The Polish administration has hired PR firm Burson-Marsteller to help it run its EU presidency later this year in a contract worth €1 million.
A Warsaw-based Polish spokesman, Konrad Niklewicz, told this website the deal was signed "a few days ago." Work is to start immediately, in the run-up to the presidency launch in July, and to last into early 2012.
The Brussels and Warsaw branches of the US-based PR company will train Polish press spokespeople, set up the presidency website,...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.