On July 23rd, Embassy representatives participated in a special event at the memorial of The War Effort of the Polish American Community in Żoliborz honoring the Blue Army soldiers. Społeczny Komitet Upamiętnienia 100-lecia Czynu Niepodległościowego and Józef Piłsudzki Institute organized the event commemorating the Blue Army which was led by General Józef Haller and formed ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 4 August, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News, U.S. & Poland
On July 10 Ambassador Paul Jones delivered remarks at a luncheon organized by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) in honor of Poles who took actions to save Jews during World War II. The meeting took place at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Sunday’s event was an opportunity to express ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 13 July, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News
USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20), a Blue Ridge class command ship, is vising Gdynia on July 12 for a routine port visit. The USS Mount Whitney along with its more than 300 crew members took part in the international military exercise – BALTOPS16 in the Baltic Sea region as a command ship. During the visit to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 July, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
On July 12, Ambassador Jones will host 30 participants of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. The event recognizes participants of the first Polish edition of the program, who will travel to various U.S. states this summer to begin their year-long educational and cultural experience. At the event, FLEX exchange students will interact with U.S. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 July, 2016 | Topics:
Culture, Education, Events, News
On the first day of the NATO Summit in Warsaw President Barack Obama announced the United States will be the lead nation for an enhanced NATO presence in Poland, which will see an increase in NATO and American forces and military equipment. The United States will deploy a battalion — roughly 1,000 American soldiers — ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 9 July, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News, U.S. & Poland
On Thursday July 7th 2016 the President of the United States Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrived to Poland. American leaders are taking part in the 27th NATO Summit at the National Stadium in Warsaw, which will last until July 9th. Secretary Kerry arrived in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 8 July, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News, U.S. & Poland
The 27th NATO Summit—one of the most important political events of the year—will take place on July 8th and 9th at the National Stadium in Warsaw. For this special occasion, U.S. President Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will come to Poland. The most significant issues for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 7 July, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News, U.S. & Poland
“If there is a single theme to this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, it is the conviction that there is nothing inevitable about trafficking in human beings. That conviction is where the process of change really begins—with the realization that just because a certain abuse has taken place in the past doesn’t mean that ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 1 July, 2016 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, Reports
Ambassador Jones visited Washington Wizards star Marcin Gortat’s youth basketball camp in Piaseczno on June 22. The Ambassador met with student athletes and their parents. While in Krakow, Marcin Gortat and his MG 13 Foundation organized camps for young basketball players, including children in wheelchairs. The Polish Wheelchair Basketball Team joined the training, which was ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 28 June, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Events, News
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner (recommended by Zachary, spouse) Tony Kushner’s two-part, multiple-award-winning epic is one of the greatest American plays ever written. The first part, Millennium Approaches, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and both this part and the second, Perestroika, won the Tony Award for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 23 June, 2016 | Topics:
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This summer, from June 22 to 24, the United States will host the 7th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Silicon Valley. In bringing the Summit back to the United States, President Obama highlights his commitment to building bridges that help us tackle global challenges together. We’re proud that two leading young Polish innovators will attend: ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 21 June, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 20, 2016 Today, we honor refugees’ resilience and courage. We also recognize the tremendous contributions made by local and international non-governmental organizations on the front lines of delivering life-saving assistance. This year’s commemoration comes at a time when brutal conflicts are forcing record numbers of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 21 June, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Human Rights, News
| Tags: John Kerry
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary June 20, 2016 Today, on World Refugee Day, we recognize the challenges and hardships that refugees face, honor their courage and resilience in the face of overwhelming obstacles, and celebrate their many valuable contributions to our Nation. This year’s commemoration comes as the UN High Commissioner for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 21 June, 2016 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, Policy
World Refugee Day, June 20, is a day to honor the nearly 60 million people displaced from their countries by violence and persecution. The United States is the largest single humanitarian donor, providing
billions of dollars per year to provide millions of the world’s most vulnerable people with life-saving assistance. The
State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) provides protection, eases suffering, and works to resolve the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 21 June, 2016 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, Policy
