Many thanks to Mayor Vladimir Hokr of Nové Hrady and his colleagues for hosting our conference in their town in the Czech Republic; supported by friends from Nové Zámky in Slovakia – and of course to all those from other “Newcastles” who joined the gathering. In 2025 we assemble in Jaunpils, so a big thank you also to our Latvian friends.

We celebrated 25 years of our alliance and it was good that there was the continued enthusiasm to carry on – maybe for the next 25 years! See the highlights of our first 25 years here.