Mazowsze

17th July 2009

Why do the English walk on the grass? ...because it’s safer than using the city’s buses

Share:

There’s a mixed bag of news in the Warsaw region this week. We start with yet another demonstration by stallholders from the Stallholders Trading House (KDT) on the Plac Defilad. About 1000 of the traders held a funeral march, complete with a symbolic coffin bearing the slogan ‘a good trader is a dead trader’.

They also took a figure of Warsaw President Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, with a label round its neck saying ‘Hanna – Liar’ and a banner with the message ‘this isn’t the future we voted for’. They made their way to the Sejm, where they were met by some Law and Justice (PiS) MPs who promised to support them. They then moved on the Prime Minister’s Chancellery where a deleg ...

The full text of articles over six months old is only available to members of My NPE

NPE Premium - go beyond the news

Killing Yourself Slowly Small businesses are committing suicide

The signs are printed on various coloured pieces of paper and sit below the glass counter top. One reminds customers that they must spend at least 30 zloties if they ... -

Pheonix from the flames From rubble to major tourist destination

Gdańsk is one of Europe’s best kept secrets. Expecting a glum commie city? Think again. The Old Town captivates, and couldn’t look any sweeter if it was built by the ... -

Your comments

C.W. just read Students sponsored for sex and said

"There seems to me to be a problem with Professor Kurzepa's demonizing comments about prostitutes. Prostitutes are often viewed ..."

Read the story and add your comment

Latest headlines


Username
Password
	or	Register