poland

Switzerland is about to close borders to everyone else, the UK, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic want stricter immigration control.

With an empty cache, every asset except font awesome is getting to me - here in Poland - in under 200ms, with some under 150ms.

Flood of cheap grey labour from Poland started right after 1989.

Members of bottom 10% of Poland are picking fruits in France as we speak because said job is to shitty for bottom 10% of France.

Having said that, their standard of living was dismal (including starvation when prices or crops were low) - often actually lower than in countries which maintained serfdom, such as Poland or Prussia.

At the moment three public prosecutors independently investigate that companies practices which is rare in Germany: 1) A gigantic adventure park in Poland which was never supposed to be built 2) A cartel which allowed them to build two power plants 3) Falsification of balance sheets.

If you glance at a "Norwegian" chocolate bar these days it is likely to read "made in Poland".

Damn it, we have basically turned Poland into a factory for "Norwegian" products.

"Socialist" countries (Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia) allowed limited private ownership of land and businesses (private businesses could not employ more than 50 people).

I think that's a "you forgot Poland" response, though.

My wife is from a very comfortable middle class Polish family and went to one of the best universities in Poland.

She did this because the pound-złoty exchange rate made this work more financially rewarding than anything she could have done in Poland.

I've met many UK-based Poles and not one has preferred life in the UK to life in Poland.