§ Mr. LazarowiczTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what publications are produced by(a) the British Embassy, (b) British consulates and (c) British Council offices in (i) Poland, (ii) Estonia, (iii) Latvia and (iv) Lithuania; and in what languages they are produced. [31147]
§ Peter HainThere are no British consulates in any of the three Baltic states. The British consulates in Katowice, Poznan, Gdansk, Szczecin, Wroclaw and Kradov do not have any publications.
Publications for embassies are as follows:
- Poland
- UK21 (British Embassy magazine) in Polish.
- Leaflet on travelling to the UK in Polish.
- Action Local Government in Polish.
- Estonia
- Embassy brochure (English).
- Book on UK's role in Estonia's fight for independent (English and Estonian).
- Latvia
- No publications on a regular basis.
- Material for last May's British Week (programmes/flyers)—Latvian/Russian.
- Lithuania
- Britain's view on the advantages of European Union membership for Lithuania (Lithuanian).
- Farm diversification book (Lithuanian).
- Organic food production and marketing (Lithuanian/English).
- European fund and experience-A chance to every region (Russian).
- Studying in the EU and acknowledgement of diplomas (Russian).
There are further documents published both on the websites of individual posts. The addresses are—Poland: www.britishembassy.pl; Latvia: www.britain.lv; Lithuania: www.britain.lt; Estonia: www.britishembassy.ee.
Publications by the British Council are as follows:
Poland
British Council monthly events calendar (English, Polish); Publicity and promotional leaflets and catalogues for various events (English, Polish); English language resource centre materials (English, Polish); English teaching centre brochures (English, Polish); various competitions and programmes (English, Polish); governance and society programmes and projects (English); Examinations promotional and information materials 764W (English, Polish); British Council Poland website (www.britishcouncil.pl) (English, Polish is planned); European year of languages—www.ey12001.p1 (English); British studies project website http://elt.britcoun.org.pl (English); Literature project Poland organisations—translations of British poets (Polish); various bilingual pamphlets (English, Polish); First translations of author/text into Polish—Roll Call essays on twentieth century English fiction (Polish); In the belly of the whale: essays on modem British poetry (Polish), Don Paterson and Ciaran Carson-poetry and music (CD—English); Four author presentation (CD—English).Estonia
Quarterly information leaflets about events and projects run by the British Council are published in English. Media briefings about British Council events and occasionally longer articles for magazines and newspapers are published either in Estonian or Russian depending on the language of the publication. The www.britishcouncil.ee website is in English but its main content will be bilingual (English and Estonian) later in 2002.Latvia
A quarterly British Council news and events listing, in poster format is published in English. The www.britishcouncil.lv web site is in English but will be bilingual (English/Latvian) by the end of 2002. Promotional leaflets about the British Council are produced in English and Latvian. The quarterly English language teaching newsletter (for teachers) is published in English.Lithuania
British Council Vilnius News—a quarterly newsletter about Council activities is a bilingual (English/Lithuanian) publication. Promotional leaflets about British Council services are bilingual. The www.britishcouncil.lt website is currently in English only, but will be bilingual from April 2002.