2019

Laurynas Vaičiūnas is the deputy director of the Jan Nowak-Jezioranski College of Eastern Europe in Wroclaw, an NGO working to stimulate intellectual exchange between Eastern Europe and the rest of the world. Its main publications include bimonthlies New Eastern Europe and Nowa Europa Wschodnia. Laurynas is responsible for publishing, international contacts and the organisation’s headquarters in Wojnowice Castle. Laurynas has a background in history, politics and international relations with degrees from the University of Bath and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies UCL.

Jiří Kyrian is Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Political-Economic Unit, Czech Embassy in Warsaw, Poland since 2018. He graduated from University of Economics in Prague and Diplomatic Academy, MFA. He worked in many institutions, such as: Permanent Delegation of the Czech Republic to NATO, Security Policy Department, MFA; Permanent Mission to the UN, OSCE, Czech Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia; Minister’s Cabinet, MFA. He knows English, German, Serbian, French (passive), Russian (passive).