Presenting: This year’s workshop mentors


Dominika Cevárová, Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica Marek Dvořáček, Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno   Vladimír Müller, Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica         Róbert Vancel, Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Political Science and […]


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Presenting: This year’s panelists (2.)


Jakub Groszkowski, Head of Department, Central European Department at the Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw, Poland Jakub Groszkowski is head of the Central European Department at the Centre for Eastern Studies in Warsaw. Before joining the Centre he was a journalist at Polskie Radio. He graduated from the University of Warsaw and studied at Matej […]


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Presenting: This year’s panelists (1.)


Marko Salíni, Secretary, European Affairs Section, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Marko Salíni is Secretary of the European Affairs Section at Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. In previous years he worked at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Paris, V4 State Department and Department […]


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Presenting: This year’s commercial and institutional partners


We would like to thank our commercial and institutional partners. DRU Tyčinky, Lunter, TATRATEA, Urpiner, Zvolenský, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations UMB, SNP Museum and Rotary Club Banska Bystrica.


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Presenting: Supporters of this year’s VYF


We are honored to announce that this year’s edition of the Visegrad Youth Forum is supported by NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, International Visegrad Fund, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, the city of Banská Bystrica and the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region.


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Fourth VYF 2018 side event – Warsaw


The fourth and final event of the side events held in each respective V4 capital was held in Warsaw, Poland on November 23, 2018. The event was organized in cooperation with our partner organization SKN Spraw Zagranicznych SGH.


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Third VYF 2018 side event – Prague


The third event of the events held in each respective V4 capital was named „Development of Czech diplomacy“ and held in Prague, the Czech Republic on November 15, 2018. The vent was organized in cooperation with our partner organization Junior Diplomat Initiative.


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Second VYF 2018 side event – Budapest


The second event of the historically first circle of events held in each respective V4 capital was „Dynamic Visegrad for Europe: The priorities of the SK V4 PRES“ and held in Budapest, Hungary on November 8, 2018. The event was organized with our partner organization Corvinus Society for Foreign Affairs and Culture.


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First VYF 2018 side event – Bratislava


November 23, 2018 marked the end of the historically first circle of events held in each respective V4 capital city as part of the Visegrad Youth Forum project. We are very proud of this format and would like to express our gratitude to all our partners. Let us evaluate this process and look how and where […]


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Press release: Banská Bystrica to welcome young academics from V4 countries for the seventh time


Banská Bystrica will become the venue of the Visegrad Youth Forum (VYF) for the seventh time in total. VYF 2018 will take place from December 5 until December 7, uniting young academics, students and experts from the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia in various discussions and debates. For the very first time in the […]


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