2023 was another great year for Poland and the UK with notable symbolic steps taken that reflect one of Europe’s most important partnerships. Underpinned by strong shared priorities on regional security and supporting Ukraine, Polish-UK relations have been closely developing at one of the most critical and challenging times in Europe’s recent history. There were…
The ‘Ukrainian woman in Poland’ project was created in March 2022. Julia, a Ukrainian woman from Donetsk living in Poland for the last 10 years, was one of its initiators. She tells Poland Weekly about the project and how she came to be involved in it. “There is a saying in both Poland and Ukraine…
The programme Orka launched in 2014, one of the most important modernisation programmes in the Polish Armed Forces, provides for purchase of new submarines for the Polish Navy. On 29 November 2023 Hanwha Ocean from the South Korea expressed its aspirations for a strategic collaboration and presented a comprehensive package of proposals concerning its KSS…
Nathaniel England The annual Warsaw Security Forum (WSF) took place on October 3-4. This is one of the biggest international security conferences in Europe, taking place for the 10th year running. Attended by over 2,000 participants from 90 countries, with 200 speakers, this year’s forum consisted of four main tracks: defense, global outlook, energy and…
On October 24-28, the Polish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (PPCC) organized its latest mission of Polish business representatives to Portugal. It was attended by five companies from the following industries: cosmetics, cryotherapy devices, defense industry and two Special Economic Zones: Wałbrzych and Kostrzyn-Słubice. More than 30 b2b meetings were organized at the headquarters of Portuguese companies….
Beata Tomczyk talks to Dr Jacek Bartosiak, attorney at law, founder and owner of Strategy & Future. What exactly did Vladimir Putin want to achieve – we ask after more than six months of the war in Ukraine. Was it really about blocking the expansion of the zone of NATO countries and the European Union?…
A coalition of NGOs from all over Europe, including Poland, has urged the European Commission and Member State governments to stop importing Russian oil and gas. “Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels is a question of Europe’s security and of our morals. We cannot allow the money from imported oil and gas to kill people in…
US Vice President Kamala Harris has nominated Marek Brzezinski as the US ambassador to Poland. This means that the US mission in Poland will soon be headed by Bix Aliu, Harris’s current chargé d’affaires. The US Senate approved Brzezinski appointment in mid-December. A few days later, he met Marek Magierowski – the Polish ambassador to…
Poles to a large extent like and appreciate America, these ties go back many generations. I will remember Tadeusz Kościuszko, one of the founders of the elite West Point Academy, and Kazimierz Pulaski, who fought in the US war of independence. The history of Poland, full of hard trials, has meant successive waves of emigration…
At EXPO Dubai during the Polish-Arab Economic Forum, Poland signed bilateral agreements with partners from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and strengthened its export and investment potential in the Middle East. The forum was organized by the Polish Investment and Trade association, which was responsible for the participation of Poland at Expo 2020 Dubai. Held…
Interview with Her Excellency Madame Božena Forštnarič Boroje, Ambassador of Slovenia to Poland by Katarzyna and Andrzej Braiter.
The United Arab Emirates is one of the main markets in the Middle East for Polish exporters.
