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Here you can find current press releases and materials of the foundation, our youth networks and other projects. Also, there is a selection of media coverage.
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Young European Security Conference 2026
From 26 to 27 February 2026, around 200 young people aged 16 to 21 from 49 countries are gathering in Berlin for the second Young European Security Conference. The conference is hosted by the Schwarzkopf-Stiftung Junges Europa and the Hertie-Stiftung with the aim of strengthening security policy education, European networking, and the active participation of young people.
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Seyran Bostancı takes over management of the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe
Dr Seyran Bostancı has taken over as Executive Director of the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe on December 1, 2025. The sociologist previously worked at the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM). She follows Tomáš Sacher, who is leaving the foundation at his own request. Bostancı will strengthen the foundation's profile in the field of digital democracy, and continue to work with young people for an open, united, and pluralistic Europe.
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Rokhaya Diallo receives Schwarzkopf Europe Award 2024
For her unwavering work against racism in French society and beyond, French journalist Rokhaya Diallo receives the Schwarzkopf Europe Award 2024. The nomination and selection were made by the Young Europeans of the Year, laureates of another prize by the Schwarzkopf Foundation.
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Magdolna Kremmer is Young European 2025
The Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe honors Magdolna Kremmer as Young European of the Year 2025. Magdolna Kremmer, 25, is a youth worker, educator and community manager for disadvantaged children and young people in Hungary. She mentors and educates pupils, advises trainees on a voluntary basis and has co-founded a foundation to promote educational work in the municipality of Piliscsaba. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros and enables the winner to fund her own project or finance further training with a European focus.
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Young Security Conference of Europe takes place in Berlin for the first time
The Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and the non-profit Hertie Foundation are launching a new project on security policy education. From February 27 to 28, 2025, around 200 young people from all over Europe will come together for the first Young European Security Conference, taking place at Urania Berlin. In addition to geographical focal points, topics such as technology, the environment, transatlantic relations, disinformation, democracy and resilience will be discussed. Guests include experts from academia, politics and civil society as well as young trainers. The project will run until 2027 and will also include various educational activities between the three conferences.
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya receives Schwarzkopf Europe Award
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is being awarded the “Schwarzkopf Europe Award” for her ongoing commitment to and fight for a democratic basic order in Belarus. Since the election in 2020, Tsikhanouskaya has continued to work towards this goal as Chair of the United Transitional Cabinet in exile. She is honored by a jury of “Young Europeans of the Year”, winners of another award of the Schwarzkopf Foundation. The laudatory speech at the award ceremony tonight in Berlin will be given by Reem Alabali-Radovan, Minister of State at the German Chancellary.