18th March 2014 Dublin, Ireland
President Putin has now signed a decree recognising Crimea as a sovereign state. The United Kingdom, in common with Poland, the rest of the European Union and the majority of the international community, does not recognise the 16th March Crimea referendum or its outcome as legal or legitimate. Both the British and Polish governments have […]
25th July 2013 Warsaw, Poland
An early start and a quick walk around Kraków’s main square. Beautiful morning and a GREAT day ahead. The Ambassador’s in town for a series of meetings focused on the GREAT British Polish relationship. The main message coming out of a number of pretty high level meetings was threefold: Kraków is a GREAT tourist destination […]
16th April 2013 Warsaw, Poland
Last week I had the opportunity to be in the UK with HMA Robin Barnett. A busy visit and one which took me to London, then North through Shrewsbury to Liverpool. Whilst in London we had the opportunity to attend the Council of British Chambers of Commerce Annual Conference and Awards Gala which to celebrate […]
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19th March 2013 Warsaw, Poland
A fundamental part of the UK’s growth strategy is to get British exports moving. About time – we have run a trade deficit for the last 40 years and we lag behind our EU peers in growing our international trade; 25% of French, German and Italian SMEs export. Looking at our region in particular, British […]
8th March 2013 Dublin, Ireland
I am delighted to introduce today’s guest blog by an old friend, Dorota Mitrus*, who made an important contribution to helping promote effective democratic participation in Poland post-1989 and is now engaged in promoting democracy and effective governance in many other countries. Her blog speaks for itself. What I would like to stress is that […]
15th November 2012 Warsaw, Poland
A superb EMERGING EUROPE South West UK event in Guildford. We have seen a massive 600 companies and reached out to 1000s more in the space of 7 days; a journey of over 1000 miles taking the EMERGING EUROPE message across the UK. A non-stop, high performance roadshow aimed at taking our great message to […]
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14th November 2012 Warsaw, Poland
Just left Glasgow heading south on the M74. A great event and huge opportunity for Scottish companies to engage in Emerging Europe. We were very pleased to be able to team up with Scottish Development International for this event which took place right in the heart of Glasgow. Emerging Europe Smart Exporter – please remember […]
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13th November 2012 Warsaw, Poland
Good Afternoon from somewhere on the M6 just South of the UK’s Great Lake District, We’re on the way north to Scotland! We’ve just had a really great EMERGING EUROPE North West UK event. Over 100 quality businesses who are really interested in exporting to our exciting region. Manufacturing and trading companies – where export […]
19th September 2012 Dublin, Ireland
I am delighted to announce that Foreign Secretary William Hague and Defence Minister Philip Hammond are visiting Warsaw today. This is the latest high level visit by UK Ministers to Poland. They will discuss a range of issues with Foreign Minister Sikorski and Defence Minister Siemoniak. These will include the Future of Europe and the […]
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5th July 2012 Dublin, Ireland
A guest post by Senator Andrzej Person (Polish Olympic Attaché), marking three weeks to go to the London 2012 Olympics. It’s only three weeks until the referee blows his whistle to signal the start of the Olympic Football Tournament in Cardiff on 26 July. The next day, Friday 27 July, the eyes of the world will focus […]