Here's a quick round-up of some of the more quirky items that have hit the headlines recently in countries covered by In Your Pocket. In Poland, the taxman is demanding blood. Well, okay, not so much demanding as strongly encouraging that tax payers make a blood donation in order to receive a tax rebate worth roughly €40. More here. We were also amused by the story of a Polish man and his spontaneous trouser combustion. In Romania, (and fresh from the couldn't-have-made-it-up-no-matter-what-you've-been-smoking department,) police have been learning to pirouette so that they can direct traffic more gracefully. See for yourself. While we're on the subject of police doing unexpected things, Hungarian police woman Livia Kovacs has been nicked for dropping her knickers and doing something with her handcuffs and baton in a naughty film. One of her colleagues saw it, and now she's been decommissioned. No pictures in this story, unfortunately. And, finally, in Serbia, one company boss has banned his employees from turning up in dirty duds. He has insisted that employees take showers, brush their teeth and wear deodorant. Fair enough, too, we reckon. All stories found during a quick browse on Ananova.
