The official video from VYF 2016


The official video from the Visegrad Youth Forum 2016 is here! Now you can relive the entire VYF 2016 experience by watching a video highlighting the fifth edition of the Visegrad Youth Forum. Enjoy!


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Young Leaders Forum Ahead of Hungarian and Beyond Polish V4 Presidency


Our partners at the Corvinus Society for Foreign Affairs and Culture are organizing a project called the Young Leaders Forum Ahead of the Hungarian and Beyond the Polish V4 Presidency, which intends to widen the knowledge about V4 countries among university students and others interested in possible ways of cooperation and upcoming challenges of V4 member states. The project […]


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Thank you for your support in 2016!


We would like to thank our partners and friends for their support in 2016 and would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in 2017!


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VYF 2016 – Third Day


On the third and final day of VYF 2016, the participants of the fifth edition of the Visegrad Youth Forum were put into the position of real policy makers, as they participated in a simulation of a NATO – Ukraine summit. Throughout the day, the participants held various negotiations regarding the current situation and events in […]


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VYF 2016 – Welcoming Reception


The second day of VYF 2016 continued with the official welcoming reception at the State Science Library in Banská Bystrica. The evening’s cultural program began with the performance of opera singer Andrej Vancel. The cultural program continued with a performance by the speakers coordinator of VYF 2016 Patrik Červený. Last but not least, the evening’s final performance was a typical […]


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VYF 2016 – Second Day


The second day of VYF 2016 began with the first panel discussion titled „V4 – 25th anniversary: Successes and perspectives of future colaboration“. The introduction to the panel was given by Radovan Javorčík, Director of the State Secretary Office of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. The panelists of the first panel discussion were Peter Kormúth, […]


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VYF 2016 – First Day


The participants and organizers of VYF 2016 undertook a field trip to lovely – and snowy – Špania Dolina. They had a guided tour of the former mining village, experiencing the uniqueness of the place. They stopped by several landmarks, like houses built in typical mining architectonical style, or the village church, the village’s oldest […]


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The speakers at VYF 2016


Peter Kormúth, Director of the Second Territorial European Department, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Peter Kormúth graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute of International Relations of the Comenius University (Law Faculty) in Bratislava. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic in 1993, where […]


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Minister Lajčák at the annual V4 ministerial meeting with Western Balkans countries


The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Miroslav Lajčák, under the auspices of whom VYF 2016 will be held,  attended the annual V4 ministerial meeting with Western Balkans countries under the baton of the V4 Polish Presidency in Warsaw today (29 November). The meeting was also attended by High Representative of […]


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VYF 2016 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the V4


For the fifth time, the Visegrad Youth Forum (VYF) returns to the “Heart of Slovakia”, Banská Bystrica. VYF 2016 will take place from December 7 until December 9, 2016. Participating in the event will be young academics and experts from the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine. VYF 2016 will be held under the […]


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