot h Pola nd a nd
Poles”.
But the piece has been taken extremely
seriously by PiS and the official complaint, sent by spokesman Adam Hofman, has asked for an inquiry into the
article and “confirmation that it does not
comply with the Ethics Charter, which
calls for truth, objectivity, respect and
tolerance, as well as freedom and responsibility.”
The letter also states that, “The article
does not attempt to ask journalists’ opinions on the political future of the Law and
Justice leader, but rather is simply an excuse for slander, calumny, and making
distasteful jokes at the expense of Jaroslaw
Kaczynski.”
Known for its stance against nationalism and religion, NIE was set up in 1990 by
editor Jerzy Urban, a former journalist and
communist government spokesman.
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“
I read the news
today, oh boy
– 4,000 holes
in Blackburn, Lancashire...” A nice line,
but I can’t see Polish
drivers being impressed. Only 4,000? That nice Mr Lennon
should try the Polish roads, he’d find more
like 4,000,000. (Cue lots of similes and metaphors involving Swiss cheeses and sieves).
The early cold snap followed by an
equally early thaw has wreaked havoc on
the Polish roads. Even worse, the road au-
thorities aren’t really geared up for largescale repairs at this time of year, and laying
tarmac can only be a provisory measure in
minus temperatures.
The problem, as so often, is one of infrastructure. Under communist rule the roads were
geared up for the fact that there was hardly
any traffic. I recall walking through Warsaw, a
stone’s throw from the Marriott, at 11pm and
the streets were deserted. The cars that were
around were mostly FSOs or Polski Fiats – relatively slow and relatively indestructible.
Then, overnight millions of cars came
pouring in; speedy Western machines,
BMWs, Audis, Peugeots, and so on. On
top of that, the number of HGVs increased
exponentially. Suffice to say, the road infrastructure, and authorities, have been playing catch up ever since.
There is hope. EU funds have made a difference. The street I live on was recently
given a major overhaul, no expense spared.
The frosts have gone and my street is all
still there – no potholes, no axle-breakers.
Of course, the downside is my street is
about one kilometre long. That means Poland’s roads will be driving bliss in a mere
three millennia. Sorted.
WIELkOpOLSkIE
guards from nearby clubs, because the
fighting Romas were totally out of control. It
was the umpteenth time, so I said – enough!”
She has worked in Poznan restaurants for
15 years, as a waitress and manager before
becoming an owner. “Once, when I was
working in another restaurant, there was a
similar restriction, because they’d come in en
masse and all hell would break loose. The table
after they’d gone looked like a bomb had hit it.”
The exclusive Piano Bar also operates
such a ban. Maciej Kurzawa, the manager,
explained, “We turn away Roma people,
but discreetly, sensitively. We tell them all
the tables are reserved, for example. It’s
not prejudice, but a result of numerous
experiences.”
“Assessing Roma people based on
stereotypes stigmatizes the entire group. It’s
outrageous,” reacted Dorota Pudzianowska
of the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation.
“In accordance with the equality law effective
since January 1, unequal treatment of people
purely on the basis of their ethnic background,
or nationality, is against the law,” she
continued, adding that Romas treated this
way have a right to claim compensation. “If
they come forward, we’ll help them prepare
a lawsuit regarding an infringement of the
equality laws,” Pudzianowska said.
We don’t serve gypsies
N
umerous bars
and
restaurants in and around
Poznan’s
Stary
Rynek are operating
a ‘no gypsies’ rule, it
emerged this week.
The affair came to
light when security guards in the Poznan discotheque Cuba Libre approached a group of
four people drinking at a table and asked them
their nationality. The two men who admitted
to being Roma were asked to leave. “I’m not
the only one operating such a rule,” the club’s
owner, Klaudia Lopez, told reporters.
Ms Lopez is of Cuban background, but was
born in Poland. She introduced the gypsy ban
eighteen months ago. “There was a group of
Roma people partying here, one smashed a
bottle of vodka and threatened his colleagues.
We had to stop the disco and call in security
Vomit therapy
A
series of strange sentiments were
beamed onto the edifice of the University Library in Poznan this week, including, “Kidnap somebody and make them
happy” or, “Get your tits out.” Onlookers
reacted with a mixture of surprise and outrage. It turns out the messages were part of
a project called VomID.
Dominik Boberski, originator of the
idea, explained to Gazeta Poznan, “Vomit
in English means to throw up, ID means
identity. So we have some wordplay that
encourages you to vomit up your identity, or,
to put it more elegantly, to express yourself.
It’s a kind of therapeutic exhibitionism. It’s
more a social project than an artistic one.”
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LUBUSkIE
Stone me! It’s the doctor!
