What do you think about poland ?Hey, you're a Maggie too?
I love Poland, it's a beautiful country, there are castles and miles of untouched wilderness and beautiful forests. All of the people there are generally very hospitable, very traditional. I was born there and didn't come to the states until about twelve years ago, and I miss it, I miss a lot of my family. I like to visit as often as I can. its cold Poland is awesome. Poland.
Country in eastern Europe, bordering on the Baltic Sea. It became a member of the European Union in 2004.
Language: Polish
Currency: zloty
Capital: Warsaw
Population: 38,622,660 (2003)
Area: 312,684 sq km/120,728 sq mi. Official name Republic of Poland What's there to think??? go polish peeps! idk i'd like to go there someday though! i know several people who went there on a trip and said it's AWESOME.
plus john krasinski (the office) is apparently polish, and that's reason enough for me, hah! ;) its great I went to Poland for business and I love the country but they are crazy when they drive. I just love the women there. They even wear stiletto heals on cobblestone walks. Food and beer there is great!! Can't wait to go back again. Poland is a great country for summer vacation
right now there is so fricking cold ;/
but it also good ot go ot Zakopane for skiing I love this country!
I have not been there since 2003 and I miss is it so much. I'm probably going back to Poland but I have not decided yet.
Beautiful country, awesome people and the best food in the world. cold?!?!?!? wtf?! there is even a desert there... haha cold. wtf. well, some places are pretty awesome - Warsaw which is the capital is worth visiting. Nice country, pretty nice people (usually) instead of copying useless information from wikipedia just like some other person did........i'm just going to say that poland is very poor country. Every town and city is very cheap except those big cities such as Warsaw and Krakow I have a Polish friend called Frank.I also love the lovely old buildings there. poland is the best is beautiful i love it
i wen tto visit the family 23 hours it took by plane from aus to poland
alwys green and warm in the summer :D
cold in winter its the best country ever.
I plan on moving there when I get older kurrrwa match Is beautiful like beautiful is another country. I was living in Germany because i was in the military. My time in Germany was becoming limited before i had to go back to America and decided to go to as many places as i could before i got back home. I picked Krakow, Poland as one of those places that would be cool to say, yeah, I've been to Poland, and im so glad i did. I went in January and it was freezing cold, snowing, but the town of Krakow was still very busy and croweded. The people were friendly and lively, the food was outstanding and there was so much to do, and the mall was huge. I just wish i had more time there. ugh the food is THE best I've ever ate. Compare to the American s**t I have to eat! The nature there is also so beautiful and untouched. Love that place! Have no interest in the country honestly. Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of agreements between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria partitioned Poland amongst themselves. Poland regained its independence in 1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II. It became a Soviet satellite state following the war, but its government was comparatively tolerant and progressive. Labor turmoil in 1980 led to the formation of the independent trade union "Solidarity" that over time became a political force and by 1990 had swept parliamentary elections and the presidency. A "shock therapy" program during the early 1990s enabled the country to transform its economy into one of the most robust in Central Europe, but Poland still faces the lingering challenges of high unemployment, underdeveloped and dilapidated infrastructure, and a poor rural underclass. Solidarity suffered a major defeat in the 2001 parliamentary elections when it failed to elect a single deputy to the lower house of Parliament, and the new leaders of the Solidarity Trade Union subsequently pledged to reduce the Trade Union's political role. Poland joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. With its transformation to a democratic, market-oriented country largely completed, Poland is an increasingly active member of Euro-Atlantic organizations.
