Booze, girls and the Polish economic miracle
Poland is a land of mystery. Perhaps the biggest mystery is how the country has somehow managed to survive to the present (albeit far from […]
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On the way to Lubenia
With an impeccable timing, The Daily Chrenk will arrive in Warsaw only hours before one of the largest joint Russian-Belorussian military exercises directed against Poland […]
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September 1
The war started 78 years ago today, in the darkness of a late summer morning on the Baltic coast, as German navy vessel “Schleswig-Holstein”, supposedly […]
Continue reading »CULTURAL APPROPRIATION IN POLAND – This is quite beautiful in a way: Make-believe Jewish weddings — a regular educational event in Spain and Portugal, where […]
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Trump, the Polish Patriot
In a few short months, Donald Trump has already done more for the security of Poland than Barack Obama did over eight years in office. […]
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Mr Trump Goes to Warsaw
The eagle has landed, late in the evening and without much fanfare. Greeted on the tarmac of Frederick Chopin International Airport in Warsaw by only […]
Continue reading »DONALD DOES POLAND – This will be fun: US President Donald Trump will visit Poland ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Germany next […]
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The one where Poland became an anti-terrorist meme
Poland is in the news again, by not being in the news. Scan Twitter for the mentions of Poland and you will get a stream […]
Continue reading »RIP ZBIG BRZEZINSKI – Zbigniew Brzezinski was the first US Administration official I ever knew by name as a child, no doubt because he was […]
Continue reading »“DO YOU WANT POLITICIANS THAT CLAIM WE HAVE TO GET USED TO THESE ATTACKS?” – Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo speaks out against the “madness […]
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In defence of suburbia
As my friends know only too well, I read. A lot. Amongst the books I read I find many good and great that are pleasure […]
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Bulldozing the “liberators”
How do we remember the dead? How do we remember the war dead? How do we remember the controversial war dead? In Europe, history is […]
Continue reading »THOSE POOR ENCIRCLED RUSSIANS – An “independent Lebanese geopolitical commentator” Sarah Abdallah asks an important question: https://twitter.com/sahouraxo/status/858707189359366145 Maybe because Poland and the Baltic states have […]
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May Day, November Day
It’s May the 1st, and so I can’t help but remember the May Day marches of my Polish childhood; all that sea of red, big […]
Continue reading »HATING ON MACRON – The latest poll in France has Marine Le Pen sitting on 41 per cent of the vote in the run up […]
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How to win friends and influence people, the Turkish edition
Contrary to the impression you might get from reading The Daily Chrenk, I don’t at all dislike Turkey or the Turkish people. In fact I […]
Continue reading »THE WAR THAT NEVER ENDS – All the senior figures have passed away over the years, only the rank and file, young at the time, […]
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Party like it’s Chernobyl again
Just over three decades on and another mysterious radioactive cloud is hanging over Europe: Scientists are struggling to explain why traces of Iodine-131 have been […]
Continue reading »EU MAKES AMERICA EVEN GREATER AGAIN – The Star-Spangled Banner looked more starry than usual during one of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s appearances in […]
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Straight Outta Downton
I have a confession to make: I enjoyed “Downton Abbey” a lot more than I should have and a lot more than I think the […]
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