A
n
anaesthetist
working in the
intensive care unit at
Gubin Hospital was
arrested this week,
after treating patients
while high on opiates.
Police received information about the doctor on Jan 4 and went immediately to the
hospital to investigate. Officers were sufficiently convinced by the man’s behaviour
to order blood and urine tests which soon
revealed the man was completely stoned.
“He was high on opiates and in this state
he participated in four operations. His
actions put the patients’ health and even
their lives in danger,” Grzegorz Szklarz,
Zielonogorskie Regional Prosecutor, told
reporters.
The 46-year-old doctor has been an
anaesthetist for 21 years, and has been
mAzOWIECkIE
Billion zloty flops
W
arsaw’s new
trams, called
the Swing, and
which cost the capital a cool PLN 1.5
bln, are turning out
to be an expensive
failure as they can’t
cope with heavy snow, it was revealed this
week. The problem lies in the large wheel
covers, which are a conscious design feature intended to make the trams quieter
and more elegant. Unfortunately, though,
they keep hitting against piles of frozen
snow and then fall off, leaving the trams
as ugly and noisy as the machines they replaced.
“They stick out too far from the rest of
the bodywork and they’re not stiff enough,”
Teresa Kotwica of Warsaw Tramways told
Zycie Warszawa. The cracked wheel covers
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working in Gubin for several years, but
he has had previous run-ins with the
law. “He has a conviction for faking
documentation concerning the movement
of hallucinogenic substances within a
hospital,” Szklarz told reporters. It turns
out doctors are not required to declare if
they have any convictions when applying
for work. Artur Molejka, a lawyer for
the Krosno Odrzanski Hospital which
administrates the Gubin Hospital,
commented, “I became suspicious when
the police asked about him at the beginning
of January. He’s been suspended for now,
and has no contact with patients. In the
next two days, I’ll decide whether to sack
him or not. It could be done on the basis of
his losing his right to practice medicine.”
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are being collected and returned to the
tram manufacturer in Bydgoszcz. There
they will be redesigned, before being sent
back into service.
It is to be hoped that no such problems
will befall the new Traxx locomotive which
Mazowieckie Railways took delivery of
this week. The new loco, the first of eleven
bought by the region, was handed over to
Artur Radwa, managing director of the
rail service, at a test track near Wroclaw.
The locomotive is the first of its kind in
Poland, operating on a push-pull system,
meaning it can operate in either direction
without having to be turned round.
Happy hippos
Z
oo keepers in the hippo house have
reacted with a mixture of embarrassment and delight at a love affair that
has broken out between the zoo’s oldest
resident, 48-year-old Aniela, and a hippo
called Hugo, a full 40 years her junior. The
pair are so in love they’ve even been hav-
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ing sex, and keepers are quietly hopeful
there may soon be the patter of tiny hippo
hooves. “They swim around together all
the time. When he’s asleep, she rests her
head on his shoulder, and vice versa. He
hugs up close to her whenever possible.
They’re inseparable,” Ewa Zbonikowska,
the zoo’s deputy manager, told reporters.
Hugo was brought to the zoo in order to
start a new hippo family there, but no one
expected that it would happen so soon, and
with Aniela. The more so that the pair’s first
meeting didn’t go particularly well. Aniela
apparently nibbled Hugo affectionately on
the nose, but merely succeeded in terrifying
the young Lothario for several months.
Since then, though, he’s clearly grown in
courage and is enjoying the company of his
older paramour. While no one at the zoo
can be entirely sure Aniela is pregnant, as
testing such things poses severe problems,
Ewa Zbonikowska assured reporters that
hippos of Aniela’s age are perfectly capable
of giving birth.
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REGIONAL NEWS
The New Poland Express I Friday 28th January 2011 I www.nwe.pl
pOmORSkIE
kUjAWSkO-pOmORSkIE
New lead in Iwona case
Lynch mob in Znin
T
he case of Iwona Wieczorek,
the 19-year-old girl
who went missing
in Gdansk last summer, took a new twist
this week, when the
private
detective
Krzysztof Rutkowski announced he had
new information regarding the girl’s disappearance. “We discovered that last August,
Maciej Sz. told a friend at a reggae music
festival in Ostroda about the incident. The
24-year-old confessed he had taken part in
the rape of the girl who was being looked
for,” Rutkowski told reporters.
An informer told Rutkowski that Maciej
Sz. and two unidentified colleagues had
seen Iwona wandering on her own, dragged
her into their car, where they raped her,
then took her off to a nearby holiday camp.
What might have happened to her after
that is not known.