Poland has steadfastly pursued a policy of economic liberalization since 1990 and today stands out as a success story among transition economies. In 2006, GDP grew 5.3%, based on rising private consumption, a 16.7% jump in investment, and burgeoning exports. Poland today has a thriving private sector which created more than 300,000 new jobs during 2006 alone. GDP per capita roughly equals that of the three Baltic states. Consumer price inflation - at 1.3% in 2006 - remains among the lowest in the EU. Since 2004, EU membership and access to EU structural funds has provided a major boost to the economy. Inflows of direct foreign investment exceeded $10 billion in 2006 alone - and more than $100 billion since 1990 - with major investments being announced by foreign firms in computer, consumer electronics, and automobile component production. In early 2006, Poland reached agreement with its EU partners that will permit it to benefit from EU funds totaling nearly $80 billion during 2007-13. Since 2002, even though the zloty appreciated 30%, Poland's exports more than doubled. Despite Poland's successes, more remains to be done. Unemployment, which stood at 15% in December 2006, is still the highest in the EU. An inefficient commercial court system, a rigid labor code, bureaucratic red tape, and persistent corruption keep the private sector from performing to its potential. Agriculture is handicapped by inefficient small farms and inadequate investment. Restructuring and privatization of the remaining state-owned industries, especially "sensitive sectors" such as coal, oil refining, railroads, and energy transmission and generation, have stalled due to concerns about loss of control over critical national assets and lay-offs. Reforms in health care, education, the pension system, and state administration have failed so far to reduce the government budget deficit, which was roughly 2.7 percent of GDP in 2006. Further progress in public finance depends mainly on reducing losses in Polish state enterprises, restraining entitlements, and overhauling the tax code. The previous Socialist-led government introduced a package of social and administrative spending cuts to reduce public spending by about $17 billion through 2007, but full implementation of the plan was trumped by election-year politics in 2005. The right-wing Law and Justice party won parliamentary elections in September 2005, and Lech KACZYNSKI won the presidential election in October, running on a state-interventionist fiscal and monetary platform. The new government has proceeded cautiously on economic matters, however, retaining, for example, the corporate income tax cuts initiated by the previous administration and indicating its intention to reduce the top personal income tax rate.
Poland has steadfastly pursued a policy of economic liberalization since 1990 and today stands out as a success story among transition economies. In 2006, GDP grew 5.3%, based on rising private consumption, a 16.7% jump in investment, and burgeoning exports. Poland today has a thriving private sector which created more than 300,000 new jobs during 2006 alone. GDP per capita roughly equals that of the three Baltic states. Consumer price inflation - at 1.3% in 2006 - remains among the lowest in the EU. Since 2004, EU membership and access to EU structural funds has provided a major boost to the economy. Inflows of direct foreign investment exceeded $10 billion in 2006 alone - and more than $100 billion since 1990 - with major investments being announced by foreign firms in computer, consumer electronics, and automobile component production. In early 2006, Poland reached agreement with its EU partners that will permit it to benefit from EU funds totaling nearly $80 billion during 2007-13. Since 2002, even though the zloty appreciated 30%, Poland's exports more than doubled. Despite Poland's successes, more remains to be done. Unemployment, which stood at 15% in December 2006, is still the highest in the EU. An inefficient commercial court system, a rigid labor code, bureaucratic red tape, and persistent corruption keep the private sector from performing to its potential. Agriculture is handicapped by inefficient small farms and inadequate investment. Restructuring and privatization of the remaining state-owned industries, especially "sensitive sectors" such as coal, oil refining, railroads, and energy transmission and generation, have stalled due to concerns about loss of control over critical national assets and lay-offs. Reforms in health care, education, the pension system, and state administration have failed so far to reduce the government budget deficit, which was roughly 2.7 percent of GDP in 2006. Further progress in public finance depends mainly on reducing losses in Polish state enterprises, restraining entitlements, and overhauling the tax code. The previous Socialist-led government introduced a package of social and administrative spending cuts to reduce public spending by about $17 billion through 2007, but full implementation of the plan was trumped by election-year politics in 2005. The right-wing Law and Justice party won parliamentary elections in September 2005, and Lech KACZYNSKI won the presidential election in October, running on a state-interventionist fiscal and monetary platform. The new government has proceeded cautiously on economic matters, however, retaining, for example, the corporate income tax cuts initiated by the previous administration and indicating its intention to reduce the top personal income tax rate. |
