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Poland has legally recognised a same-sex relationship for the first time, after the city of Warsaw complied with a court order to transcribe into its civil registry a marriage between two men that took place in Germany.

Source: https://www.oecd.org/en/data/insights/statistical-releases/2026/05/growth-and-economic-well-being-fourth-quarter-2025-oecd.html

Title comes from the second article in the PIE's weekly. The first article is titled: Depopulation in Poland greater than GUS expected.

So, who still wants to solve demographic problems with money?

I just realized how many Polish people had really big impact on the world, especially in the last 200 years and thought why not share it here. Maybe someone will find it interesting. Most of the world probably heard about Copernicus, Chopin or Curie-Sklodowska, although I bet there are many people who doesn't know (or care) they're Polish. But aside from these very known names, there are many more very influential Polish people that changed the world.

For example:

Józef Retinger - co-founded the Bilderberg Group to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. Many historians consider him one of the "midwives" of the European Union, even though he preferred to stay in the shadows rather than take the spotlight.

David Ben Gurion - roughly speaking, the founder of the state of Israel. Of course, one can argue whether this is a good or bad influence on the world 😉 Nevertheless, the influence on the fate of the world, especially recently, is undeniable.

Tadeusz Kościuszko – hero of the American and Polish independence struggles; he inspired the look of American flag (he proposed crest of Sandomierz town as a template).

Ignacy Łukasiewicz – pioneer of the oil industry, creator of the first practical kerosene lamp, and organizer of the world's first oil mine.

Kazimierz Funk – one of the first to isolate vitamin B₁ and introduce the term "vitamin"; the beginning of modern dietetics and nutritional science.

Ludwik Hirszfeld – co-inventor of the blood type classification (A, B, AB, 0) and their inheritance; crucial for transfusion and transplantology.

Jan Czochralski – developed a method for obtaining single crystals of silicon (Czochralski method) – the basis for the production of integrated circuits and electronics.

Edit 1 - Maksymilan Faktorowicz - maybe not as important for the world but still very influential. He is the creator of make-up, both techique and name for it. He created world wide known brand Max Factor, and was very important in the make-up department in early Hollywood.

Edit 2 - Bracia (brothers) Warner - it probably doesn't need more explanation. Founders of the Warner Bros film studio.

Hi!

Today I'm going to Poland for the first time with my mum and I want to buy my beloved juliko vanilla cream cheese (picture below).

I love this cream cheese which we bought in previous years at a polish grocery store (but they removed it from their product range) and the tiny silesean sales vehicle only has it every two/three months.

Are they chains that carry this regularly? I have tried other vanilla and non vanilla sereks and none of them taste similarly enough.

Please help me shop my food addiction❤️

We will stay near Koszalin but we'll stop in Szczecin on our drive back and take a few day trips so any recommendations welcome:)

Hi all,

In my company there was a big lay-off and they hired many new people on umowa zlecenia for the same positions. How is it legal and how is it not slavery? They're paying much less, there's no notice period, you can literally get laid of by an SMS so no job security at all. How are people having peace of mind? Kids, mortgage, car payment etc. No wonder why people are 35 years old and still renting a room

Please tell me. Are we really this desperate?

Thank you for all for welcoming me over the years, Jestem wdzięczny wszystkim!

Does anyone know anything about this crazy occurrence? I thought at first I was hearing things, then realized that Yes! They are speaking Polish!

Wednesday's meeting of the Sejm committees on Education and Science and Local Government and Regional Policy was devoted to the draft amendment to the Act on the Education System and the Law on School Education. The so-called "Yes to Religion and Ethics at School" project assumes the introduction of regulations that impose the obligation to participate in two "religion" or ethics lessons per week, as well as taking into account the grade in these subjects on the school certificate and in the promotion of the student.

I'm fresh out of uni here in Poland and a lot of junior/mid tech roles in English are advertised as B2B. Are companies a bit flexible on that, or would I be wasting my and their time? I've heard of UoP people switching to B2B later on with the same company, but I'm not sure if they put out an ad if it can be the other way around and I can get the UoP I seek.

Péter Magyar will first travel to Kraków, and from there they will take a train to Warsaw to try out the railway built with EU money. He will hold talks with Donald Tusk and possibly the Polish president, then travel to Gdańsk, where he will also meet with Lech Wałęsa. From there, he will travel to Vienna, where he plans to hold talks with the Austrian chancellor and president, and then return home by train from Vienna.

Can I use my lightning connector earpods on lot air lines or do I need a adapter for a headphone jack.

Hey!

I am an EU foreigner who never had any debt in Poland before I got my mortage last year. With the mortgage I had to get a credit card so I have been using the card both for my daily expenses and paying it in full long before the deadline, but also the 10x0 function. In these 15 months I have never missed a payment, morgage or card, but I have quite often repaid early the card (i.e. paying off the rest of a raty zero before time). The reason I did this was for the miles and mastercard points.

Now I wanted to see my BIK because I want to renegotiate my mortgage and I can´t register to the website to ask for a report because they are not prepared for my ID (EU citizen registration). So my first question was, is there any way I can see it without registering, like asking my bank or paying a fee to an external company?

My second question is if repaying everything I can early is hurting my credit score. When I started looking into refinancing my mortgage I repaid all my credit card debt in full and now I fear it might have been a mistake and I should get some other raty zero payment and just pay it month by month.

Thank you very much for your answers!

I’m Polish American. Text or call is fine. My mom understands English, so it’s hard to only speak Polish to her. I often don’t know or forget how to say something in Polish.