Europe
More than 7000 guests attended this year’s remembrance ceremony at Mauthausen Concentration Camp near Linz in Austria, commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the liberation in May 1945. Among them once again a large delegation of Guides and Scouts of...
It was a great day for these seven teenagers from Lesvos: ten days ago the group of Ventures from Lesvos (Scouts aged 15 to 18) received World Scouting’s “Messengers of Peace Hero Award” on behalf of Σώμα Ελλήνων Προσκόπων (the Scouts of Greece) for...
Every year, the Swedish Forestry Association’s Golden Twig Award acknowledges exceptional contributions to the wellbeing of the Swedish forests. This year, the Guides and Scouts of Sweden is the first ever association to receive the Golden Twig. His...
Ever since the wars in Syria started, Turkey has been welcoming large numbers of refugees, many of whom continue to stay in refugee camps in the southern border region of the country. “Among the many children and young people living in refugee camps...
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We all have to get to the Congress somehow, so check this out! By plane The largest airports close to Kandersteg are in Geneva and Zürich. They connect Switzerland with airports around the world and are the simplest way of entering the country. Basel...
At a ceremony on 1 February 2017 at the Estonian Ministry of Education and Science, H.E. Chris Holtby, formerly Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Estonia and patron of the Eesti Skautide Ühing (Estonian Scouts Association) from 2013 to 2016 was awarded the...
The European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) joins Scouts and Guides of Junák - český skaut, the National Scout Organisation of Czechia, and from around the world in remembering Czech Scouting’s Vice President Jiří...
The European Scout Region joins members of the Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs and Scouts around the world in remembering Austria’s former Chief Scout Walter Weissenstein who has Gone Home earlier this month in his 97th year. Walter had...
While Scouting reached Lithuania as early as 1909 it was not before another ten years that the first proper Scout Association was founded in Lithuania in 1918. No wonder therefore that all members of Lietuvos skautija, today’s National Scout...