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Corin perfect bra Posted by Kasia on Jan 17, 2012
A new perfect bra that allows a woman’s breasts to move naturally at the same time as supporting them has been designed by Polish scientists. The team were commissioned to design a bra that did not squeeze or compress the breast and yet allowed it to retain a natural shape to avoid many of the…
First No Pants Subway Ride in Warsaw Posted by Kasia on Jan 16, 2012
Yesterday I wrote about people collecting for WOŚP’s charity event without any trousers in Warsaw’s subway. Well, they were not the only ones without the pants. For the first time ever Warsaw participated in Annual No Pants Subway Ride on January 8th 2012. Participants rode between Wilanowska and Ratusz-Arsenal subway stations. This global event was started…
Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy Posted by Kasia on Jan 15, 2012
Commuters in Warsaw were treated to a rare sight this week when they were greeted by people collecting for WOŚP’s charity event without any trousers. According to Fakt, travellers getting on and off the city’s metro were approached by hoards of trouser-less youths bearing collection boxes as part of WOŚP’s annual ‘No Pants Subway Ride’…
Fraudulent marriages in Poland Posted by Kasia on Jan 12, 2012
I never really heard about “bogus marriages” in Poland, but I guess it is really happening… As many as 31 people were implicated in a bogus wedding racket that married Nigerian men to Polish women for EUR 5,000. Investigators said they suspected 20 fraudulent marriages had taken place between 2005 and 2007 in Warsaw, Pruszków and…
President Komorowski to visit Chicago, Davos, New York in 2012 Posted by Kasia on Jan 11, 2012
In 2012 Poland’s President Bronisław Komorowski will lead a Polish delegation to a NATO summit in Chicago, attend the Economic Forum in Davos and take part in a UN General Assembly session in New York. In late January the Polish president will go to Davos and in early February to Munich to attend an international…
Polish Military Prosecutor Shoots Himself Posted by Kasia on Jan 10, 2012
A Polish prosecutor shot himself today in dramatic footage caught on film in his office after cutting short a news conference. At the start of the conference at his office in Poznań, Colonel Mikołaj Przybył said: ‘During my entire service as a civilian and later military prosecutor, I have never brought shame to the Republic of…
Epiphany Posted by Kasia on Jan 5, 2012
Tomorrow is Epiphany. Epiphany, meaning “vision of God”, which falls on January 6, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ. Western Christians commemorate principally (but not solely) the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the Baby Jesus, and thus Jesus’ physical manifestation…