Four musicians from the famous
6/13 group will make their first appearance in Poland during the closing gala of the
Festival of Jewish Culture Zachor in Białystok . The group will also meet aspiring musicians prior to the concert. The 9th rendition of the festival, set to take place between June 18-21, 2016 has been jointly organized by the Center for Citizenship ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 15 June, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Events, News
The Embassy is a proud sponsor of the 15th International Festival of Photography in Lodz. This year’s edition, lead again by the artistic director Alison Nordström, former curator of George Eastman House, will include works by two prominent figures of American photography: Robert Rauschenberg, one of the creators of pop-art, and David Seymour or CHIM, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 7 June, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Events, News
On 6-8 June, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General Mark Milley will visit Poland. He will take part in the ceremonial opening of the Anaconda 16 exercise at the National Defense University in Warsaw, together with Ambassador Jones and LTG Ben Hodges, Commander of the U.S. Army in Europe. During his visit to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 6 June, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Military Cooperation, News
On Tuesday, May 31st, Ambassador Jones officially opened the Lean in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
conference at the Warsaw Copernicus Science Center. The Perspektywy Education Foundation organized the two-day conference which targets educators and institutions focused on encouraging young people to feel passionate about mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science. The conference stimulated discussion ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 1 June, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News, Science & Tech
Building Bridges: Sharing Best Practices on Commercialization of Technology Conference in Warsaw Canada, Switzerland and the United States are three countries at the forefront of global innovation, each with specific strengths and different approaches in terms of policies towards education, research and innovation. Under the patronage of the Polish National Centre for Research and Development, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 24 May, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News
On May 2-6, 2016 Polish Border Guards and Customs officials took part in a training seminar on detection of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The training took place at Lithuania’s Nuclear Security Center of Excellence in Medininkai. The training was part of the U.S. Export Control & Border Security Program sponsored by the Department of State’s ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 24 May, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News
On May 13, the United States and Poland held a ground-breaking ceremony in Redzikowo, Poland, to initiate construction of the “Aegis Ashore” missile defense facility at the Redzikowo Air Base. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work led the U.S. delegation, which included Paul Jones, U.S. Ambassador to Poland; Admiral Mark Ferguson, Commander of U.S. Naval ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 18 May, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News
Remarks Antony J. Blinken Deputy Secretary of State Warsaw Public Library Warsaw, Poland May 5, 2016 Dzien dobry, dziekuje Panstwu serdecznie. To wszystko po polsku.Thank you very much. Thank you, Michal, for your warm introduction. I’m grateful to the German Marshall Fund and the Warsaw Public Library for your generous hospitality. I understand that the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 5 May, 2016 | Topics:
News
The U.S. Embassy Warsaw press office is issuing the following clarification in response to multiple press inquiries: We confirm German authorities have not denied U.S. Army transportation requests regarding the movement of U.S. troops and equipment through Germany to Poland for the Anakonda 16 exercises. U.S. Army Europe and German authorities continue to coordinate the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 29 April, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
A downtown area – office buildings and parking lots or human-friendly spaces? How do citizens reclaim city centers in Poland and in the United States? Please join us for a second public debate at the Koszykowa Library in Warsaw on April 26 at 18:00. Polish experts and NGO activists will be joined by an alumna ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 20 April, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Events, News
On April 3-7, 2016, a delegation of eleven Members of Polish Parliament, representing all the parties, took part in the “NATO Tour for Policy Makers” program sponsored by the U.S. Embassy Warsaw and the U.S. Mission to NATO. The delegation held meetings with NATO and U.S. officials at the NATO Head Quarters in Brussels, which ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 18 April, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News
The U.S. embassy cordially invites students, teachers and parents to attend the American Education Fair that will take place on Wednesday April 20th at the University of Warsaw Library, ul. Dobra 56/66. Representatives of 16 American universities will take part in the event and will present their educational offerings for high-school and university students. The ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 18 April, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases
How are American cities strategically planning environmentally friendly development? How do citizens’ initiatives influence urban planning? How do green cities fight pollution? These and many other topics will be discussed by Warsaw NGO activists and academics: Krzyszytof Herman, PhD – architect, academic teacher at the Agriculture University , Warsaw; 2008/2009 alumnus of Fulbright Scholorship at ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 14 April, 2016 | Topics:
Culture, Environment, Events, News
