On September 23, 2019 the Center for European Policy Analysis held its annual ‘CEPA Forum’ in Washington DC entitled, Transatlantic Anniversaries: Legacies and Unfinished Business. FOS, as it has for several years, served as a co-sponsor of this prestigious event, which represents the major U.S. policy forum focusing on Central and Eastern Europe. Among the speakers were František Ružička, Slovakia’s State Secretary of Foreign and European Affairs., who participated in the Forum’s first panel discussing the Unfinished Business of 1989: Empowering the Transatlantic Relationship.
František Ružička, State Secretary of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovakia; Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
Several FOS Board members attended and participated in the conference, which was held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. The day’s events included an evening ‘donors’ dinner’ at which Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) was honored for her support of transatlantic relations and the Central and Eastern Europe region in particular. FOS Chairman Scott Thayer and Vice Chairman Ken Bombara represented FOS at the dinner.
You can view videos of the CEPA Forum on the CEPA website at https://www.cepaforum.org/
Also on the CEPA website is a recap of the ‘CEPA Salon’ that was held at the Slovak Embassy on June 28. The Salon discussed the recent EU Parliamentary elections. See https://www.cepa.org/the-message-from-central-europe .
