Meeting of USPE President Georgios Tzatzakis and USPE Secretary General Andreas Röhner with the Minister of Justice and Public Order of Cyprus, Mrs. Anna Koukkidi Prokopiou, the Cypriot Chief of Police, Mr. Stelios Papatheodorou, as well as the President of the Cyprus Police Sports Association, Mr. Marinos Christodoulou, and the Vice President of the Cyprus Police Sports Association, Mrs. Stella Charalambidou, on 24^th November 2023 in Nicosia/Cyprus to discuss European police sports matters.

"2^nd Meeting of the USPE Executive Committee and Technical Commission 2023"

The joint 2^nd Meeting of the USPE Executive Committee (EC) and the USPE Technical Commission (TC) took place from 17^th to 20^th October 2023 in Lisbon/Portugal.

The aim of the USPE is to promote sport within the European police forces and to coordinate the organisation of international competitions in the USPE sports, as well as to build social, cooperative and professional relationships.

This meeting and especially the personal interactions with the TC members served as an optimal preparation for the EC members to take important decisions for the business continuity of the USPE and for the future.

USPE Secretary General Andreas Röhner would kindly like to thank the host, Associação Desportiva Cultural e Recreativa da Polícia Judiciária, especially President Miguel Gonçalves, for the excellent organisation and the great hospitality.

"Draw for the Final Round of the 16^th USPE European Police Championship Handball Men 2023 at the EHF Headquarter in Vienna/Austria"

On 14^th July 2023, the draw for the Final Round of the 16^th USPE EPC Handball Men from 17^th to 24^th September 2023 in Balatonfüred/Hungary took place at the Headquarter of the European Handball Federation (EHF) in Vienna/Austria.

According to item 10.1 of the respective Invitation to Enter (ItE), Hungary as the host is seeded as A1.
Germany as the reigning champion is seeded as B1.

In the presence of EHF Chief Sports Officer Markus Glaser, USPE President Georgios Tzatzakis, USPE Secretary General Andreas Röhner, the USPE Technical Delegate for Handball, Mr. Rigas Oustampasidis, representatives of the Hungarian organiser, Dr. Gergely Vattay and Mr. Laszlo Gyori, as well as representatives of the participating countries, the grouping and position of the remaining six teams were decided by lot with the following result: