The volunteer anthem was created under the baton of a young 17-year-old student Kristína Leščinská. A volunteer team led by the volunteer director Júlia Jančíková approached her to shoot a motivational video. Kristína also came with a ukulele and song she composed. As she wanted to take the whole video thematically and a little differently […]

Sustainability is one of the important pillars of this year’s European Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica. The EYOF representatives led by the CEO Peter Hamaj and together with the mayor of Banská Bystrica Ján Nosko symbolically planted the first part of a total of 22 trees to support biodiversity and the creation of urban greenery […]

The European Youth Olympic Festival is less than three months away. Many athletes have already met the qualification limits and are preparing for the biggest event of their sporting career. One of them is Estonian athlete Viola Hambidge. The Estonian middle-distance runner will celebrate her 16th birthday on 15th of July. She will be one […]

Hundreds of volunteers arrived in Banská Bystrica for the EYOF training.Volunteers are an integral part of major sports events. It will be the same in Banská Bystrica at the 16th summer edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival from 24 to 30 July 2022. This week, from 12 to 14 May, more than 700 volunteers […]

The Olympic biathlon winner Anastasia Kuzmina, as the ambassador of the 16th Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), took place on a symbolic trip from Rome to Banská Bystrica, which will host the largest multi-sports event in the history of Slovakia from 24 to 30 July 2022. Pupils from the Slovak schools can also support […]

Did you know that an eagle’s nest can weigh as much as one ton, or that mushrooms are the main communication tool for trees? The participants of the Ekoworkshop camp (22-24 April 2022), which was organised by the civic association Planet Lover in cooperation with the EYOF Banská Bystrica 2022, could learn this and much […]

Less than 90 days to go until the start of the European Youth Olympic Festival. The athletes are now facing a demanding qualification process, some of them may already be preparing for the competitions in Banská Bystrica. One of them is Samuel Košt’ál, several times swimming champion of Slovakia. It will be one of the […]

In Banská Bystrica, during a team leaders meeting, the competitions that will be a part of the EYOF European Youth Festival from 24 to 30 July 2022 were drawn. Technical delegates officially approved the drawing of the groups in basketball, handball, volleyball and gymnastics. The competitions will be held in total of ten sports at […]

The technical delegates officially approved the draw of groups in basketball, artistic gymnastics, handball and volleyball at EYOF Banska Bystrica 2022.

From Tuesday to Friday (26 – 29 April 2022), Banská Bystrica hosts the Chef de Mission Seminar, which is attended by technical delegates from the individual sports and representatives of the National Olympic Committees in the city below Urpín. During these days, the Organising Committee of the European Youth Olympic Festival Banská Bystrica 2022 presents […]

The representatives of the national Olympic committees from all over Europe, the EOV Coordination Commission and the technical delegates of the particular sports at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF 2022) in Banská Bystrica are meeting this week. At this week-long meeting, they will learn about the preparations for the EYOF, which are in full […]

Today, we celebrate the big ecological day – the Earth Day. The European Youth Olympic Festival also includes an environmental part to keep the event with the least possible impact on the environment. One of the parts of the “Green EYOF” is the planting of a total of 500 trees and the creation of the […]