Marta Cienkowska, Poland’s Minister of Culture, undertook 27 international delegations last year and this year, costing nearly 200,000 PLN in total. The most expensive trip was to Australia, costing approximately 50,000 PLN.
Marta Cienkowska’s Foreign Trips. The Most Expensive Visit Cost Around 50,000 PLN
Overview of International Delegations
“*Super Express* [https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/super-express#anchorLink] reports that Marta Cienkowska, as deputy minister of culture last year and this year, conducted 27 foreign delegations. The most exotic destinations included the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Malta, and Uzbekistan, though European countries dominated. The total cost of all 27 trips was nearly 200,000 PLN,” states Se.pl. The most expensive trip was to Australia, costing approximately 50,000 PLN.
Details of the Australian Visit
According to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, which announced details in February this year, Cienkowska participated in a ceremony at the Polish Embassy in Canberra, marking the official handover of the 19th-century Holey Dollar coin. The coin had been stolen from the Torun Regional Museum years earlier and entered the auction market. “In 2022, thanks to information from the police [https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/policja#anchorLink], prosecution [https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/prokuratura#anchorLink], and staff of the Torun Regional Museum, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage located the coin in Australia,” the ministry stated.
Cienkowska and Foreign Contacts
Government sources also list details of other trips by Cienkowska. For instance, her visit to the United Arab Emirates in February last year included participation in the UNESCO Summit on Cultural and Artistic Education in Abu Dhabi, where she met with the UAE’s deputy minister of culture, Mubarak Al Nakham. Meanwhile, her trip to Japan in November 2024 was linked to the opening of the “Wajda. Film Director” exhibition in Tokyo. Cienkowska (Poland 2050) was appointed deputy minister of culture in December 2023 and became head of the ministry in July of this year.
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