Poland.

[krakus]

New survey shows Poles more optimistic than at any point since communism fell
Warsaw, Poland December 28, 2007
Optimism among Poles is higher this year than last and higher than at any point since 1989 according to a new survey from polling agency CBOS.

The optimism surveys, which have been conducted since 1988, show that feelings of optimism in the society have increased while pessimistic attitudes have declined.

According to the latest survey 54% of respondents (compared to 49% in 2006 and 29% in 1989) said they were happy with their lives and 49% said they were happy with their accomplishments.

Among respondents to the 2007 survey, only 38% said they were unhappy with the direction of their lives and that they were frequently frustrated. These numbers are down from 45% in 2006 and 70% in 1989. Still, one-third of 2007 respondents said they felt public authorities were indifferent to their needs (28% in 2006 and 30% in 1989).

Furthermore, 19% of this year’s respondents admitted to feelings of depression, down from 23% and 36% in 2006 and 1989, respectively.

The CBOS survey was conducted between December 1-4 on a random sample of 8770 adults.

[balkannj]

Two men who brought a 24-year-old Polish woman to England and forced her to work as a prostitute have been jailed for trafficking and sex offences.

Stefan Berdufi, 38, an Albanian gardener from Redhill, was sentenced to 10 years, while Agim Qosja, 20, a Kosovan window cleaner from Merstham, received a seven-year sentence.

The Polish student was trafficked to the UK in June 2006.

The two men were jailed at Guildford Crown Court on Monday after being found guilty of a number of offences at an earlier hearing in December.

'Traumatic process'

Detective Constable Lee Pocock said: “This was a very thorough and complex investigation, which required extreme sensitivity towards the victim.

“She displayed immense bravery throughout this traumatic process and I hope the prison sentences they [Berdufi and Qosja] received reassures her, and the community, that Surrey Police will always take action to bring offenders to justice.”

Berdufi was convicted of two trafficking charges, controlling prostitution for gain, rape, sexual assault and blackmail.

Qosja was found guilty of rape and sexual assault, and had previously admitted two trafficking charges and controlling prostitution for gain.

www.surreyad.co.uk/news/2020/2020960/men_jailed_for_trafficking_polish_woman

[ceskybojovnik1938]

...I hope what that woman went through serves as a warning to all Slavic women thinking that seeking employment in western nations is some sort of easy fix to thier finantial ambitions.

Unfortunatly this story is not the first and wont be the last for many women of Slavic stock, they are promised money and even fame in some circumstances and then it is too late for them to realise how shallow thier vision was when the harsh reality of thier exploitation hits them.

Sadly, all too often it is Slav men selling slav women into slavery in western nations.

[joko]

January 24, 2008

Spain and Poland: Comparison of Two Great Nations (2)


Written by Alistair Clark, President of the Emerging Markets Club (IE Business School)

The Ambassador rattled off some important statistics concerning Poland. The economic growth rate has increased to around 6% for 2007 and a similar figure is expected for this year. Certain figures predict that more prosperous times are ahead; for example, inflation is now around 4.5% while unemployment has decreased from 19% to 11%, due in part to emigration. The public deficit fluctuates between 2.5% and 4.2% of the GDP, depending on EU or local government calculations. Wages rose by 12% last year up to 800 Euros per month, but are still well below the EU average. The interest rate is currently pegged at 4.5%, but is expected to rise to 6.25% in 2008.

Poland still needs to undergo changes to be able to compete within the EU. Local laws, particularly with regard to real estate development, are antiquated, overly confusing and anti-competitive with too much bureaucratic red tape. Another opportunity for Poland to set the stage as a modern, international business power will be a successful Eurocup that the FIFA granted to Poland and the Ukraine; however, they have yet to build proper facilities and local infrastructures are in dire need for improvement. For example, Poland has only 400 kilometres of freeways in the entire country and the ticket price for domestic flights are set far above fair value as routes are controlled by the Polish airline monopoly, LOT.

