Lucia Yar

She was born in Snina and has Rusyn and Goral roots.{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2024 |title=O Lucii - Lucia Yar |url=https://www.luciayar.eu/?page_id=59 |access-date=October 27, 2024 |language=sk-SK}} She studied at the Snina Gymnasium,{{Cite web |title=Gymnázium Snina - Vitajte... |url=http://www.gymsnina.sk/_absolventi/2006.html |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=www.gymsnina.sk}} where she co-founded a school student council, which later became a city student council.

In 2009, she obtained a bachelor's degree from the Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava (FiF UK). She continued her master's studies in European studies at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of Comenius University (FSEV UK), graduating in 2011 with honors and the rector's award.https://uniba.sk/fileadmin/ruk/uradna_vyveska/Vyrocne_spravy_a_hodnotenia_UK/Vyrocna_sprava_o_cinnosti_UK_za_rok_2011.pdf

She completed study programs in international security and European integration at Ghent University and the University of Helsinki.

In 2014, she defended her rigorous thesis on the activities of the European External Action Service at FSEV UK.

After her studies, she worked at the European Commission's Directorate for Enterprise and Industry.{{Cite web |title=European Stagiaires Journal: About Us |url=https://europeanstagiaires.blogspot.com/p/about-us_27.html |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=European Stagiaires Journal}}

Since 2013, while based in Istanbul, Turkey, she started writing a popular blog,{{Cite web |title=Výber SME |url=https://blog.sme.sk/ |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=blog.sme.sk |language=sk}} which won her third place in the Blogger of the Year awards in 2014.{{Cite web |date=2015-03-05 |title=Na Slovensku odštartovala celonárodná súťaž Bloger Roka 2014 |url=https://www.nextech.sk/a/Na-Slovensku-odstartovala-celonarodna-sutaz-BLOGER-ROKA-2014 |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=IT News |language=sk}}

Under the supervision of Associate Professor Oľga Gyrfášová, she pursued a doctoral program in political science at FSEV UK from 2019 to 2021. Her research focused on women's representation in semi-authoritarian regimes, using Turkey as a case study.{{Cite web |title=Obhajoby dizertačných prác |url=https://fses.uniba.sk/studium/doktorandske-studium/obhajoby-dizertacnych-prac/ |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=fses.uniba.sk |language=sk-SK}}

From 2015 to 2017, she served as an advisor to the State Secretary at the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic. From 2016 to 2019, she collaborated and lectured externally for the European Security and Defence College. In 2017 and 2023, she was an external lecturer at FSEV UK.

Since 2017, she served first as editor and later as editor-in-chief of Euractiv Slovakia, a portal on the European Union. Her work focused mainly on EU foreign and security policy,{{Cite web |date=2019-11-13 |title=Európa zatiaľ nevymyslela, čo s jej bojovníkmi ISIS. Turci držia eso v rukáve (rozhovor) |url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/739919/europa-zatial-nevymyslela-co-s-jej-bojovnikmi-isis-turci-drzia-eso-v-rukave-rozhovor/ |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=Aktuality.sk |language=sk}} transatlantic security,{{Cite web |date=2020-11-30 |title=Štúdio TA3: Analytička L. Yar o stave armád štátov EÚ |url=https://www.ta3.com/clanok/189235/studio-ta3-analyticka-l-yar-o-stave-armad-statov-eu |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=ta3 |language=sk}} the EU joint digital market,{{Cite web |title=K veci: Umelá inteligencia a jej regulácia v EÚ |url=https://slovensko.rtvs.sk/rubriky/aktualne-rubriky/k-veci/329524/k-veci-umela-inteligencia-a-jej-regulacia-v-eu |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=rtvs.sk |language=sk}} and later on equality and women's representation.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyKZtePDqwM |title=Žien v parlamente máme stále málo. Hostkou relácie Téma bola Lucia Yar |date=2023-08-09 |access-date=2024-10-27 |via=YouTube}} As a political analyst, she collaborated on various national and international projects, supported by organizations like NATO, the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, the European Parliament, and the European Commission.{{Cite web |title=Projects |url=https://www.europolicy.sk/projects |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=www.europolicy.sk}} She also moderated and participated as an analyst in nearly a hundred expert panels focused on EU policies. As a commentator, she collaborated with RTVS, TA3, TV JOJ,{{Cite web |date=2022-12-03 |title=Analytička na Blízky východ a seizmológ v Štúdiu JOJ 24 o zemetrasení |url=https://joj24.noviny.sk/studio-joj-24/748351-analyticka-na-blizky-vychod-a-seizmolog-v-studiu-joj-24-o-zemetraseni |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=joj24.noviny.sk |language=sk}} Denník N,{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=Lucia Yar |url=https://dennikn.sk/autor/lucia-yar/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Denník N |language=sk-SK}} SME,{{Cite web |title=Francúzsky plán pre EÚ? Obrana ako priorita, inovácie a budovanie síl rýchleho... - Video SME |url=https://video.sme.sk/c/22820251/francuzsky-plan-pre-eu-obrana-ako-priorita-inovacie-a-budovanie-sil-rychleho-nasadenia.html |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=video.sme.sk |language=sk}} and other media, especially in Slovakia.

