Cybersecurity will again be an important topic at the upcoming ISSS conference, scheduled for 13 and 14 May 2024 at the Aldis Congress Centre in Hradec Kralove. This is especially in the context of the upcoming law on cyber security and its implementing regulations. (more)
Karel Schwarzenberg, politician of European stature, has died
Karel Schwarzenberg, the former foreign minister, chairman of TOP 09 and also a presidential candidate, died today, 12 November, in Vienna. He was 85 years old. At the end of October this year, Schwarzenberg received the highest state decoration, the Order of the White Lion, for his services to the state in the field of politics. Schwarzenberg has also received awards in the past for building international relations within the Visegrad Four – in 2014, Poland awarded him the Order of Merit’s Grand Cross, the highest honour given to foreigners. He was also awarded the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in 2009. (more)
ISSS organizers visited Transcarpathian region in Ukraine as part of international cooperation
On 21–23 August 2023, representatives of the organizing team of the ISSS conference took part as guests of the Vysočina Region in a representative trip to Uzhhorod and its surroundings. The visit to the Transcarpathian region took place within the framework of the regional partnership between the Vysočina Region, the Statutory City of Jihlava and the Transcarpathian region. (more)
Ľubomír Andrassy and Ján Ferenčák spoke at ISSS 2023 in the framework of Visegrad cooperation with Slovakia
Ľubomír Andrassy, Chairman of the Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic and Ján Ferenčák, Mayor of Kežmarok and Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic spoke as traditional guests at the ISSS 2023 conference. Andrassy also gave a lecture entitled Digital Journey of the Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic. (more)