The 8th of March, Women’s Day, in Poland is a event that used to be just another opportunity for men to buy their girlfriends, wives and mothers flowers and chocolates. For some time, however, it’s been known as the biggest festival of women’s rights. That is the day women come [...]
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Women and Equality – 8th March Poland
Posted in Poland, tagged Poland, Women's rights on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
3 bikes 3 flat tires
Posted in Health - Body, Poland, economy on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This post was written because 4 weeks ago a very good friend called to tell me that he had lost his job – I gave him this advice and today he called to say I picked him up and he went out the very next day, did what I suggested and he now has a [...]
Start off right with a walk
Posted in Poland, Things I Like, health on January 19, 2009 | 40 Comments »
Here’s a great tool to help you get walking – just enter in your home address, office address or whatever and see the walking distance to parks, schools, book stores, restaurants, coffee shops, cinemas, etc.
Walk Score
Just drop the arrows to the left and you will get a list of selected local places.
No excuses not to [...]
Oops there goes the złoty again
Posted in Poland, economy on January 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So the złoty might be going down hill against the euro and other currencies but the worst impact will be how it is comparing against the Swiss franc. I have a lot to write on this subject, most of which would be along the lines of “I told you so”…..
Estimates are that up to PLN [...]
Picking up the pieces
Posted in Poland, economy, tagged environment, Poland on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
2008 was a pivotal year for me – I can only say it made me the strongest I have ever felt and so into 2009 I bound with the usual degree of optimism mixed with a healthy dose of realism.
If you want to know how business can remain attached to its focus whilst considering the environment [...]
Polish Notaire
Posted in Poland, tagged NOTAIRE, Poland on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
To solve a property transfer dispute in Hollandi I needed to get some documents legally notarized so I can send them to my legal representatives in Holland. This was my first experience of dealing with Polish Law and I hope the last. Tara, who regular readers now know is my Polish fiancé, and I visit [...]
Polish Premier slips up
Posted in Poland on May 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Donald Tusk was quoted in Time magazine as shining a particularly negative light on all things Poland – his quote follows.
“We have no oil and gas,” he says. “We don’t have high tech. Our centers of development, are far, far behind others. We will never be an extraordinary tourist attraction. Poland is quite a mediocre [...]
Poland’s Creative Tension
Posted in Poland on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Whilst researching Poland’s recent history for inclusion in my book I discovered that in 2004/5 the Polish Government embarked on a multi million zloty investment into a brand campaign. The idea was to identify a brand which would differentiate Poland from other nations and project its national characteristics attractively and effectively. Pop over to our [...]
Polish Energy Gridlock
Posted in Poland, economy, tagged Poland Electricity on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Forgive me if I sound somewhat negative about the state of the Polish Electricity sector (Grid and Power Stations). Over at Polandian I have written about yesterday’s blackout in Szczecin (population 420,000) and a) the need for investment in the energy sector (both grid and stations), b) a sensible clean energy bill and c) privatisation [...]
Poland is not a 3rd world country
Posted in Poland on April 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Courtesy of Google’s news updates I came across a blog post by some ‘volunteer english teacher’ coming to Poland. The post shows the idiotic view that some people have of Poland. Here’s the post:
Saturday, April 5, 2008
After going to the training session today, I had a few questions:
1. I know that some areas in Europe [...]
