Dear friends, Time flies when you’re having fun, and that’s exactly why it seems like only yesterday when I was elected president of our beautiful network. Nevertheless, this is the last message as President of the Charter of European Rural Communities. After five years serving as your president, I will officially hand over the chairmanship by…
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Last weekend, eleven young representatives from our Croatian, French, German, Luxembourgish and Maltese member communities took part in 2023 edition of European Youth Event in European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. They joined over 10 000 other young people in the fifth edition of the event that organised activities offering opportunities to discuss about important topics…
The penultimate reFORM meeting took place in Tisno last weekend. Similar to earlier meetings, participants once again got the opportunity to take part in project activities that included debates, discussions and lectures on EU-related topics. Following the storytelling on Croatian Homeland War, and inauguration of ”Free Little EU Library” filled with books brought by participants,…
The past couple of days, a humanitarian disaster has been unfolding in Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put a temporary end to decades of peace in today’s Europe. I am very concerned about the situation, that is developing at a rapid pace. Although our network is apolitical, I condemn, in the strongest possible…
Last week our friends from Cashel, Ireland welcomed us in their municipality for the first youth meeting of the LYCEUM project after two and a half years of hiatus. Upon the arrival on Thursday evening, youngsters gathered in Brosnans’ Pub for an entertaining table quiz and live music. The programme began on Friday morning with the introduction…
We have received sad news from our friends from Desborough. Stan Delbridge, former Chairman of the Charter activity in Desborough and a former Presidium member, passed away suddenly on Friday, 30 April 2021. Stan and his wife Jean took part in many Charter visits over the years, and they were also members of the Desborough…