Poland

I'm continuing to follow up national selection for Eurovision 2015 song contest to be held in Vienna, Austria this May.By now I have listed contestants and their songs under tag Eurovision. Now it's turn for artist from Poland: Monika Kuszyńska Monika Kuszyńska is the Polish representative in Vienna. She is a popular singer in her home country. Monika was a lead singer in the pop band Varius Manx. In 2006, she had a car accident and since then she is a partially paralyzed. But Monika didn't give up her passion - singing. On the contrary, she decided to sing for love and…

According to Georgian National Tourism Administration in 2014 there was a total of  5 493 492 international travelers arriving to Georgia, what is a increase of 1.9% compared to previous year (2013) Most of the travelers arrive from following 5 countries - Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Ukraine, if counted together international travelers from those 5 countries makes 4 992 934 or saying in percentage - makes 90.88% of total travelers,  leaving the rest of the World travelers with 500, 588 (9,22%) I decided to count - how many travelers arrives to Georgia from European Union…

On this lovely 17th December afternoon I decided to add a new blog category to my blog - Railway.Railway is a transport system I have been interested ever since I can remember my self. Railways (as I like to think) is a back-bone of country's economy. Railway system is a mirror which reflects economical growth and stability. On the other hand Railway has lost it's importance it had in 19th century. Railway symbolizes industrialization (again, at least for me).Though we are living in times when importance of Railway is decreasing there are still many regions in World where Railway is just…

European Union if looked at it as a whole solid brick economy - could be named as a Worlds largest economy by GDP. But European Union still consists of 28 independent countries. I won't discuss in this article about  - are they really independent, or how dependent National Parliaments are on Brussels,  but I will look at GDP in each country in European Union. GDP in European Union 2013   2012 $ (bln) 2013 $ (bln) Growth $ (mln) Growth % % of Total GDP Germany 3425.95 3634.82 208.87 6.096703104 20.96381818 France 2611.22 2734.94 123.72 4.738015181 15.7737618 United…

Minimum wage is set by government minimum standard of guaranteed income (hourly/monthly) that worker should receive for work he/she performs. In 2014, there were 22 countries out of 28 in European Union, which had their national minimum wages set. Update: Minimum Wages in European Union 2018 6 countries out of 28 have not minimum wage set by the government at all, but they have some collective bargaining agreements. Countries that don't have a minimum wage set by the government in European Union - Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, and Sweden.   EUR USD Luxembourg 1921…

Recently I wrote an article about Ukraine's GDP since collapse of Soviet Union.In that post I promised to compare GDP of Ukraine versus Poland.Why those two? They are neighboring countries, both of them have been under Iron Curtain, population is about the same size.So few basic data about Ukraine:Population: 45.59 (fall from 51.89 in 1990)GDP 2012: 176.3 billion USD | GDP 1990: 81.46 billion USDGDP per capita 2012: 3.866 thousands USD | GDP per capita 1990: 1.569 thousands USDFew data about Poland:Population: 38.54 ( 38.11 in 1990)GDP 2012: 489.8 billion USD | GDP 1990: 64.55GDP per capita…

Today I red an article on Kyiv Post, informing that World Bank has announced it's forecast for Ukraine's GDP has been cut down to zero this year. I remember I watched a documentary series about Collapse of Soviet Union, and former Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk told, that Soviet Union without Ukraine is not a Soviet Union. This November Ukraine is preparing for the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, during which the Association Agreement, including its Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, is to be signed, according to the schedule agreed with the European Commission. I decided to…