On 28 November, 2013, the Institute for Public Affairs and the embassy of the Republic of Poland in Slovakia organized in Bratislava a panel discussion “Poland and Slovakia after 25 years of systemic transformation”. Participants of event, held in the Polish Institute in Bratislava, included Martin Bútora, honorary president of the Institute for Public Affairs, Jacek Kurczewski, head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of Customs and Law at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences of Warsaw University, Andrzej Rychard, director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Soňa Szomolányi from Department of Political Science at Faculty of Arts of Comenius University. Discussion was chaired by Pavol Demeš, representative of German Marshall Fund of the United States for Central Europe. Tomasz Chloň, ambassador of Poland to Slovakia, opened the event. 

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From the left: Andrzej Rychard, Jacek Kurczewski, Pavol Demeš, Soňa Szomolányi, Martin Bútora. Opening speech: His Excellency Tomasz Chłoń. 


Andrzej Rychard.


Jacek Kurczewski, Pavol Demeš.


Soňa Szomolányi, Martin Bútora. 

Invitation in pdf:



Photos: Polish Institute (1,3-5) and IVO (2).