VYF Administrator – Stránka 5 – Visegrad Youth Forum

Priorities of the Slovak V4 Presidency

The 2018-2019 Slovak V4 Presidency will continue with the implementation of priority initiatives within strategic objectives set during the previous Hungarian and Polish Presidency, while coordinating work with the following Czech Presidency, which will begin on this day next year. The priorities – Strong Europe, Secure Environment and Smart Solutions – of the Slovak Presidency […]

Dynamic Visegrad for Europe – Slovakia takes over the V4 presidency

Dynamic Visegrad for Europe. This is the motto under which Slovakia took over the rotating V4 presidency today. The three main priorities of the country’s first presidency since 2014-2015 are „Strong Europe“, „Secure Environment“ and „Smart Solutions“, which will be described in more detail soon.

V4 countries to boycott Brussels‘ migration meeting

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said leaders of the Visegrad Four countries of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic will skip this weekend’s mini-summit on migration in Brussels. He said such meetings of state leaders should be organised by the European Council, the bloc’s top decision-making body, not the EU Commission. The Commission will organise the smaller summit ahead of […]

Polish PM and German FM discuss future of EU and bilateral issues

Bilateral issues, as well as the most pressing problems of the EU, including the community’s future and energy security, were the main subjects of talks between Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Warsaw on Friday. „Friday’s visit by the head of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shows that we […]

Slovak PM Fico: Visegrad group ‘not black sheep’ of EU

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday said Central and Eastern European members of the EU were “not [the] black sheep” of the bloc “just because we have a different opinion” on migration. Fico was speaking at a press conference following a meeting of the Visegrad group — Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland — in […]

The video from VYF 2017 is here!

The official video from the Visegrad Youth Forum 2017 is now available on our YouTube channel! If you want to relive the entire VYF 2017 experience, you can do so by watching a video showing the highlights of the sixth edition of the Visegrad Youth Forum. Enjoy!

Thank you for your support in 2017! See you next year!

We would like to thank our partners and friends for their support in 2017 and would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We’re looking forward to seeing you in 2018!

VYF 2017 – Day 3

On the third and final day of the Visegrad Youth Forum 2017, the participants took on the roles of real policy makers during the simulation of a NATO and Russia summit. Throughout the day, the participants held various negotiations regarding the current defence situation in light of the growing tensions at the Alliance’s eastern border. […]

VYF 2017 – Day 2

The second day of the Visegrad Youth Forum 2017 began with the event’s panel discussion titled “Defence cooperation: Mission (Im)Possible?”. The panel was introduced by Jaroslav Ušiak, the Vice Dean for International and Public Relations of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations of the Matej Bel University. Speaking at the panel discussion were Ferenc Kalmár, Deputy Head […]

VYF 2017 – Day 1

The Visegrad Youth Forum 2017 began with the official opening reception, which was held at the town hall in Banská Bystrica. The reception began with a cultural programme, which included a vocal performance by the participants coordinator Timea Ivanová, a traditional folk dance performance by the folk ensemble Urpín and a violin performance by Patrik […]