Maciej Sz., a student at Gdansk
University, was renting a flat in Brzezno last
summer. “Brzezno is very close to Gdansk
Zaspa, about one kilometre away. So the
location is absolutely right. We’re doing
all we can to establish his whereabouts
in relation to Iwona. An inspection of his
mobile phone use and where he called from
could show where he was when Iwona went
missing,” continued Rutkowski.
The matter is complicated by the fact that
on Jan 3 this year, Maciej Sz. committed
suicide, being found hanging from a hook on
the door to his bedroom by his fiancée. He
had been suffering from an addiction to the
so-called legal highs, for which he received
psychiatric treatment last September.
Detective Rutkowski also suggested the
suicide could be a result of a guilty conscience
regarding the Iwona incident. Rutkowski has
passed all the information he has received
on to the police. “We don’t want to tell
prosecutors what to do, but this very precise
information could be crucial in solving the
Iwona Wieczorek case.
Iwona’s mother reacted cautiously
to the news, telling reporters, “I’m still
waiting for the matter to be cleared up. I’m
putting myself in the place of that boy’s
mother. If somebody told me my child
had hurt someone else and it turned out
to be untrue, I’d be devastated. I’m going
through a tragedy of my own, and I don’t
want to hurt this boy’s family. I can’t be
certain that my daughter going missing
and his death have anything in common.
I can’t comment any further or make any
kind of judgement.”
T
went y-eight
year-old Sebastian Sz. was remanded in custody this
Wednesday when,
following the death
of his two-year-old
baby, doctors discovered the girl was covered in bruises.
The man has been charged with voluntary
manslaughter, but denies the charge, saying the bruises were caused when he tried to
resuscitate the child. Doctors carrying out
the autopsy, though, are in little doubt the
child was beaten to death and are considering changing the charge to one of murder.
The parents called an ambulance to their
house late on Monday night, saying their
daughter had stopped breathing. Ambulance
staff confirmed that the little girl was dead,
most likely as a result of massive organ failure.
Seeing bruises all over the child’s body, they
called police, who soon after arrested the father.
Sebastian Sz. has a history of violence
towards his own children. The girl was the
centre of police investigations one year ago,
and the father is said to have spent time in
prison for beating his young son. Social
workers in Znin said the parents wouldn’t
let them see the child and that the parents
had an explanation for everything, leaving
the services powerless to intervene.
Other people in Znin were all too keen to
intervene. As the man was interviewed by
prosecutors an angry group of men gathered
outside the offices waiting until he was
brought out to the police van. “You killer,
you deserve to be strung up in the square,
not a trial, you bas***d. Why don’t you pick
on someone your own size. You should be
killed, but so that you suffer! You killed an
innocent little child,” they shouted.
The child’s mother refused to speak to
reporters. She is currently in an advanced
state of pregnancy with the couple’s third
child.
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BUSINESS
The New Poland Express I Friday 28th January 2011 I www.nwe.pl
Poland eyes up nuclear power
P
rime Minister Donald Tusk has
made it clear that his government
wishes Poland to be nuclear by 2020.
At a news conference earlier this week,
Mr Tusk said the country is ready to begin
preparing and learn from its past mistakes.
“We aim to have the first nuclear power
plant in Poland by the beginning of 2020.
We have ambitious, but realistic plans
and are ready to accept all the provisions
necessary for the development of a plant
of such a grand scale. The failed attempt at
Zarnowiec (Poland’s previous attempted
nuclear power plant) is no longer an issue
for us.”
According to the PM, the first stage now
is to find a suitable location and begin
drawing up contracts - tasks which the
government has allowed over a year for.
“Location is a challenge of social nature.
Today, the situation is very different from
that of a few years ago. Before, people were
afraid of it, whereas today, the race is on
for the location. This is mainly down to
the belief that we are dealing with a secure
form of energy.”
He was also keen to stress the importance
of the environment. “The next step then
will be to address the technical design
and ensure that environmental issues
are dealt with. We hope that in 2016, we
will be looking to begin construction on
another station, with an eye to complete
it by 2030.”
Deficit too high for euro
T
here is growing concern from Brussels that Poland will be unable reduce
its national deficit level below 3 percent of GDP - the rate currently required in
order to adopt the single European currency.
In an attempt to underline the urgency
of the situation, a letter has been sent by
Oli Rehn, the EU’s economic affairs and
currency commissioner, urging Poland to
move on the issue.
“We are fully aware of the intention by
the Polish authorities to introduce new
measures in the very near future to address
this shortcoming,” said EU spokesman
Amadeu Altafaj Tardio. “And it is because
of this, that Commissioner Rehn has
written a memorandum inviting Poland
to share with us, and be more specific
about, these planned measures as soon as
possible.”
