"Financial Times" chose Prof. Muhammed Yunus (the member of THINKTANK's Strategic Council) as one of six Finance Pioneers of all time. Prof. Yunus has been placed alongside Warren Buffett, Amadeo Giannini, Henry Kravis, J. P. Morgan, and Mayer Amschel Rothschild as greatest business finance pioneers of all time. The article describes how financial innovation seems to be all around us today yet, it’s not only technology that shapes it, but it's rather about how a few pioneers chose their investments and expanded credit.

It was a very intensive year, a perfect opportunity to remember numerous glorious years of our common history – stated Katarzyna Kacperczyk, Polish deputy minister for foreign affairs, summarising the celebrations that took place on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Polish-Indian relations in 2014. Representatives of institutions acting in the field of Polish-Indian relations participated in the event, including dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, CIR president, EU expert in foreign policy towards Southern Asia.

"Go India" is a Polish response to a programme "Make in India", announced by prime minister Modi’s government. We want to take advantage of synergy and complementarity between our countries – said deputy prime minister Janusz Piechociński while opening a discussion on Polish-Indian relations during the European Economic Congress in Katowice. – Both nations are characterised by entrepreneurial mood and openness towards innovations – summed up dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, who was moderating the debate.

Young people are not a problem, but the solution for us. The system should be for the people, not the people for the system. If it doesn’t work, change it, create a counter culture – said a Noble Laureate, professor Muhammad Yunus, at the conference on the future of capitalism and social economy in Europe. The event was organized in Brussels by CIR, THINKTANK centre, UN Global Compact and Yunus Chair in Poland in cooperation with Confederation Lewiatan and European Parliament (office with MEP Michal Boni).

The aims of climate and environment protection policy are clear, unlike their implementation – stated Sigmar Gabriel, German Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, during the second Polish-German Energy Forum organised on 23 March 2015 in Berlin by the Centre for International Relations in cooperation with Professor Friedbert Pflüger. The participation of high ranking politicians, executives and representatives of energy companies from Poland and Germany enabled for the discussion about the practical aspects of energy policy. 

Indian Embassy in Poland, Indian-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IPCCI) and KIG organized the conference about the new business opportunities for Polish and Indian companies. Indian government has just launched the new promotion campaign "Make in India", encouraging foreign companies to invest in India, tie-up with local partners and produce in place. Indian Union means a large market of over 1,2 bln consumers: 350 mln members of middle class and circa 40 mln of millionaires included. The conference took place 23 March 2015 in the KIG headquarters in Warsaw.

For hundreds years Africa was exploited, treated as a source of resources by the West. It has started to regain its dignity only today – said Ambassador Jean-Paul Carteron, president of Swiss Crans Montana Forum, while opening the South-South Cooperation Forum in Dakhla in the heart of Western Sahara. A three-day event was held under the patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco. It acted as a platform of dialogue and contact building between politicians, officials, opinion leaders and entrepreneurs from four continents.