"Yes, I would. For now, there are no bets yet with our colleagues from Dortmund. If we do get to play against them, then we’ll definitely place some bets by SMS."
- Lukasz Piszczek, when asked if he would like to play against Germany in the Euro 2012 quarterfinals (via antrea)
These Jewish children are on their way to Palestine after having been released from the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. The girl on the left is from Poland, the boy in the center from Latvia, and the girl on right from Hungary. T4c. J. E. Myers, June 5, 1945. 111-SC-207907.
Muskauer Park (german) or Park Mużakowski (polish) is a World Heritage Site shared between Germany and Poland.
This 559.9-hectare landscaped park is the largest and most famous English garden in Europe. It lies astride the Neisse River on either sides of the border of the two countries.
Muskauer Park was designed by Prince Hermann von Puckler-Muskau (1785-1871) between 1815 and 1844. The prince had lived and studied in England. He laid out the park during the time when the region was part of Prussia.
As time went by, he established an international school of landscape management in Bad Muskau and outlined the construction of an extensive landscape park which would envelop the town in a way not done before on such a grand scale.
Its defining features include its spacious layout, broad vistas, varying intensities of landscape design and artificial watercourses. On a stroll through the park, visitors experience a constantly alternating, three-dimensional scene that has been hewn out of the natural landscape.
During the Battle of Berlin, both castles were levelled and all four bridges across the Neisse were razed. The Arnims were dispossessed by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany and since the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line in 1945, the park has been divided by the state border between Poland and Germany.
After the Revolutions of 1989 the German and Polish administration joined forces on the redevelopment of the park ensemble and conservation of Prussian history. Since Poland entered into the Schengen Area in 2007, visitors may freely explore both parts of the park without cross-border controls.
On July 2, 2004, UNESCO added the park to its World Heritage List, as an exemplary example of cross-border cultural collaboration between Poland and Germany. It was added to the list on two criteria: for breaking new ground in terms of development towards the ideal man-made landscape, and for its influence on the development of landscape architecture as a discipline.
ACTA: A message to Poland from Mainz (Germany) (by m4xek1ng)
I think what we all can learn from this is: against all intentions, the euro ended up dividing Europe, and ACTA ended up uniting it. Who would have thought! ;)
How the European Internet Rose Up Against ACTA
Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland sent a letter to his fellow leaders in the EU Friday urging them to reject ACTA, reversing Poland’s course with the controversial intellectual-property treaty, and possibly taking Europe with them.
“I was wrong,” Tusk explained to a news conference, confessing his government had acted recklessly with a legal regime that wasn’t right for the 21st century. The reversal came after Tusk’s own strong statements in support of ACTA and condemnation of Anonymous attacks on Polish government sites, and weeks of street protest in Poland and across Europe.
The seeming overnight success came after both years of work by European NGOs, and the spark of the SOPA/PIPA protests in America (which included Wired.com).
It Masuria - a Miracle of Nature!
To Mazury - Cud Natury!
Germany and its 9 neighbours
Starting in the north and moving clockwise, the countries that border Germany are:
1. Denmark
The cool neighbour in the north
2. Poland
Cheaper cigarettes neighbour
3. Czech Republic
Wasn’t this Czecheslovakia ?!
That neighbour with Prague
4. Austria
Cousin from the countryside
5. Switzerland
Ricola neighbour
6. France
That new bff neighbour
7. Luxembourg
Drive through neighbour
8. Belgium
Terrible drivers live here neighbour
9. The Netherlands
That oranje neighbour who occupies our autobahn with caravans.
ACTA on the edge in Europe? Poland suspends ratification, Greece gets hacked
Anger at last month’s decision by the European Union and 22 of its member states to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has led to widespread protests, hacked Web sites, and legislators backing away from the treaty.
The anti-ACTA protests that saw Polish politicians don Guy Fawkes masks in parliament have borne fruit. After experiencing a considerable backlash in Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has suspended ratification of the controversial agreement, acknowledging that the consultation surrounding it was inadequate and that he approached it from a “20th century perspective.”
» via ars technica
Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk suspended ratification process of ACTA!
We (almost) made it, Poland!