According to the EC, the government’s
proposed pension reforms (a proposal not
popular with the majority of the public)
will not be enough to help narrow the
deficit, as this will only offer short-term
solutions.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF
More Pubs for 2012
A new report has estimated that there will be approximately
1,000 new pubs opened around the country in time for the
Euro 2012 football tournament.
The study, conducted by Grupa Zywiec brewery, stated that
while Poland already has around 10,000 watering holes, it
can expect a 10 percent rise in time for the big event.
“The market here is not saturated, so we can certainly
expect more bars and pubs to open before the
tournament kicks off in order to deal with the thousands
of fans that are expected to visit,” the brewery’s Sebastian
Tolwinski told Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
NBP OFFICIAL CURRENCY RATES 28/01/2011
Currency
Czech Koruna
Danish Krone
Euro
Hong Kong Dollar
Hungarian Forint
Japanese Yen
Norwegian Krone
Pound Sterling
Russian Ruble
Swedish Krona
Swiss Franc
US Dollar
Symbol
1 CZK
1 DKK
1 EUR
1 HKD
100 HUF
100 JPY
1 NOK
1 GBP
1 RUB
1 SEK
1 CHF
1 USD
Mid-rate
0,1615
0,5247
3,9111
0,3656
1,4390
3,4485
0,4931
4,5257
0,0960
0,4414
3,0138
2,8501
Foreign discrimination low
The number of small businesses in Poland that would
discriminate against foreign workers is low, if new figures
are to be believed.
The survey, conducted by 4P Research Mix, found that
70 percent of bosses said that when it came to handing
out jobs, nationality would not be an issue, while only 20
percent said they would prefer to choose a Pole.
83 percent of those asked stated that foreigners should
receive the same wages as a Pole, while 75 percent said
they would expect the same standard of work regardless
of nationality.
IN NUmBERS
18%
The number of Poles who are in favour of pension
reforms according to a study by CBOS.
PLN 1,670
The proposed minimum wage put forward by the
Solidarity union (the current figure is PLN 1,386).
Common
Cents
with
Ross Naylor
I’ve been contacted by a number of people
as a result of my column regarding inflation
(find it here if you didn’t see it). They wanted
to know if I had any ideas for investments
that can profit in the event of high inflation.
5 Inflation Defying Investments
1. Index Linked Government Bonds. For
example US Treasury Inflation Protected
Securities (TIPS) or Index Linked Gilts in
the UK.
These are essentially an I.O.U. from the
Government. In return for ‘lending’ the
Government money, it agrees to pay you
annual interest, until such time as your money
is returned to you at a fixed future date.
They offer a hedge against inflation
because the interest payments and
redemption value rise as inflation rises.
2. High Dividend Stocks. Historically
stocks have been another useful hedge as they
have the capacity to grow faster than inflation.
As a rule, public companies either
reinvest their earnings or pass them along
to shareholders as dividends.
For individuals looking for a hedge
against inflation, the second variety is hard
to beat. That’s because dividend-rich stocks
provide income, but unlike fixed-income
investments they have the potential for
capital growth as well.
3. Property. Property is a fixed asset
and any kind of fixed asset becomes more
valuable with time thanks to asset inflation.
4. Gold. OK, it doesn’t have any yield.
However, gold is typically viewed as a classic
hedge against inflation. As the World Gold
Council, states: “Gold is not a perfect hedge
against inflation but it is the only hedge that
has been tried and tested over centuries that
have seen currencies rise and fall.”
5. Commodities. Find the things that are
rising in price the most - oil and foodstuffs/
agricultural products spring to mind. Look to
add some exposure to them to your portfolio.
Be careful though, commodities can
be volatile and have risen a lot already. If
they don’t suit your risk profile, look at
investing in a fund that tracks a basket of
them but that at least provides some form
of guarantee of your principal.
Ross Naylor is a financial
planner with AES International, an
independent financial advisory group.
www.aesinternational.com/
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ENTERTAINmENT
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FR 13.02.2011, 7.00 PM, CONCERT HALL
Valentine's Day
Music Show
PERFORMED BY
Anna Branny
Rafał Jędrzejczyk
Janusz Butrym
Kalina Jedrusik & Kabaret Starszych Panów songs
cket: 25 PLN
available at cketportal
(www. ticketportal.pl)
booking:
e Organization
of e Audience's
Department (BOW)
tel. +48 32 609 03 31/32
e-mail: [email protected]
e Krystyna Bochenek
Katowice Centre of Culture
Pl. Sejmu Ślaskiego 2,
40-032 Katowice, Poland
SOmETHING FOR THE WEEkEND from In Your pocket
W
e find ourselves
this
week
in
Krakow, a city we never
seem to tire of and definitely the jewel in the
crown of cities we cover
in Poland. In Your Pocket has been present in Krakow since the summer of 1999
yet despite 11 years having passed since
the first guide we are still in love with it.
