Slowenian youngster and Alpencup athlete Vid Vrhovnik has made it among the finalists of the „Young Hopes“ Awards 2016 which honours young hopefuls from the areas of sports, arts and science.

An international Anti-Corruption Summit attended by 40 nations which gathered 11 world leaders was organised by British Prime Minister David Cameron on 12^th May 2016 in London (GBR).

Every two years the FIS SnowKidz Award is a focal point of the Bring Children to the Snow campaign. The Award aims to recognise and promote the best examples of the programme.

Frederic Zoz, who was previously the head coach of the French ladies' team, will now start working with the Turkish ski jumpers.

The Italian Winter Sports Federation has announced the 2016/2017 Italian National Cross Country Ski Team.

Four athletes were named to the A-Team of German head coach Werner Schuster for the upcoming 2016/17 season.

World Champion from 2011 Matti Heikkinen has moved to Oslo to train with Norwegian skiers and prepare for the home World Championships in Lahti.

German Ronny Hornschuh is the new head coach of the Swiss ski jumpers and in this position the successor of Pipo Schoedler, who resigned after the last season.

At the conclusion of the inaugural ‘National Schools Snow Sport Week sponsored by Visit Andorra’, 1,066 children and 149 schools got involved in the Snow Sport England initiative.

From 9^th-11^th May 2016, FIS Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard staff, representatives from FIS Marketing AG and Infront Sports & Media conducted their third Coordination Group meeting for the 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships in Sierra Nevada (SPA) which will be held from 6^th-19^th March 2017.