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Articles by Staffan Herrström

Ambassador of Sweden to Poland Staffan Herrström is the Ambassador of Sweden to Poland since the autumn of 2011. Previously he has been the Ambassador to Vietnam and Tanzania. Before...

A day against domestic violence – to be followed by many more

Worldwide up to six in ten women have suffered physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime. I find the figure in a message from UN...

New Polish Government

Listened with great interest yesterday to the exposé of Prime Minister Tusk in the sejm – outlining the political direction for the new Government. A...

Positive energy

Ministers are frequent visitors to Poland these days. Heads of Government and State as well. Our Minister of Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson arrived Wednesday lunch...

Development cooperation revisited

Another sunny weekend in Warsaw. Chilly Sunday for sure but the colours of autumn are still amazing. I have the privilege to live and work...

Children, Baltic Sea – and food ingredients…

I have quite a diversified week behind me. Last Saturday started with a conference arranged by the National Bank of Poland on European integration with...

After Krakow – before Gdansk

Spring 1997 – that was the last time I visited Krakow. At that time on a duty trip with Sida following up development projects financed by Sweden. ...

Democracy at work

Election campaign over. Most of the votes are counted. And the Civic Platform PO clearly retaining its position as the largest political party in Poland....

A day in between

Friday last week was one of my best days in Warsaw so far. Why? What first comes to my mind is certainly the fact that...

The practicalities behind the scene

Another day dominated by the Eastern Partnership. And more specifically the upcoming Summit with our Prime Minister arriving tomorrow – like so many other Heads...

Focus on the Eastern Partnership

Weekend over – and with this weekend also the Chopin concerts in the Lazienki park two minutes from our Embassy. Yesterday the amazing pianist Marek...
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