The 1st European Conference on Heraldry and Vexillology 27-29 September, Cieszyn, Poland

The 1st European Conference on Heraldry and Vexillology was held in Cieszyn, Poland on 27-29 September 2012. The conference was organised by the Heraldry and Verxillology Institute to discuss the issues of the formation, institution and use of coat of arms and flags of the lands, provinces and districts in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The conference brought together the representatives from Poland, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Macedonia, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA, Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic etc. Belarus was represented at the conference by Mrs. Marina Elinskaya, adviser at the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Justice Ministry of the Republic of Belarus, secretary at the Heraldry Council under the President of the Republic of Belarus, who made a report on the topic of the present-day territorial heraldry and vexillology in Belarus.

The conference resulted in reaching an agreement on further cooperation with the director of the Heraldry and Vexillology Institute Alfred Znamierowski, chairman of the Polish Heraldic Commission Pawel Dudzinski, chairman of the Ukrainian Heraldry Society Andriy Grechylo etc.