WESTERN BALKANS – Today we remember thousands of victims of the most horrifying event that has happened on the European soil since the Second World War. Twenty-five years ago, in July 1995, the war and its perpetrators, in a small town of Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina took away 8.372 lives. RYCO recalls the fact that
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WESTERN BALKANS – Today marks four years since the six prime ministers of the Western Balkans signed the Agreement on the Establishment of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office. On the occasion of the RYCO’s fourth birthday, RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa wrote an open letter, reflecting on
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KOLAŠIN – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović participated in the seminar Multiculturalism in Montenegro: Status Quo and Prospects for the Future held in Kolašin from 22 to 25 of June where he presented the work of RYCO and discussed regional mobility. As a panellist in the session “Participation
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WESTERN BALKANS – The project of a democratic, peaceful, sustainable, social and prosperous Europe is today facing one of the greatest challenges in its history – and not only because of the experiences with the Coronavirus Pandemic. Societies and citizens of Europe are facing the challenge of “rebooting” their societies and returning to more stability,
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PODGORICA – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro is inviting young leaders to participate in the training program “Leaders against Intolerance and Violent Extremism – LIVE’’ to be held in Podgorica from 27 to 31 July. The program is designed to coach up to 15 participants from Montenegro between 18 and 30 years old, who are
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO and UNFPA are calling for 18 enthusiastic young people, ages 18 to 27 from the Western Balkans 6, who will become peer trainers. The participants will take part in the main training based on y-peer methodology adapted to peacebuilding and reconciliation, and continue to work at local level in their communities
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Coronavirus disease pandemic is still having an enormous impact on daily lives of millions across the world, including the Western Balkan people. Despite the fact that lockdowns in Europe ease with declining numbers of new cases, the current situation continues paralyzing normal functioning of a number of activities among which mobility
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WESTERN BALKANS – As the current situation with the rapid spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is not calming down and the governments across the world, including the Western Balkans, are doing their best to contain the virus spread, RYCO underlines the importance of cooperation among people and governments for a successful fight against the virus.
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WESTERN BALKANS – As the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) has been increasing and the first cases are being confirmed across the Western Balkans, RYCO issues the following statement on the COVID-19 outbreak. Having in mind that RYCO’s key activities include supporting the youth mobility programs in the Western Balkans but also
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WESTERN BALKANS – Our friends and partners form Deutsche Welle are looking for new participants to join the Balkan Booster project. Young journalists or journalism students from the Western Balkans who are interested can apply by 13 March 2020. Are you eager to find out who are the people who live in your neighborhoods and
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