BUDVA/BEČIĆI – Montenegrin Ministry of Sports through the Directorate for Youth has organized a conference entitled “The European perspective of the Western Balkans within the Berlin Process – Youth Cooperation RYCO” on Friday in Bečići, Montenegro. The event brought together important decision-makers, partners and stakeholders interested in the Berlin Process. A special guest of the
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TIRANA – RYCO Deputy Secretary General, RYCO Program Officer and RYCO Local Branch Officer in Albania, Mr Fatos Mustafa, Ms Bojana Bulatović and Mr Kreshnik Loka, met on Monday with the German delegation led by the State Counselor for Civil Society and Civic Participation Ms Gisela Erler of the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg. The meeting, once again, brought into the
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SKOPJE – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša, together with RYCO Local Branch Officer in Macedonia Mr Albert Hani, participated the Western Balkans 6 Digital Summit organized on 18 and 19 April in Skopje, Macedonia. On the Summit’s margins, RYCO representatives met with UK Envoy for the Western Balkan and the London Summit Coordinator of the Foreign and
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TIRANA – RYCO Local Branch Officer in Albania Mr Kreshnik Loka met on 4 April with Commander of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples Admiral James Foggo at the US Embassy in Tirana to present RYCO and its work. Mr Loka introduced Mr Foggo with the RYCO structure and its activities and emphasized the strong
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BRUSSELS – As President of the European Commission Mr Juncker announced in his 2017 State of the Union address, the European Commission adopted on Tuesday the Western Balkans Strategy. It spells out the priorities and areas of joint reinforced cooperation, addressing the specific challenges the Western Balkans face, in particular the need for fundamental reforms
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STRASBOURG – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša met the high representatives of the Council of Europe (CoE) on 10 – 11 January with whom he discussed the joint cooperation in the future. They agreed that two institutions should work together in the forthcoming period having in mind that RYCO considers CoE as one of the most
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa met Friday with Director for Western Balkans of DG NEAR Ms Genoveva Ruiz-Calavera and Head of the European Union Delegation to Albania Ms Romana Vlahutin when they discussed RYCO activities and support of the European Union to the institution. Mr Blanuša thanked the EU officials for the
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa met today in RYCO Head Office with Her Excellency Mrs Christina Vasak, Ambassador of the French Republic to the Republic of Albania and Her Excellency Ms Susanne Schütz, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Albania when they discussed RYCO activities
read moreTIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša met on Friday, 22 September, with Head of the Council of Europe Office in Tirana Mr Claus Neukirch. They discussed possibilities for the joint cooperation and agreed that the two institutions should work together in the forthcoming period. At the meeting, Secretary General Mr Blanuša informed Mr
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WARSAW – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in this year’s Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe’s largest annual human rights conference organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), which is taking place in Warsaw, Poland from 11 to 22 September 2017. During the conference Mr Blanuša met with OSCE representatives and participated in a
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