From July 11-13, the 8th meeting of the Danube Networkers took place in Ulm / Neu-Ulm – there was a lot of interesting exchange, discussions and many warm moments between the participants and partners of the network. We would like to use the Sunday to tell you all about the lively exchange, the new acquaintances, the cultural activities, and also about the conference on Friday “Strengthening Civil Society in the Danube Region for a joint Europe”. As always, we will be accompanied by music and poetry, this time from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia.
We would also like to use the evening to remember two of our dear Danube Networkers who unfortunately passed away this year – Stan Miller and Veska Uzunova. They will be missed a lot and we would like to remember them together with you.
A big thank you to everyone who participated in our session and congratulations to all the winners of our competition “Traces of Europe in my town”. You’ll find all the winners submissions and prizes here.
“Traces of Europe in your town” – presenting the results of this interesting competition – presented by Carmen Stadelhofer and Marina Kuch (ILEU e.V., Ulm, Germany)
“Processes of historicization in European contemporary art” – presentation by Dr. Vincentziu Puscasu, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Faculty of Arts (Galati, Romania)
Discussion in groups – Traces of Europe in your town
“Caledonia” – Scottish folk ballad, music and lyrics by Dougie MacLean, performance by Gabriele Flemming (Ulm, Germany)
“European Soirée – Who am I?” – meet two interesting European personalities: game performance by Pavlina Ivanova, Union of the Third Age (Slivo Pole, Bulgaria) & Rosemarie Kurz (Graz, Austria)
Thank you to all the people who participated in our Come-Together-Session on the 25. February 2024! We had aproximately 70 people all over ten countrys join us. These sessions would not work without you and we are grateful to all of you.
There were many lovely people who presented songs/poems and told us their story. We also had two presentations about Trench Candles by Anastasia Smetanyuk and Camouflage Nets for the soldiers by Svitlana Boyko. The trench candles are very importand for the soldiers fighting in the Ukraine for their country, but even more importandly, for their lives. These Candles help them to keep warm and not get recognized by the enemy. The camouflage nets are made by volunteers and help the soldiers to cover dugouts, trenches, and equipment. The materials are financed through donations and by selling various handmades. If you would like to support these projects please contact them under:
Anastasia Smetanyuk: Candles for the defenders Need in paraffin or donations PayPal tkozurak@gmail.com
Svitlana Boyk: Camouflage Nets Need in material/can sell handmade PayPal dz.bilonoh@gmail.com
Again a big thank you to all the participants and we hope to see you join our next sessions.
