Balkan SAYS

Balkan SAYS is a youth oriented international security seminar connecting students and young professionals concerned with important issues of the Balkan region

[Türk Atlantik Konseyi - ATA Türkiye @atlantikkonseyi]

YATA Türkiye üyeleri Burcu SAR ve Onur PEKSARI, 11–13 Eylül tarihlerinde Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia tarafından düzenlenen @BalkanSAYS konferansına katıldı.

Üç gün süren konferansta; Batı Balkanlardaki donmuş çatışmalar, savunma ve güvenlik sektöründe kadınlar için fırsat eşitliği, dezenformasyonla mücadelede bağımsız medyanın rolü ve @NATO’nun Güney Komşuluğu’ndaki iş birliği gibi önemli konular tartışıldı.

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YATA Türkiye members Burcu SAR and Onur PEKSARI attended the Balkan SAYS 2025 conference organized by Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia on September 11–13.

During the three-day conference, important topics such as frozen conflicts in the Western Balkans, equal opportunities for women in defense and security, the role of independent media in combating disinformation, and NATO cooperation in the Southern Neighborhood were discussed.

[Ministrstvo za obrambo RS @MO_RS]

Minister mag. Borut Sajovic je danes nagovoril udeležence 13. seminarja Balkan SAYS 2025. Izpostavil je pomen skupne odgovornosti za varnost, krepitev odpornosti in vlogo mladih voditeljev pri oblikovanju prihodnje stabilnosti Zahodnega Balkana ter širše evroatlantske skupnosti.

[Balkan SAYS @BalkanSAYS]

Applications for #BalkanSAYS2025 are OPEN!

Fill out the application form to secure your spot at this extraordinary gathering of minds shaping the future of #EuroAtlantic #security architecture!

More information: https://t.co/Dzr2xoiCTp

#BalkanSAYS #WeAreNATO

[Balkan SAYS @BalkanSAYS]

Applications for the 13th #BalkanSAYS have officially OPENED!

Fill out the application form to secure your spot at this extraordinary gathering of minds shaping the future of #EuroAtlantic #security architecture!

Apply here: https://t.co/Dzr2xoiCTp

#WeAreNATO #EU #NATO

[Balkan SAYS @BalkanSAYS]

Sponsors which supported this year's event - @USEmbassySLO and NATO's Public Diplomacy Division, thank you.

[Balkan SAYS @BalkanSAYS]

The Balkan SAYS team thanks you for participating and for helping us make this event great!
We are glad we had the opportunity for many fruitful discussions and we hope to see you again in the near future! #BalkanSAYS #BalkanSAYS2018 #WeAreNATO

[Youth Atlantic Treaty Association @YATAInt]

From the archive: Lt Sindre Ristesund #Norway Navy and Lt Tommy Daniel @USArmy after visiting @YATAInt flagship @BalkanSAYS explain the importance of youth participation for @NATO interoperability.

#StrongerWithAllies #NATOengages
https://t.co/yoPq30rTTX

[Balkan SAYS @BalkanSAYS]

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Last panel "Challenges originating from the South and their impact on the European Security"
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Night owl session "The post-fact era – propaganda, misinformation and populism in a globalized world" started
https://t.co/OpEwAMCwqF

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Third panel on Regional security and stability: arms race in the #WesternBalkans started https://t.co/y6KYDZEIns

[Philip Beekman @beekmanphil]

Great questions for Amb Hartley today from participants of @BalkanSAYS defense & security conf @USEmbassySLO

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2nd panel on Nationalism and religious fundamentalism as the source of extremism in the #WesternBalkans https://t.co/y2H47A6BEG

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Working lunch with H.E Ambassador Brent R. Hartley @USEmbassySLO

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1st panel on #peacebuilding #Operations in #WesternBalkans with @NATO @MO_RS @FDVLjubljana and Association of Slovenian peacekeepers

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.@MO_RS mag. Petra Culetto welcoming participants and briefing us on the role of #Slovenia in #EuroAtlanticIntegrations

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Opening 5th Balkan SAYS seminar with opening speech by https://t.co/GJLiieQkcR. Bebler @FDVLjubljana