You might ask what’s not to love? Well
it’s not always been the easiest city to
cover and despite it being at the forefront
of Poland’s representation in the city
tourism stakes, it’s not necessarily been
that tourist friendly. While the private
sector has done a marvellous job (the
choice of places to eat, drink, sleep and
party is unrivalled anywhere in Poland)
the public sector hasn’t always appeared
to have tried that hard. Krakow’s sights
are the city’s inheritance and unlike its
neighbours Warsaw and Wroclaw for
instance, the fact that the city remained
largely intact following WWII meant
it had an immediate headstart when it
came to attracting foreign visitors. St
Mary’s Basilica and its breathtaking
15th century altar created by Veit Stoss
is reason enough to visit. What caught
your correspondent’s attention this time
around was the quite remarkable museum created underneath the Cloth Hall. A
planned 6-month dig in 2005 to excavate
part of the square turned into a 5-year
project which we can only imagine
was the stuff of an archaeologist’s wet
dream. The decision was taken in 2007
to create a public space approximately 4
metres under the Rynek in which now
sits a 38zl million hi-tech museum fea-
turing the exhibition ‘In the footsteps of
Krakow’s European Identity.’ Featuring
remains of previous ages including what
was once the city’s Cloth Hall and lots
of touch screens and displays covering
the history of the city’s trade, transport
and everyday life, this is a highly recommended museum. The English translations have been done professionally (not
always a given in multi-million zloty
projects) and the whole thing is set up
beautifully for foreign visitors (displays
also come in Polish, French, German,
Russian, Spanish and Italian). If you’ve
not been to Krakow in a while we would
recommend you give it another visit and
put this place on your list. A little tip. It
gets busy and with numbers limited to
300 at a time it is worth going online and
reserving a ticket in advance. For that
see www.podziemiarynku.com
Gdynia
30 .01 Sunday - Brudne Dzieci Sida
Blues Club, ul. Portowa 9, tel. (+48) 58 621 09 43
QConcert starts at 19:30. Tickets 15/20zł. Available
at Blues club box office (Open 15:00 - 02:00) and
before the concert.
Information Centre, ul. Piotrkowska 102A,
(Open 10:00 - 18:00, Sat 10:00 - 14:00.
Closed Sun.
Wroclaw
30 .01 Sunday - Cool Kids of Death & Kamp!
Bezsenność, ul. Ruska 51 (Pasaż Niepolda), tel.
(+48) 71 792 80 48, www.bezsennosc.wroclaw.pl
QConcert starts at 20:00. Tickets 35zł. Available at
Bezsenność (Open 19:00 - 03:00).
Lodz
01 .02 Tuesday - Basia Trzetrzelewska
Wytwórnia Club, ul. Łąkowa 29, tel. (+48)
42 631 80 00QConcert starts at 20:00.
Ticktes 100/110zł. Available at Cultural
Sopot
28 .01 Friday - Młynarski Plays Młynarski
Sopot, Columbus Hall, Sheraton Hotel, ul.
Powstancow Warszawy 10, tel. (+48) 58 555 84 52
QConcert starts at 20:00. Tickets 80/60zł. Available
before the concert. Available soon at BART box
office, ul. Kościuszki 61 (Open 10:00 - 17:00. Closed
Sat, Sun).
28 .01 Friday - Kayo Dot
Firlej, ul. Grabiszyńska 56, tel. (+48) 71 795 66
67, www.firlej.wroc.plQConcert starts at 20:00.
Tickets 30/25zł. Available at www.eventim.pl and
before the concert.
In cooperation with In Your Pocket city guides
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ENTERTAINmENT
Gdansk
30 .01 Sunday - 400th Johannes Hevelius
Anniversary - CASSANDRA WILSON
Gdańsk, Baltic Philharmonic Hall, ul.
Ołowianka 1, www.janheweliusz.pl
Gdańsk is on final straight in the fight for the
title of European Capital of Culture 2016. It
comes as no surprise that the city has invited
a non-mainstream artist to give a top class
gala concert. If you don’t know, Grammy
award winner Cassandra Wilson is, along with
Abbey Lincoln, Dianne Reeves, Nenny Freelon
and Dee Dee Bridgewater, one of the biggest
jazz female vocalists on the scene. Performing
since 1975, she started out with blues and
R&B standards, going into jazz in the early
80s. Her concert on 30th January is entitled
Stars in the Gdańsk Sky and will inaugurate
this biggest of years. The latest news is that
she will be giving two concerts at the Baltic
Philharmonic that night.QConcerts start at
18:00 and 20:00. Tickets 100-180zł. Available
at Baltic Philharmonic Hall’s box office (Open
10:00 - 18:00, Tue 09:30 - 16:00. Sat, Sun four
hours before performance).
