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5th August 2015 Dublin, Ireland

David Wallace

David Wallace

First Secretary, Head of Policy Delivery, British Embassy Warsaw

Strengthening Europe Through Reform

What does Russian aggression in Ukraine have to do with EU reform? Well, for one both were topics of conversation during Minister for Europe David Lidington’s visit to Poland last week (to see the full interview in Polish click here ). But there is something deeper binding the two. Living and working in Warsaw I […]

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20th October 2014 Dublin, Ireland

Robin Barnett

by Robin Barnett

Former Ambassador to Ireland, Dublin

Cambridge and Warsaw Universities come together to foster innovation

Our Innovation is GREAT campaign is a top priority for both our team and for our Embassy colleagues across the Central Europe region. So I was delighted to attend a press conference  in our Embassy on 20 October, where an innovation partnership between the University of Cambridge and the University of Warsaw was announced by […]

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28th July 2014 Dublin, Ireland

Robin Barnett

by Robin Barnett

Former Ambassador to Ireland, Dublin

UK and Poland: strong collaboration in the past and present times

On 4th July we celebrated some remarkable Polish, French and British individuals and some equally remarkable trilateral collaboration between our three countries. Breaking the Enigma code undoubtedly saved thousands of lives and shortened the war. And the Polish contribution was crucial. The history of how Enigma came to be broken has been shrouded in mystery. […]

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3rd July 2014 Warsaw, Poland

Martin Oxley, Head, UKTI Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

Innovation is GREAT

By the time you read this post, UKTI will just have launched the ‘Innovation is GREAT’ campaign in Warsaw. The campaign, which is very close to my heart, is designed to support cooperation between Britain and Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) to drive innovation, R&D and commercial partnerships in the life and hard science sectors. […]

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26th June 2013 Dublin, Ireland

Robin Barnett

by Robin Barnett

Former Ambassador to Ireland, Dublin

Escape from Warsaw: history, optimism and far too much cake!

I am just back from a long weekend working visit to Warminsko Mazurskie region in North Eastern Poland. It was a reminder that there is a lot more to Poland than cities like Warsaw. The region has a complex history. I visited the site of the Battle of Grunwald where Poles and Lithuanians defeated the […]

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19th November 2012 Dublin, Ireland

Robin Barnett

by Robin Barnett

Former Ambassador to Ireland, Dublin

Tolerant: we must be!

Ambassador Robin Barnett with Marta Makowska (bronze medallist in fencing, London 2012 Paralympic Games)

Friday was the International Day of Tolerance. To mark this occasion, we held a party in the Embassy, which also served as the launch event for a fabulous photo exhibition recalling the superb British and Polish performance at the London Paralympics. I underlined how important a role tolerance plays in any civilised society and how […]

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9th October 2012 Dublin, Ireland

Robin Barnett

by Robin Barnett

Former Ambassador to Ireland, Dublin

Railway cooperation? All on the right track!

I am just back from London,where I hosted a Poland/Romania/UK rail for growth event. Both the Polish and Romanian delegations were led by Ministers and included government representatives and rail industry experts. Both countries saw similar key challenges and opportunities in areas like safety, project management and funding future investment, for example the use of […]

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5th October 2012 Warsaw, Poland

Martin Oxley, Head, UKTI Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

Great British Nuclear Expertise

Been in London this week to address the Autumn gathering of the UK Nuclear Industry Association. Emerging Europe taking its rightful place at the global nuclear table. Civil nuclear is really something where the UK is a world leader. Emerging Europe nuclear is probably the single biggest high value opportunity which UK Plc has in […]

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3rd October 2012 Warsaw, Poland

Martin Oxley, Head, UKTI Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

All aboard for the Great British Polish Rail journey

There’s one thing you can say about the railways since I’ve been living in Poland – they’ve got slower. There still on time but you need a lot of it plus a big dose of patience to travel around the country. Well that’s about to change. We’re getting stuck in to help to modernise one […]

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11th September 2012 Warsaw, Poland

Martin Oxley, Head, UKTI Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

The biggest, greatest Olympic welcome back home ever!

21.20 last night the plane touched down at Okęcie Airport in Warsaw bringing back the best ever performing Polish Paralympic Team ever. 101 athletes across 11 disciplines; 36 medals – the 9th best team in the world, rank 3 in Europe and by far the leader of the pack in the Emerging Europe countries. A […]

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