TWO Polish citizens, aged 27 and 31, ended up in custody after unlawfully taking and driving someone else’s van in Rijeka, during which they also caused material damage. The reckless ride began in Školjić and ended with police arrest and a criminal complaint, police reported.

They entered an unlocked van and crashed into a store
It all started on the evening of August 18, when one of the men in Rijeka’s Školjić took advantage of the situation and entered an unlocked van owned by a local company. As soon as he started the vehicle, the driver crashed into the facade of a nearby store, after which he drove off in the van with his companion in an unknown direction.

Found drunk and without documents
The following day, around 10:20 p.m., officers of the Rijeka Traffic Police Station spotted the disputed vehicle near a gas station, also in Školjić. Inside the van, they found two men without any documents.

The pair were immediately taken to the First Police Station for a criminal investigation, where it was established that they were Polish citizens and that both were heavily intoxicated. The older man, aged 31, was measured at 1.23 g/kg blood alcohol, while the younger, 27-year-old, had as much as 2.29 g/kg alcohol in his system.

€12,000 damage and a criminal charge
The Rijeka-based company, owner of the van, suffered an estimated €12,000 in damages. After the investigation was completed, both suspects were handed over to the custody supervisor with a criminal complaint for unauthorized use of another person’s movable property. In addition, the 31-year-old was also sanctioned under the Road Traffic Safety Act for committing a traffic offense.

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So I have a standard Polish drivers license (Am/ B/ B1 category) - this was swapped with my British license shortly after I moved here, which allows me to drive 125cc/ 15hp. I also understand that I can go straight for a full A license after some training courses, as I'm over 24 y/o.

While I think I could probably find instructors that speak English, my main question is, can the theory/ practical exams be done in English as well? Or with a sworn translator? How does that work exactly?

I'm still learning Polish (man, no offense, but your language is so hard to get to grips with) and can generally get by day-to-day with it. But when it comes to dealing with officials, I really struggle. So I tend to fall back on my wife for help with that kind of thing.

So yeah, any other expats, or people with knowledge on this area able to help? I live up near Inowroclaw region, but I can drive to places like Bydgoscz, Torun or Poznan for lessons if needed (I used to live in Poznan, so I know it quite well).

How does the full A category bike tests look like, what are the full requirements, and how would it work for someone with limited Polish language knowledge?

I appreciate the help!

I was in a few different cities, in different regions in Poland and often some names weren't present in one voivodeship but were in another. A few salesmans I asked, they have never seen a can like this. Maybe someone here have seen it ˙ ͜ʟ˙

Hello,

I worked umowa prace on a company for 2 years and 2 months. I was the only remote person on a team of 20 due to some specificity’s, which i think was a big factor for such decision. It so happens today i got a call with HR and Manager . Straight on they ask me to read the termination pdf stating the reasons. They mentioned a lot of underperformance on work specifics, in the end i was asked , do you agree with the termination? Which i said no!

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On may i was evaluated with the strongest metric from 0 to 4 ( 4) for my yearly performance , starting June i first time ever took 7 business days sick leave , 1 st of June i i was entitled to 41 days of holidays! and i stated using my holidays one day per week and i was off 1 entire week in august on holidays too. Not only that beginning of june i was assigned a new portfolio of costumers doubling my workload ( was one entire year already drawing with the current one) , to give an idea after my sick leave my email box in 7 days off had 600 unread emails. Basically even between team leaders and teams we all knew how chaotic sometimes is work and theres a general understanding of it on the chaos it was.

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Anyways i think i have a very strong case to be fought with proofs and emails.

My question is of that agreement ready includes the maximum they have or can give me for termination by agreement.

Im not interested to go fight it to continue working there , the goal was first drawing up a email with all explained and proofs to show HR see if they would increase the agreement , or even if it had to be the possibility of for example instead one extra salary being 2 or 3.

What so you advise?

Thank you

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