EOC President Spyros Capralos and Secretary General Raffaele Pagnozzi yesterday met with representatives of the Central and South-Eastern European NOCs (CSEENOCs) in Bucharest, Romania to discuss upcoming events and the support of Ukrainian athletes.

The meeting was attended by high-level representatives from the NOCs of Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.

The EOC and CSEENOC representatives explored a variety of topics, including the upcoming 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) set to be staged in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia between 24 and 30 June this summer, and the upcoming EOC General Assembly on 10-11 June.

In addition, NOC of Ukraine President Sergey Bubka shared an update on the support of the Olympic Movement to Ukraine and reiterated his thanks to the European Olympic family for the solidarity it has shown. Representatives also explored good practices for further support of Ukrainian athletes and the NOC.