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It has been a very exciting 30th Anniversary year for BullsEye Magazine, featuring the largest Editorial team in our history, the greatest number of high-quality articles, as well as the highest amount of contributions from Europe’s leading politicians in every edition, including all senior EPP leaders.

Most of all we are grateful to the BullsEye Editors and Contributors who have delivered high quality content, strong research and impressive articles. Th e strategy of the previous year was built upon and, despite logistical challenges, the publication has continued to grow in quality and in strength of readership and relevance.

We welcomed new and returning colleagues and created the largest Editorial Team in our history. Th e new team undertook training and heard from expert speakers where, alongside colleagues from the Policy Working Groups and new Bureau members, they received insights into EDS, student politics and organisational skills in general, and into managing motions, writing articles, conducting interviews and operating EDS and BullsEye platforms in particular.

We are thrilled that leading politicians have contributed to every single edition for the fi rst time in our history. Th ese have included, among others:

EPP President Donald Tusk; EPP Group President Manfred Webber; EPP Secretary General Antonio López-Istúriz; EPP Vice-President Andrey Kovatchev MEP; CEF Chair Sir David Lidington; former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt; former Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius; former EDS Chair and Government Minister Ian Taylor MBE; the President of the EU-US delegation of the EP Radosław Sikorski; and the Director of the Robert Schuman Institute, Gabor Berczeli, among many others.

Th e sheer number of Europe’s most high-profi le centre-right politicians taking time and energy to write for BullsEye speaks volumes for the increasing reputation of our magazine.

We are especially grateful to EDS members who have contributed on a regular basis with very strong articles and interviews, and we have been proud to feature their content in every edition, as well as on the website.

Th e website itself has been revamped and updated, with new features added and an improved structure set up, in order to increase ranking in search engines and to optimise user journeys. All of the content, editor biographies, articles, interviews and editions of the magazine from the past two years have been added to the site.

BullsEye is a key vehicle to share the ideas and values of EDS members and we are thrilled to celebrate both the 60th Anniversary of EDS as well as the 30th Anniversary of BullsEye. Many thanks to all Editors and Contributors for all their work, high quality content and inspiring articles.

With so much momentum and growth, and such a strong reputation among Europe’s key fi gures, we cannot wait to see the even greater heights we will reach in the coming working year.

Ivan Botoucharov is the Chair of YCGE UK, the 1st Vice-Chair of EDS and the President of the Nordic Conservative Student Union (NKSU). He has been studying at universities in the UK (UEA and LMU) and the USA (UCLA), and holds a full Chartered status from the Institute of Marketing, granted by authority of Th e Queen’s Privy Council. Ivan co-founded and managed OneEurope, which became Europe’s largest citizens media during his tenure.

Mattia Caniglia is the World Terrorism Watch Database Director at the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center in Brussels where he manages a research and analysis team dealing with international security, geopolitics and terrorism issues. Previously he collaborated as a political and economic analyst with media outlets like Th e Guardian, Fortune China and Welt. Gustaf Reinfeldt, is a staff writer for the think tank Timbro’s web magazine Smedjan and a former editorial writer for Sweden’s daily business newspaper, Dagens industri. He has served as the International Secretary and as Vice-Chairman of FMSF Sweden. He has an academic background from Lund University and Uppsala University

Rayno D. Stoyanov is currently fi nishing his Masters in Law at UNWE Sofi a. He has been a junior associate at the ‘Stoyanov and Associates Law House’ since 2016. Rayno is a Member of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) since 2008 and is also a member of the Supervising Council of the organisation since 2018. He is also a member of the Federation of Independent Students Societies (FISS) where he is the International Secretary and has been attending EDS in this capacity since 2017. Krzyzstof Kuboń, is currently serving as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of BullsEye Magazine, and working as an Associate of Polish MP. He is fi nishing his degree in International Relations at Jagiellonian University in Poland, focused on Eastern policy and modern diplomacy.

Alexandra Zakova, was born in Slovakia and is currently fi nishing her studies in international business administration at the University of Vienna and working for a management consultancy. She got re-elected in 2019 as a Vice- Chairwoman of ODM and has been an active member in EDS since 2017.

Aurora Hårtveit, is a norwegian student from Kristiansand. She is currently studying for a masters in comparative politics at the University of Bergen. Aurora have years of experience from international organisations, and has especially worked with Eastern European politics.

Eleni Koufali, comes from Athens, Greece. She studies Law at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. Eleni is interested in legal science, writing, journalism, protecting human rights and entrepreneurship. In her free time, she enjoys playing the piano, dancing and travelling. Charlie Crumpton, is from England, United Kingdom and graduated with a Masters in Political Communication. He has worked in British politics for the last two years and is particularly interested in objectivism and personal responsibility as political philosophies.

Felix Milbank, is an undergraduate student at New College of Humanities London, studying Politics, International Relations and Economics. Felix shares a great passion on matters of security and defence and has lobbied for greater pan european co-operation to resolve matters in Eastern Ukraine. Felix comes from Cardiff in Wales and is currently working as a Fundraising Lead on behalf of a Welsh Conservative Parliamentary candidate ahead of the 2021 election. Dimitrije Milić (24) is a Serbian citizen and political commentator for Serban media since 2017 on topics of political situation in EU member countries. He has a Bachelor in International Relations from the University of Belgrade and is currently pursuing MA in European politics at the same University.

Jad Youseff , is a fi nance graduate from the University of CNAM. Head of the Research Team at the Lebanese Forces students association intellectual development department. He is also Assistant Production Manager at Anxin Industrial Technology in Nigeria and has earned a certifi cate with Leadership Management International (LMI).

Marta Urgellés, is from Barcelona, Spain. She holds both law and political science degrees in Pompeu Fabra University. She is currently the Chairwoman of the NNGG Pupils in Catalonia. She has become an active member of EDS in 2017 aft er several years in her national organisation.

Vladimir Kljajic, has a BA in International Relations. He is currently pursuing a Masters degree in American Studies. He is also the director of a small local cultural centre in Belgrade, Serbia. He considers EDS as a panEuropean platform focusing on discussions on issues important for Europe’s future. He is a vegetarian and wants to help Serbia become an EU member. Martin Bergman (22) from Falun, Sweden, is the International Secretary of Fria Moderata Studentförbundet (FMSF). He serves as Councillor in Dalarna and is studying for a B.Sc. in International Economics at the University of Gothenburg. He has a deep interest in sports and has a background as an elite athlete in alpine skiing. Victoria Olari is a Moldovan and Romanian citizen and has been an active member in EDS since 2014. With a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Tax Law, Victoria has professional experiences in the public, private and non-governmental sectors. She currently works as a project manager in confl ict settlement and inter-ethnic consolidation at the Institute for Strategic Initiatives.