Polish Kebab

Top Treat

Whether it is 4 o’clock in the morning after a party or an afternoon between lectures or after work, Poles are eager to satisfy their hunger with a kebab. “I don’t eat trash,” says food critic, Robert Makłowicz, when asked about Polish kebabs. “I don’t eat kebabs because I don’t need to,” adds his co-worker, Piotr Bikont. “I like kebabs but not those served in Poland,” says the well-known restaurateur Magda Gessler. However, the average Pole who is not familiar with world cuisine gives a definite ‘yes’ when it comes to Polish kebabs. According to TNS OBOP, one in four Poles choose kebabs when they eat out. Pizza comes top with kebabs coming in a strong second place. Kebabs leave hamburgers, hot dogs, casseroles and Chinese food well behind, not to mention Polish soups, ‘bigos’ and dumplings. It seems that there is no chance for the ‘kebab scandal’, when an illegal meat warehouse was discovered in Warsaw Central Station, to affect the rise of kebabs to the top of the foods most favoured by Poles.
Wprost

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Lech Poznań To Face Man City

Game Over Already?

Before the Europa League draw, hopes were high for fans of Lech Poznań (nicknamed Kolejorz, pol. ‘The Railwaymen’). The Polish champions, who only just scraped past Dnipro Dniepropietrovsk (1-0 on aggregate) in the previous round, were hoping for an easy draw and the chance to go as far as possible in the UEFA Europa League. However, after the draw, the bubble appears to have burst for Kolejorz fans. Lech Poznań has been drawn against Italian giants Juventus, Austrian Salzburg and the richest club in the world, big-spending Manchester City. The full draw is as follows:

Group A
Juventus; Manchester City; Salzburg; LECH POZNAŃ

Group B
Atletico Madrid; Bayer Leverkusen; Rosenburg; Thessaloniki

Group C
Sporting; Lille; Levski Sofia; Gent

Group D
Villarreal; Club Brugge; Dinamo Zagreb; PAOK

Group E
Alkmaar; Dinamo Kiev; BATE Borisov; FC Sheriff;

Group F
CSKA Moscow; Palermo; Sparta Prague; Lausanne

Group G
Zenit St Petersburg; Anderlecht; AEK Athens; Hajduk Split

Group H
Stuttgart; Getafe; Odense; Young Boys

Group I
PSV Eindhoven; Sampdoria; FC Metalist Kharkiv; Debreceni

Group J
Sevilla; PSG; Borussia Dortmund; Karpaty Lviv

Group K
Liverpool; Steaua Bucharest; Napoli; Utrecht

Group L
Porto; Besiktas; CSKA Sofia; Rapid Vienna

Gazeta Wyborcza

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Girzyński Gay Icon

PiS Woos Gays

Wojciech Olejniczak of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) is no longer number one. The left-wing politician and former SLD leader hit the headlines when he appeared bare chested on the cover of Wprost and became a gay heart throb. However, it seems that the Law and Justice (PiS) right-winger Zbigniew Girzyński may now be the number one hottie in the eyes of Poland’s gay community after he posted a new picture on Facebook. One of the comments under the photograph was “It’ll drive gay guys wild” to which the right-wing politician replied, “Wojtek, please don’t write that kind of thing. I’m about as tolerant as ‘Paweł’ in that Leszek Czajkowski song”. In all probability, MEP Girzyński is referring to the song “Paweł i Gaweł” in which Paweł finds his flatmate Gaweł in bed with a black man. Paweł’s reaction is to swear and beat the hell out of the two lovers. Girzyński plans to publish several more photographs on his Facebook profile. Watch this space!
Wirtualna Polska

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Secretary & Lover Needed

Contracted Sex

Dziennik Polski reports that a slew of job offers have appeared on the internet advertising not only regular office positions but secretarial work combined with additional ‘time spent with the boss’. In a nutshell, contracts are being offered for secretaries/lovers. Examples include: “I’m looking for a personal assistant and lover in one”; “I’m looking for a beautiful woman for the position of personal assistant between the ages of 18 and 35″ and “I’m looking for a pleasant and attractive woman for office work together with an arrangement whereby we will enjoy each others company”. These ‘offers’ of work all look the same, however the contact addresses are different. These employers offer full-time contracts of between PLN 5,000 and PLN 7,000 a month. Apart from the regular eight hours a day office work, these employers also demand that the employee spends their private time with their employer. An ideal candidate should have her own apartment or flat. Not only should candidates send in their CV but also a recent photograph.
Dziennik Polski – Wirtualna Polska

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Nałęcz To Advise Komorowski

Nałęcz - Presidential Aide

Professor Tomasz Nałęcz, the well-known and much-liked historian and left-wing politician who hit the headlines when he became chairman of the so-called ‘Rywingate’ parliamentary investigative commission, is set to become one of President Komorowski’s advisors. In 2009 he declared that he would be running for President, however, in 2010 he put his faith in Komorowski and backed the current President. Tomasz Nałęcz (Social Democracy of Poland) becomes the first left-wing politician to be invited to become an advisor to the (formerly PO) President.
Rzeczpospolita

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Kaczyński – Pain & Hate

Former PM Criticises Kaczyński

“It’s not the same Jarosław Kaczyński that I once knew. This one seems to be boiling over with emotion, pain and hate,” according to former Law and Justice (PiS) Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. Another former Prime Minister, Leszek Miller, one-time Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) member, believes Jarosław Kaczyński’s recent comments concerning newly-elected President Komorowski have demostrated his ”cold calculating politicking”. Kaczyński said President Komorowski won the election because of a “mistake” and Komorowski’s victory was a “direct consequence of the death of my brother”.
Wirtualna Polska

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Speed Cameras Not Helping

Slam On The Brakes!

Slowing down and then accelerating are what most Polish drivers tend to do when they approach and then pass a speed camera (pol. fotoradar). Rather than improve safety on Poland’s roads, speed cameras do not seem to be helping and, in certain situations, actually appear to be making things worse. Polish drivers appear to be slamming on the brakes as they approach speed cameras which itself is the cause of many accidents. Furthermore, researchers from Yanosik.pl have found that once they pass the speed camera rather than maintain the speed restrictions in place drivers, on average, accelerate to twice the speed of the restrictions. Paradoxically, speed cameras are the cause of stop-start driving and a larger number of speed violations on stretches not covered by the speed cameras.
Gazeta Wyborcza

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