Spanish is spoken more frequently in Poland and its presence is increasing as students begin to learn the language. Students are also visiting Spain more regularly as they are now able to travel through Europe, something that Communism forbade them to do and new economic growth is allowing for greater expendable income that funds their trips. The new government is conscious of economic growth through foreign investment and will likely make concessions to increase Poland’s emergence into a more modern business model. One can conclude that Poland’s star is rising quickly and its pace will only accelerate when the Euro becomes the nation’s official currency.

[katolickaanarchia]

AD them who call Poland worthless
POLAND IS NOT A TINY STATE! POLAND IS GREAT AND HAS HER OWN CONSTITUTION - YOU CANNOT TREAT A CONSTITUTIONAL ENTITY AS IF SHE IS WAS INSIGNIFICANT!
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
OF 2nd APRIL, 1997

As published in Dziennik Ustaw No. 78, item 483

Having regard for the existence and future of our Fatherland,

Which recovered, in 1989, the possibility of a sovereign and democratic determination of its fate,

We, the Polish Nation - all citizens of the Republic,

Both those who believe in God as the source of truth, justice, good and beauty,

As well as those not sharing such faith but respecting those universal values as arising from other sources,

Equal in rights and obligations towards the common good - Poland,

Beholden to our ancestors for their labours, their struggle for independence achieved at great sacrifice, for our culture rooted in the Christian heritage of the Nation and in universal human values,

Recalling the best traditions of the First and the Second Republic,

Obliged to bequeath to future generations all that is valuable from our over one thousand years' heritage,

Bound in community with our compatriots dispersed throughout the world,

Aware of the need for cooperation with all countries for the good of the Human Family,

Mindful of the bitter experiences of the times when fundamental freedoms and human rights were violated in our Fatherland,

Desiring to guarantee the rights of the citizens for all time, and to ensure diligence and efficiency in the work of public bodies,

Recognizing our responsibility before God or our own consciences,

Hereby establish this Constitution of the Republic of Poland as the basic law for the State, based on respect for freedom and justice, cooperation between the public powers, social dialogue as well as on the principle of subsidiarity in the strengthening the powers of citizens and their communities.

We call upon all those who will apply this Constitution for the good of the Third Republic to do so paying respect to the inherent dignity of the person, his or her right to freedom, the obligation of solidarity with others, and respect for these principles as the unshakeable foundation of the Republic of Poland.

Chapter I
THE REPUBLIC

Article 1

The Republic of Poland shall be the common good of all its citizens.

Article 2

The Republic of Poland shall be a democratic state ruled by law and implementing the principles of social justice.

Article 3

The Republic of Poland shall be a unitary State.

Article 4

1. Supreme power in the Republic of Poland shall be vested in the Nation.

2. The Nation shall exercise such power directly or through their representatives.

Article 5

The Republic of Poland shall safeguard the independence and integrity of its territory and ensure the freedoms and rights of persons and citizens, the security of the citizens, safeguard the national heritage and shall ensure the protection of the natural environment pursuant to the principles of sustainable development.

[CHORNYVOLK]

Germany and Poland square up in row over war

By Tony Paterson in Berlin


Saturday, 21 February 2009

Berlin and Warsaw are locked in a political row over plans to appoint a German conservative MP accused of playing down Nazi war crimes to run a new museum dedicated to the plight of Germans forced out of eastern Europe after the Second World War.


The dispute, which threatens to jeopardise recently improved relations between the neighbours, centres on the figure of Erika Steinbach, a leading MP in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling Christian Democratic Party and head of her country’s Association of Expellee Germans. Mrs Steinbach has come to be regarded as a hate figure in Poland because of her support for the plight of 12.5 million of her countrymen who were kicked out of eastern Europe after 1945. She has been accused of playing down Nazi war crimes and of trying to portray German expellees as mere victims.

The 65-year-old blonde, Teutonic-looking politician has been ridiculed for her stance in the Polish press, with one leading magazine depicting her on its front cover in jackboots and a black Nazi SS uniform with Swastika armband.

Despite vociferous Polish protests, Mrs Steinbach has insisted on being given a senior post on the board of a new Berlin museum that will record the plight of German and other European expellees. She has the full backing of Germany’s two million-strong expellees’ association.

Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, Poland’s special envoy on German affairs and a former foreign minister, summed up Warsaw’s objections to Mrs Steinbach’s planned appointment. “It is as if the Vatican had decided to give the Holocaust-denying Bishop [Richard] Williamson the task of overseeing its relations with Israel,” he said.

Mrs Steinbach, who has in the past objected to Poland’s EU membership and voted against recognition of its present-day border with Germany, was digging in her heels yesterday, accusing Poland of taking an “aggressive stand” against her nomination.

The row has become an embarrassment for Ms Merkel. Her government has gone out of its way to improve relations with Warsaw after enduring a disastrously acrimonious period which ended when the centre-right leader Donald Tusk became Prime Minister in late 2007.

Mr Tusk has told Ms Merkel that his government has reservations about the expellees museum and Mrs Steinbach, but looks at it from a “distanced but friendly” standpoint. The issue represents a tricky balancing act for Mrs Merkel.

[martin76]

shame on all Poles who live in Germany

I have never seen such a crapy ethnic group. I don't know what Poles are like in Poland, but in Germany they sold their language, culture everything. Changed their names into German sounding names Mueller and Schmidt, whole Germany is full of these people. C'mon dudes. This is supposed to be a proud Slavic group? Even cockroaches have more pride! If u disagree, i need proof.

[Alek]

Alek on Dec 14, 2008, 11:59am


Rota


We will not abandon the land whence our folk come.

We will not allow our language be buried.

We are the Polish nation, the Polish people,

From the royal line of Piast.

We will not allow the foe to germanize us.

So help us God!
So help us God!

To the last drop of blood in our veins

We will defend our spirit

Until unto dust and ash

Falls the Teutonic whirlwind.

Every doorsill will be our fortress.

So help us God!
So help us God!

The German will not spit in our face

Nor Germanize our children,

Our host will rise up in arms,

Our spirit will lead the way.

We'll go forth when sounds the golden horn.

So help us God!
So help us God!

We won't let Poland's name be crushed

We won't go, living, to the grave.

In our Homeland's name and her honor

We lift our heads proudly,

His forefathers' land the grandson will regain.

So help us God!
So help us God!

slavija.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=6707&page=1

[martin76]

Very nice,
but u know that this is not the reality in Germany with most of the people, who should indeed, proudly testify to and call themselves Polish. For heaven's sake, if u don't stand up for who u r, who will?

[Alek]

What nationality do you represent?

[TsarSamuil]

Jun 18, 2009 12:08:40 GMT -5 martin76 said:

I have never seen such a crapy ethnic group. I don't know what Poles are like in Poland, but in Germany they sold their language, culture everything. Changed their names into German sounding names Mueller and Schmidt, whole Germany is full of these people. C'mon dudes. This is supposed to be a proud Slavic group? Even cockroaches have more pride! If u disagree, i need proof.

changed their names to german? God how awful! Also german language is ugly too

[krakus]

Jun 18, 2009 12:08:40 GMT -5 martin76 said:

I have never seen such a crapy ethnic group. I don't know what Poles are like in Poland, but in Germany they sold their language, culture everything. Changed their names into German sounding names Mueller and Schmidt, whole Germany is full of these people. C'mon dudes. This is supposed to be a proud Slavic group? Even cockroaches have more pride! If u disagree, i need proof.

[krakus]

2009-06-18

Poland is becoming an increasingly significant player on Europe’s economic map. This year, that almost 40-million-strong nation in the heart of Europe will exceed Netherlands in terms of the value of its national product, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Waldemar Pawlak says in an interview for the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency.

REKLAMA
Paradoxically, Poles were helped by the global economic crisis. The Polish economy has turned out to be more resistant to the recession as well as more calmly and prudently managed than most of the world’s developed countries.

Poland is experiencing a velvet crisis. Of course, the slowdown of the spectacular economic growth rate of recent years has been as a cold shower to entrepreneurs, but few other economies are looking forward to any GDP growth in sullen 2009 the way Poland is.

Poles have a right to regard themselves as relative winners in the crisis period. Any country whose consumption is growing, whose financial system is not experiencing tremors and whose economy has been bolstered by a potent injection of EUR100 billion of structural funds can well regard itself as a winner. Those resources have been activated at the best possible moment to lubricate the economy.