29 .01 Saturday
The Works Of Johannes Hevelius
PAN Gdańsk Library, ul. Wałowa 15
Only this Saturday. This exceptional exhibition
is a once-only chance to view the near
complete works of the famous astronomer.
Come along to the PAN library and view the
books close up, as intended, not stuck in a
glass display cabinet. The works on display
include:
Selenographia (1647) - descriptions of the
moon and lunar phases
Machinae coelestis (1673) - a history of
astronomy, description of Gdańsk observatory
as well as lunar and planetary eclipses
Cometographia (1968) with descriptions of 200
stars
Prodomus
Astronomiae
published
posthumously in 1690 by his wife.
Other exhibits include Daniel Schultz’ portrait
of Hevelius. Perhaps not one for a rainy
afternoon with the kids, but a fascinating
insight for anyone interested in history and
astronomy.Q(Open 09:00 - 15:00)
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Gdansk
Warsaw
© Adam Warżawa
28 .01 Friday - Viva Johannes Hevelius
Johannes Hevelius Monument, ul. Korzenna
This event has the honour of having none other
than Polish president Bronisław Komorowski as
patron. We at InYourPocket are also in on the
act so there’s no excuse for not going. Friday
marks the astronomer Johannes Hevelius’
400th birthday, so around his monument in
front of the Old Town Hall there will be a party
with historical guests like king Jan III Sobieski,
his lovely wife Mary and Johannes Hevelius
himself. Also in attendance will be the great
and good of the Gdańsk scienctific community
as well as other local bigwigs. Form Theatre will
present their play Battle of Carnival and Lent
and later 400 lanterns will be sent into the air
to celebrate 400 years and mark the official
start of Hevelius year.QEvent starts at 17:00.
Admission free.
Katowice
29 .01 Saturday
The Australian Pink Floyd Show
Spodek, Al. Korfantego 35, tel. (+48) 58 621
09 43
Known for their stonking Pink Floyd covers,
these antipodean chaps bang out the best of
Gilmore and Waters hits to a background of
dazzling lasers and swooning lights.Q Concert
starts at 20:00. Tickets 150-325zł Available at
EMPiK, ul. Piotra Skargi 6 (Supersam), (Open
08:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 16:00) and www.
eventim.pl.
Send comments and letters to
[email protected]
02 .02 Wednesday
Marcin Wyrostek & Tango Corazon Quintet
6th Floor, PKiN, Pl. Defilad 1, tel. (+48) 22 656
72 22
Accordionist Marcin Wyrostek is the winner
of 2nd series of the ‘Mam Talent’ TV show,
the Polish X factor. He performs popular
classical compositions by the likes of Bach,
Brahms, Chaczaturian, Mozart, RimskiKorsakow, Vivaldi and so on, jazz standards
and folk music from various regions. Their
debut album Magia Del Tango went
platinum three times over here, so a star
very much in the ascendant.QConcert
starts at 19:00. Tickets 30-80zł. Available 6th
Floor’s box office open 10:00 - 19:30, Sat
12:00 - 19:30, Sun 13:00 - 19:30 and 1 hour
before the concert.
Krakow
02 .02 Wednesday - Muniek
Hard Rock Cafe, Pl. Mariacki 9, tel. (+48) 12
429 11 55, www.hardrockcafe.pl
Although this will be a solo concert by
T Love front man Muniek Staszczyk, it
is for fans of the original material. The
eponymous debut album of Muniek was
produced and composed with one-time
T Love guitarist Jan Benedek. According
to real fans, after hits like King, Warszawa,
Dzikość Serca or Stany, the boys were
never the same again, so this should be
a chance to catch up and relive some old
favourites as well as check out the new
material.QConcert starts at 21:00. Tickets
20zł. Available soon at Hard Rock Cafe
(Open 10:00-24:00).
In cooperation with In Your Pocket city guides
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Ups and downs in Zakopane
T
he King is dead, long live the King!
Fortunately, Adam Malysz is alive
and well, and will compete in Willingen following a nasty fall in the final
competition in Zakopane last Sunday. But
Polish ski jumping found a new hero at Zakopane, as Kamil Stoch came through unexpectedly to win his first ever World Cup
event, thrilling the massed crowds of home
supporters.
