Three-days European Economic Congress took place in Katowice (Poland) from 2 to 4 September 2020. It was the first big, international conference organized in Poland after coronavirus pause.
On August 3, 2014 terrorists from so called Islamic State invaded Kurdistan Region and took over Shingal beginning genocide of Yazidis. According to United Nations statistics 5,000 people were murdered. However, total number of the victims is unknown, as mass graves are still being discovered. According to statistics by Kidnapped Yazidis Rescue Office operating in Duhok, 6417 Yazidis were abducted.
Staff of KRG Representation in Poland headed by Ziyad Raoof took part in online meeting with Marcin Kubiak- new Polish ambassador in Iraq who is going to take the role in Baghdad in coming weeks.
On June 23 in Krakow, KRG Representation in Poland together with Krakow Chapter of Association of Polish Artists and Designers organized a vernissage of the “Dialogue” exhibition by famous Kurdish painter Bahram Hajou. He is from Rojava, now living and working in Germany.
On Monday, March 9, Ziyad Raoof KRG Representative in Poland gave a speech entitled: “Kurdistan – an oasis of peace in the unstable Middle East” in Krakow branch of Polish Ethnological Society.
KRG Representation in Poland and KRG Department of Foreign Relations successfully organized evacuation for a group of Kurdistan Region citizens who got stranded in Poland due to the coronavirus restrictions. Since the beginning of the lockdown in Poland KRG Representation has been gathering information from Kurds in Poland waiting for return to Kurdistan Region. On May 21, in another return flight to Erbil from Frankfurt organized by KRG authorities there were prepared a place also for Kurds from Poland. (more…)
Dear compatriots form Kurdistan living Poland,
Dear friends of Kurdistan in Poland
We have been preparing for the official Newroz celebration for a long time. Unfortunately, we regret to inform you that due to the spreading coronavirus epidemic, we decided not to organize a large, official Newroz celebration in the current situation.
Ziyad Raoof KRG Representative in Poland had a meeting with authorities of LOT Polish Airlines to discuss possibility to open passenger and cargo flight connection between Warsaw and Erbil operated by LOT.
Ziyad Raoof KRG Representative in Poland had a meeting with Robert Piaskowski who is special representative of the President of Krakow for cultural cooperation with international organizations.
On January 28 KRG representation in Poland organized traditional, new year meeting. It was the opportunity to summarize situation in Kurdistan Region and Iraq in 2019, to familiarize guests with predictions for 2020 as well as summarize KRG Poland activities in 2019 and present plans for 2020.