Dear Skålleague,
It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Skål International Europe Area Committee has been formed as an official structure of the organisation as of 14 July 2020.
All Skål International countries and Affiliated Skål International Clubs within Europe were invited to join the Skål International Europe Area Committee and the following is the list of the Skål International countries and Affiliated Skål International Clubs that have joined at the formation phase:
AUSTRIA:
Linz, Salzburg, Salzkammergut, Tyrol, Wien, Zell am See.
BELGIUM:
Bruxelles, Liege.
BULGARIA:
Sofia.
CROATIA:
Dubrovnik, Kvarner, Split-Dalmatia, Zagreb.
FINLAND:
Helsinki, Turku.
FRANCE:
Côte d’Azur, Paris, Var Provence.
GERMANY:
Aachen, Augsburg, Berlin, Bodensee, Bonn, Bremen, Chemnitz, Darmstadt-Südhessen, Düsseldorf, Erfurt-Weimar, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg im Breisgau, Freudenstadt, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Hamburg, Hannover, Insel Usedom, Köln, München, Nürnberg, Stuttgart.
HUNGARY:
Budapest.
IRELAND:
Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry.
ITALY:
Alto Adige-Südtirol, Firenze e Toscana, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Palermo, Pompei -Ercolano Stabie, Roma, Sanremo e Riviera dei Fiori, Venezia.
MONACO:
Monaco.
NETHERLANDS:
Amsterdam-Haarlem, Limburg.
NORWAY:
Bergen, Oslo.
ROMANIA:
Bucharest.
RUSSIA:
St. Petersburg.
SPAIN:
Barcelona, Cádiz, Girona, Granada, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Madrid, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Marbella, Sevilla, Tenerife.
SWEDEN:
Stockholm.
SWITZERLAND:
Bern, Berner Oberland, Engadine, Fribourg, Geneve, Grisons, Lausanne, Locarno, Lucerne et Suisse Centrale, Lugano, Montreux Vevey, St. Gallen, Zürich.
UNITED KINGDOM:
Brighton Sussex & The Channel, Cambridge and East Anglia, London, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Southampton.
Any Skål International country or Affiliated Skål International Club that has not joined yet, is more than welcome to do it at any time by contacting the Area Committee Secretary Florin Tancu.
The following is the composition of the Founding Executive Board:
  • President: Eric Etienne (UK).
  • Vice President: Armando Ballarin (Italy).
  • Secretary/Treasurer: Florin Tancu (Romania).
  • International Councillor: Karine Coulanges (France).
The first face to face meeting of the newly formed Area Committee will be held in spring 2021.
The Skål International Europe Area Committee and Affiliated Club Presidents will soon be invited to attend a Zoom meeting to establish working committees.
Best regards,
General Secretariat
Skål International