It all started brilliantly for Malysz in last
Friday’s competition, the first of three days
of events on the Wielka Krokwa slope in
Zakopane. Malysz won his first World Cup
event for four years, and his thirty-ninth
victory in total. He recorded the longest
jump in the competition in the first round,
138.5m, but a weaker effort in the second
round had nerves jangling. The massive,
partisan crowd fell silent as the judges’
marks came through, then erupted as they
confirmed Malysz’s win.
On Saturday Malysz placed sixth, with
Simon Ammann taking the win. Stoch gave
notice of his improving form, finishing just
behind the Wisla Eagle in seventh, despite
actually outjumping his senior colleague.
Then came Sunday’s competition. The
first round left the massed Polish support
in shocked silence as Malysz tumbled
badly after landing a decent jump. Thick,
damp snow was falling throughout,
making landing treacherous for all the
competitors. Malysz lost his left ski a split
second after landing, then everything was
a blur of snow and flailing skis, one of
which hit Malysz on the knee. While he
was able to stand up after the fall, he was
clearly in pain, and so was whisked off on a
rescue toboggan just in case.
The fall dampened the mood somewhat,
especially as the crowd favourite was
clearly not able to carry on, seemingly
dashing hopes of another home win. But
at the end of the first round, another
Pole, Kamil Stoch, was in the lead with
a jump of 123m. The 23-year-old jumper
then withstood the pressure in the
second round, jumping 128m to take his
first major victory and send the crowd
delirious.
Stoch himself was elated and admitted
to shedding a tear as he stood on the top
podium, with the Polish national anthem
playing and thousands of red and white
flags waving. “It was one of my dreams to
win in Zakopane. I grew up on this hill. To
win here, in front of such a fantastic crowd,
it’s incredible,” Stoch told TVP after the
win. The win leaves Stoch in 11th place in
the overall World Cup standings. Now the
target is to break into the top ten, and to
record another win so as to prove this one
wasn’t a fluke.
Peszko no, Roger yes
F
ranciszek Smuda hasn’t called up
in-form winger Slawomir Peszko
for the upcoming Norway game, despite hopes that he may have forgiven the
player his excesses following the match
with Ivory Coast last year. The Polish
national team is heading to Portugal for
eight days, during which they will play
an unofficial friendly with Moldavia on
Feb 6, before facing Norway in an official
meeting on Feb 9.
“I had a small hope I might go to
Portugal. But it seems I haven’t yet
earned the opportunity,” Peszko told
Przeglad Sportowy on hearing the
news. Meanwhile, Roger Guerreiro is
celebrating a return to the squad. The
Brazilian player, who is a naturalized
Pole, played the first match of Smuda’s
reign, back in 2009, but has not featured
since. The recall came as something of
a surprise, following a TV appearance
this week in which Smuda commented,
“Roger? He’s not Polish.”
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Kowalczyk prepares
Justyna Kowalczyk is undergoing special training in
the Italian Alps in preparation for the upcoming World
Championships. “They’re the right height, the routes are
really well-prepared, and it’s also a good place to wind
down. She’ll mostly be working on her stamina, but there’ll
also be some focus on technical aspects, like descents,”
Rafal Wegrzyn, Kowalczyk’s assistant trainer, told Przeglad
Sportowy.
The skier’s mood may have been darkened somewhat
this Wednesday with the news that her appeal against
disqualification in the Davos event had been turned down.
“The matter is closed. I don’t intend to comment on
the committee’s justification, I just have to accept it,”
Apoloniusz Tajner, president of the Polish Skiing Federation,
told reporters.
TV rights up for grabs
Andrzej Rusko, fresh from winning a second term as
president of Ekstraklasa SA, the company that manages
Poland’s football premier league, has been immediately
plunged into negotiations for the TV rights to the league’s
matches. The current triumvirate of Canal +, TVP and ITI,
who share the matches between them, have submitted an
offer below Rusko’s expectations.
The current offer is for PLN 360 mln, about the same as
the previous agreement cost. Ekstraklasa SA is demanding
closer to PLN 450 mln, citing the upcoming Euro 2012
championships as a factor raising the profile and
attractiveness of the Ekstraklasa’s product. If the bidders
don’t improve their offer, there’s a chance the league may
go it alone – setting up its own TV channel, which it would
then sell to satellite broadcasters.
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CLASSIFIEDS
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Apartment for rent Warsaw
Polish lessons in return for French
IGNITE event
Fully furnished apartment for rent located at Wiejska 20.
60 sq. m, 3 rooms: 2 bedrooms and a living room.
It has large balcony/loggia, attached kitchen.
Bathroom and WC are separate. It is on the second
floor with an elevator. Award wining building with
beautiful inside yard.
Rent: 2500 pln / month
Contact: [email protected] or [email protected]
Professional Polish teacher will teach you Polish in
exchange of French lessons.