An analysis of the GDP structure of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia has shown that Poland is suited to gently experience the current economic crisis mainly because its internal consumption is the chief factor shaping the country’s GDP. Compared to neighbouring countries, it is the highest in Poland. Moreover, the foreign-trade index (exports and imports) in relation to GDP is the lowest, and in the present situation considerable downturn, especially of exports, is less felt in Poland.

The stable political and economic situation, as rare as a sunbeam in the midst of polar night, would in itself not be an attraction, were it not for a well-developed system of investor incentives.

The Polish government is not nonchalantly throwing money about to attract investors. However, over the years it has built a set of prudent instruments whose main virtue is that they work.

To accommodate the expectations of investors, last year a new ‘Investment support system of key significance to Poland’s economy’ was developed. The solutions it contains are competitive with similar systems functioning in neighbouring countries.

As a result of its active support of investments, in recent years Poland has become a leader in the production of television displays and LCDs and, thanks to significant projects by Asian companies, as well as of household appliances for the best-known concerns. Aerospace-industry concerns have been setting up their investments in the now well-known Aviation Valley. Also the automotive sector, producing mainly small and medium-sized cars, has been performing successfully in Poland.

Poland has been increasingly obtaining projects from sectors generating the greatest added value such as electronics and aviation. The extremely dynamic growth of modern IT-based services, especially in recent years, has steadily boosted the Polish economy’s competitiveness.

Poland is the region’s biggest politically and economically stable country, which creates opportunities for successful long-term investment. Poles account for 24 percent of the region’s population, and produce nearly 40 percent of its GDP. That is an indicator of the Polish economy’s potential.

A crisis always simultaneously creates opportunities and threats.

The Polish government is calmly introducing its Stability and Growth Plan, stepping up its use of resources coming from the EU to limit the results of unrest on financial markets and, above all, is taking great pains to maintain public-spending discipline. One of the reasons for this is to enable investors to discover the difference between Poland and most other European countries.

And to make them see in Poland their opportunity to succeed.

[martin76]

It went like this:
they changed their last names before they came to Germany or after they arrived. I got proof. Some were so clever that they changed also their first names. To you give an example:
Suddenly you were dealing with a man from Poland, called Kurt. Which is a German first name. Another one disliked his first name called Arek. He changed it into Michael. Innumerous Poles changed their last names, adopting also some of very boring names like Mueller or Schmidt. Open a phone book roughly 20 million Germans carry these two names. How smart too!

After that they discontinued speaking Polish. Basically in a matter of a few years the language died within that family. It was amusing listening to these families as they spoke a heavy German accent and inventing new words and so teaching their own kids wrong German. Also, some Poles refused vehemently to speak Polish with other Poles. These Poles usually were known even among Poles as the odd ones.

The Poles did well though in Germany. Through their outward appearance most fit the perfect German: blond, tall or big and blue-eyed.
In this context they are like Mexicans: the difference is that Poles could use and benefit from their looks, while the average Mexican in Boston could not and cannot. Both sell themselves and do anything just to improve financially.

I learnt Polish through a friend, since we hang around so much. Today I understand Polish 100%. So no one can fool me with being German. Isn't that neat?

Just recently I met a young man from Kazakhstan. We enjoyed a nice conversation. We didn't miss the topic that so many nice and great people from Kazakhstan came to Germany as well. He told me, if the Kazakhs who come to Germany and claim they are German, ever said in the former Soviet Union then - they are German they would have been beaten badly. I was surprised! Because I thought they would have been sent to Gulag. Rightly so in my opinion!: What a great person it must be, who sides with a nation (German), which committed such horrendous crimes against humanity and God and all of that for the sake of improving financially? C'mon! Even an uneducated Mexican has more pride in him than many of these people.

Last but not least, the fault lies with the German government. They offered and are offering the financial incentives, which seemingly drives people crazy/insane and makes them commit these crimes against their own kinsfolk. Millions of Poles did so in Germany.

[martin76]

I am only half Slavic, but with my heart, I always side with all Slavs. The other half is Celtic (UK).