Tag: central europe

  • Visit to the Embasy of Poland to Denmark with DIS Students

    Visit to the Embasy of Poland to Denmark with DIS Students

    How do you prepare and run national presidency in the EU Council? How can a member state and its institutions adjust to dynamically changing circumstances and a growing number of challenges over just half a year? How can an ambitious and a large player like Poland pursue its interests and care of the EU as a whole at the same time? Together with my core course at DIS – Study Abroad and Neringa Bigailaitė Vendelbo we had the privilege and the pleasure of visiting Poland’s Embassy to Denmark. Head of Mission Ewa Dębska and her team gave us a convincing account of how it is to work in international environment, linking bilateral and multilateral diplomacy in times like these.


    My experiential learning-based European Game of Politics: Crisis and Survival course will soon transform into a classroom on wheels. We will go to Brussels to meet with EU professionals and long-term friends of DIS, such as Jon Kyst, Soren Liborius, Sidonie Wetzig, College of Europe and many more. We will talk about security, resilience, future of the transatlantic alliance, EU’s support for Ukraine and other topics vital for a billion people living on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • Solidarity Academy 2024-2025

    Solidarity Academy 2024-2025

    I’m excited to share that the European Solidarity Centre (ECS) in Gdańsk has just opened a call for applications for their Solidarity Academy 2024-2025. It is a unique a meeting space for young leaders coming from different backgrounds to share experiences and to involve in new initiatives.

    The Academy will begin in October 2024 and will last until June 2025. It involves meetings in Gdańsk, Warsaw and Cracow, as well as online workshops in-between the physical sessions. The programme will feature international events at ECS, such as the All About Freedom Film Festival and Europe with a View to the Future international forum. Participants will also get the opportunity to publish their texts in the print edition of the New Eastern Europe bimonthly.

    ECS welcomes journalists, academics and social activists. Deadline for applications is 25 September 2024. You can find more information on ECS’ website: https://ecs.gda.pl/en/solidarity-academy-2024-2025/.

    I took part in the 2010 edition of the Academy and I can highly recommend it. The European Solidarity Centre is a special place on the maps of Poland and Europe. Located in the historic Gdańsk Shipyard, it merges the past and present, creating space for discussions about our shared future as Europeans.

    Please share this info with your contacts and let’s make the change together!

  • In “Limes” on Belarus and Poland

    My article entitled ‘Polonia fa il tifo per la piazza’ in the latest issue of Italian geopolitical journal Limes is out. It provides a longue durée perspective of the area that constitute today’s Belarus in the context of recent developments there. It also briefly explains how it all relates to Poland.

    You can find the article here: https://www.limesonline.com/cartaceo/la-polonia-fa-il-tifo-per-la-piazza.

    All images were added by the editors. The translation from English into Italian was provided by Fabrizio Maronta.