On Thursday, February 10th, 2011 we will be
organising a free networking/public speaking/
idea sharing event in which the presenters can
chose to present in English or Polish.
For more information please check
http://www.igniteshow.com
Native English speaker needed
Free Polish conversation classes
Mercedes for sale
I am looking for English Native Speaker.
My English is ok ;) but I need to improve my
Business English. I can teach you Polish.
We offer FREE POLISH CONVERSATION CLASSES
every Saturday at 11AM and 12PM in NOVEMBER
KLUB DIALOGU - Polish school for foreigners
Krakowskie Przedmieście 13/155 (Hotel Europejski)
Please sign up for this classes by email:
[email protected] or phone: 22 396 68 92 / 22
489 10 10
www.klubdialogu.pl
Mercedes 280CDI 2006 4matic for sale in Warsaw
119,000km ELEGANCE version, extras: GPS,
Xenon, Bluetooth, 5 CD, DVD player, 76,000pln
Contact: Tony, 604 555 855
Stunning apartment in heart of Old Town
Apartment to let Downtown Warsaw
Apartment for rent – Warsaw
100m2+ floorspace located on three floors next to
Cathedral with views over convent. Refurbished
to a very high standard with new kitchen and
bathrooms, 2/3 bedrooms, wifi; home cinema
etc.. Can be let unfurnished or furnished with high
quality furniture and art. Euro 1800 per month.
Contact: [email protected]
+48 609 100 257
200 metre’s to the Zlote Tarasy shopping mall
opposite the Holiday Inn Hotel.
Located at 54 Sienna street. 95 square metre’s.
English owner. 2500 Pln per month. Photo’s on
request.
Contact: [email protected]
Fully furnished apartment to rent in Ursynow.
120 sq meters, includes 4 bedrooms, a living
room with an attached kitchen, 2 bathrooms &
2 balconies. It is on the 4th floor & the building
has an elevator. Parking space for 2 cars plus a
private storage room in the basement.
Rent 6000 pln / month.
Contact: Ajit Bhojwani at 508 16 88 99
5 BR house for Rent Wilanów
Pictures and webpage in return
Amateur Theatre in English
Beautiful 5 bedroom house for rent from At
Home Warsaw; 25000 PLN.
Please see http://www.athome-network.
com/Property_in_Warsaw/Search_details.
html#!/?id=5207 for details
Contact: [email protected],
+48 222 546 224
As a webmaster of a Dutch forum about Poland
and an information portal I’m looking for good
pictures of Poland. In return I’ll offer you a page
on www.bigos.nl where you can promote your
business for free
Contact: [email protected] / www.bigos.nl /
www.polen-forum.nl / www.lviv.nl
New Warsaw amateur theatre group forming.
Actors, producers, directors and others wanted.
No experience needed. For more details
Contact: Michael at [email protected]
Editor for Academic Papers
Classical choir for amateurs
Private Spanish Lessons
Native English speaker, with an M.A. in English
and ABD in Polish, offers his assistance in editing
papers for grammar and style. Between 7PLN
and 10PLN per page – prices negotiated before
work commences.
Contact: [email protected]
Doubtful you are good enough?
Give it a try!
Rehearsals in English every Tuesday
at 6.30 in Nowy Swiat.
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.
Please email me: [email protected]
Please email me: [email protected]
Contact Richard Berkeley at [email protected]
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COmmUNITY NEWS
The New Poland Express I Friday 28th January 2011 I www.nwe.pl
Community Groups:
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your community groups here. Email [email protected]
Role Playing Game in Warsaw
Poland Tartan Army
HASH HOUSE HARRIERS
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.
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
International Women’s Group
International Rotary Club
Gospel Baptist Church
Meetings are held twice a month on the SECOND
Monday at 10.30 (for location see our newsletter
or website) and on the FOURTH Monday of the
month at Restauracja Tapa y Toro located in the
Zlote Tarasy Shopping Mall (ul. Zlota 59) from
10:00 - 11:00.
For more information see www.iwgwarsaw.eu 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
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]
www.gbc-ekb.com.
GAA in Warsaw
Expat meetings
Toastmasters club
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]
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.
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
Poznan International Church
CFM (Christian Fellowship Ministries)
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.
Kościół Chrześcijański (evangelical/Pentecostal)
Location: Ul. Mała 15a (Praga Pólnoc, Warszawa)
Services in Polish and English:
Wednesday 19.30 hrs and Sunday 11.00 & 18.30 hrs
Regularly on Saturday evening: Film, Concert & Drama
Website: www.thedoor.pl
Phone: 784 653 666 (Pastor Jan-Willem van Dam)
Email: [email protected]
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