Neumarkt helps refugees from Ukraine

Neumarkt met with refugees from Ukraine at Europaburg

There are currently 90 refugees from Ukraine staying with 5 families in Neumarkt, mostly children with their mothers. The market town of Neumarkt and their mothers. The market town of Neumarkt and EYFON organised a Ukrainian get-together at Europaburg, better known as Europahaus or Forchtenstein Castle. This event was organised by Edith Juritsch, the local councillor responsible for European issues in Neumarkt, and the EYFON team, which is primarily concerned with encouraging a lively exchange of contacts, especially among young Europeans, at the Europaburg in Neumarkt. The President of EYFON is the former President of the Austrian Economic Chamber, Christoph Leitl, who was represented by the former Provincial Councillor Christian Buchmann from EYFON – European Youth Forum Neumarkt due to illness and, together with Mayor Josef Maier, was delighted with the large number of helpful citizens of Neumarkt.

EYFON was an invention of Christoph Leitl and presents itself as a dialogue platform for young people in Europe. Recently and currently, there have been seminars for young people from Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Italy and Georgia at Europaburg; these seminars reflect on the future of Europe and, in view of the war in Ukraine, these encounters could provide important impetus for peaceful coexistence between peoples, according to BR Christian Buchmann. He sees himself as part of EYFON. As part of the festival of encounters at Europaburg, a friendship agreement was signed on intensive cooperation between the market town of Neumarkt, EYFON and the University of Ternopil in western Ukraine, with the aim of supporting young people in Ukraine in the best possible way, according to the main organisers. Rector Andriy Krysovaryy and Vice-Rector Oksana Desyatnyuk travelled to the signing of the friendship agreement.

“We hope that we can create a climate of helpfulness and solidarity in Neumarkt that is an expression of peace and freedom,” said Buchmann. For the Ukrainians present, the speeches were translated by an interpreter.
Musical contributions were provided by a brass band from MV Neumarkt and the Perchau Kiddy Choir. The families and many helpers for the refugees from Ukraine were presented with small gifts of thanks for their willingness to help by Mayor Maier. Ukrainian borscht and regional pastries were served in aid of the refugee organisation.