He is 54. Graduated from Polish studies, likes to work most as a journalist. He deals with the topic of borderland regions. Once part of anti-communist democratic opposition, in 1980 co-funder of Independent Students' Association (NZS). For over 20 years he has been engaged in expanding the Polish-German (and also – Polish-Ukrainian) cooperation, especially on the borderlands. In 1993 co-founder of the Polish-German Journalists Club “Pod Stereo-Typami / Unter Stereo-Typen” (Among Stereo-Types).