John Kerry Secretary of State Press Briefing Room Washington, DC April 13, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thanks for being here. I’m going to make a statement and I have to run from here to an NSC meeting on a number of issues, so forgive me if I dash out of here. I’m not ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 14 April, 2016 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, Reports
American Education Fair Returns to Warsaw! The U.S. embassy cordially invites students, teachers and parents to the American Education Fair on April 20 at the University of Warsaw Library. Representatives of 15 American colleges and universities will present their educational offers for gymnasium, high-school and university students. The fair is open to anyone interested in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 12 April, 2016 | Topics:
Culture, Education, Events, News, Study in the U.S., U.S. & Poland
| Tags: Education Fair
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr (recommended by Nadia, age 13) I recommend this book because I believe that it is one of the best books I’ve ever read. It combines sadness with happiness and new beginnings. It describes the life of two girls, Jill and Mandy, in the most heart wrenching way. The ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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The Martian by Andy Weir (recommended by Alison, Political-Economic Section) Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded on Mars after a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead. Mark is completely alone, with no way to signal Earth that he’s alive – and even if he could ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (recommended by Sydney, Consular Section) This non-Fiction book describes how the He-La cells that are used in research all over the world came to be. This book says a lot about American culture in the 1950’s and focuses on a great contribution to the world of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W.P. Kinsella (recommended by Deputy Chief of Mission, John Law) “The Iowa Baseball Confederacy” – In his first novel since Shoeless Joe, Kinsella returns to the magical turf he is known for: a loving mixture of baseball, life and fantasy, in a world where dreams don’t have to come true, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich (recommended by Matthew, Security Section) “For more than a half century, Father Damien Modeste has served his beloved people, the Ojibwe, on the remote reservation of Little No Horse. Now, nearing the end of his life, Father Damien dreads the discovery of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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Last of The Breed by Louis L’Amour (recommended by Mark, General Services Section) Last of the Breed, a 1987 book by Louis L’Amour, tells the fictional story of Native American United States Air Force pilot Major Joseph Makatozi, who was shot down by the Soviets over the ocean between Russia and Alaska, captured and then ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (recommended by William, Political-Economic Section) The great American author Earnest Hemingway once said “All American literature begins with Huckleberry Finn.” Although the story is ostensibly an adventure tale about a vagabond young boy and an escaped slave traveling on the Mississippi River prior to the Civil War, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose (recommended by Connie, spouse) It is a biography of Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809). He was a Virginia Tidewater gentleman and lifelong friend of Thomas Jefferson’s. Ambrose makes clear that Meriwether Lewis was the brain and soul of the 1803-1806 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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Ambassador recommends My Antonia by Willa Cather A beautiful story of immigrants in Nebraska in the late 19th century – Norwegians, Austrians, Russians, and Bohemians. One of America’s greatest, most sensitive writers of a profoundly American story with some human relevance today. Cider House Rules by John Irving (recommended by Donald, Consular Section) ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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Recently the U.S. Mission to Poland invited American Diplomats and their family members to recommend their favorite book by an American author. Diplomats of all ranks and family members of all ages submitted their recommendations, and shared briefly why they liked the book. This list and the personal explanations of why the Americans recommended these ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 11 April, 2016 | Topics:
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„Queen Mimi” Screening at Koszykowa Library In cooperation with the American Film Festival and the Public Library at Koszykowa, we are pleased to invite you to an event honoring Women’s History Month. On Wednesday, March 23rd, we will be screening an award winning documentary by Yaniv Rokah, “Queen Mimi” (USA, 2015, 75 min with Polish ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 22 March, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Events, News
| Tags: Queen Mimi
Warsaw Public Library – Main Library of the Mazowsze Province, and the Embassy of the United States of America in Warsaw invite you to the African American History Month celebration.
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 28 January, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Events, News
Ambassador Michael Froman , United States Trade Representative (
USTR ) and a member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet visited Poland January 24 – 26 for talks with Polish leaders regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – a proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States. During his visit to Poland Ambassador Froman ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 22 January, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News, Trade, TTIP, U.S. & Poland
Every day, we are seeing and feeling the effects of climate change — here and across the globe. It poses a clear and present threat to our economic and national security. No country is immune from the consequences of climate change, and no country can act alone. Right now, we, as people, face a critical moment. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Warsaw PAS | 15 December, 2015 | Topics:
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