PRISTINA – The conference “Strengthening the path for reconciliation and regional cooperation – Debate on European perspective of young Kosovars” took place in Pristina last Thursday. It gathered almost one hundred young people and representatives of civil society organizations, universities, international and regional organizations. The participants discussed the relevance of regional cooperation and reconciliation process
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SARAJEVO – The European Youth Olympic Festival started in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday. As the official partner of EYOF volunteers’, YOUNG PR Team from Western Balkans gathered and is currently in Sarajevo as volunteers of EYOF 2019. A special project within the EYOF 2019 – “In Youth Eyes” – is joint cooperation of
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TIRANA/SKOPJE – Member of the French National Assembly Mr Frédéric Petit met with RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Mr Đuro Blanuša and Mr Fatos Mustafa, in Tirana on Thursday when they discussed RYCO’s work and cooperation with France. Mr Petit also met with RYCO Local Branch Officer in Macedonia Mr Albert Hani the
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WESTERN BALKANS – As the world marks the very first International Day of Education, we want to underline that it is clear that young people who are more exposed to civic education programs have different attitudes and behaviors than less educated young people, and than older generations. Empirical evidence shows that these attitudes and behaviors change
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Mr Đuro Blanuša and Mr Fatos Mustafa, met in Tirana on Tuesday with Deputy Director General of European Affairs Bureau and Consular Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Japan H.E. Mr Jun Saito. The meeting discussed the RYCO ongoing activities as well
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LJUBLJANA – Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Miro Cerar met the representatives of the Youth Council of Slovenia on Tuesday when they discussed Slovenian cooperation with the Western Balkans youth, the Ministry announced in a press release. RYCO welcomes the discussion and reiterates the importance of including the young people from the whole post-Yugoslav
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WESTERN BALKANS – In the frame of the project “Rainbow Bridge”, KREATOR Kumanovo together with its partners, announce Photo Competition under the theme “My Multicultural Home”. The project is organized by Youth Association KREATOR (Macedonia), Center for non-formal education (Montenegro), Center for Development and Social Initiatives (Albania) and it is supported by RYCO within its first Open Call for Project
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WESTERN BALKANS – The 2019 Winter EYOF will take place in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Olympic host city Sarajevo & East Sarajevo. The event will take place from 9 to 16 February 2019. It is a meeting point for young athletes from 50 European countries and the leading multisport event for young European athletes between
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BRUSSSELS – Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth organized a consultative meeting and info session for their partner organizations/institutions in Brussels on 10 – 11 December. It was an occasion to reflect on the activities organized in 2018, exchange information and identify room for synergies in
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TIRANA – Ambassadors of Croatia and Slovenia to Albania, H.E. Ms Sanja Bujas Juraga and H.E. Ms Lea Stančič, visited RYCO on Monday. During the meeting with the RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Mr Đuro Blanuša and Mr Fatos Mustafa, they explored possibilities of cooperation between RYCO and the two countries. RYCO high officials informed the interlocutors on the ongoing
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