In 2019, she was one of four nominees in the commentary category for Slovakia's most prestigious journalism award, the Journalism Award.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-24 |title=Nominácie za rok 2019 |url=https://novinarskacena.sk/nominacie-za-rok-2019 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Novinárska cena |language=sk}} The editorial team of EURACTIV Slovakia was nominated for the Journalism Award in the Global academy in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-11 |title=Novinárska cena 2021 predstavuje nominácie |url=https://novinarskacena.sk/novinarska-cena-2021-predstavuje-nominacie |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=Novinárska cena |language=sk}} In 2023, the Iniciatíva Inakosť nominated the editorial team for the Diversity Award in the Media category.{{Cite web |last=Findrová |first=Nataša Jurčová |date=2023-11-30 |title=Nominácie na Ceny Inakosti 2023 |url=https://inakost.sk/nominacie-na-ceny-inakosti-2023/ |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=Iniciatíva Inakosť |language=sk-SK}} She left the editorial team in February 2024.{{Cite web |date=27 March 2024 |title=Lucia Yar, Marcinková aj ministerka Šimkovičová. Toto sú ženy, ktoré sa rozhodli uchádzať o tvoje hlasy v eurovoľbách |url=https://brainee.hnonline.sk/notsorry/news/spolocnost/slovensko/96137613-lucia-yar-marcinkova-aj-ministerka-simkovicova-toto-su-zeny-ktore-sa-rozhodli-uchadzat-o-tvoje-hlasy-v-eurovolbach |website=brainee.sk}}

Before the 2023 Slovak parliamentary elections, she volunteered to lead the media part of the "Circle a Woman" campaign,{{Cite web |date=2023-07-31 |title=Krúžkujte vo voľbách ženy, nabádajú. Očakávame kritiku, no aj veda je na našej strane, hovorí Lucia Yar (podcast) |url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/6iIVmDe/kruzkujte-vo-volbach-zeny-nabadaju-ocakavame-kritiku-no-aj-veda-je-na-nasej-strane-hovori-lucia-yar-podcast/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Aktuality.sk |language=sk}} which garnered broad societal support, including that of President Zuzana Čaputová.{{Cite web |last=Yar |first=Lucia |date=2023-09-07 |title=Lucia Yar: Slovensko je v parlamentním zastoupení žen na chvostu Evropské unie |url=https://denikreferendum.cz/clanek/35589-slovensko-jevparlamentnim-zastoupeni-zen-nachvostu-evropske-unie |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Deník Referendum |language=cs}}

In March 2024, Progressive Slovakia invited her as an expert to join their candidate list for the European elections. She ran in sixth position.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-06 |title=Za PS bude v eurovoľbách kandidovať aj Martin Poliačik |url=https://dennikn.sk/minuta/3867564/ |access-date=October 27, 2024 |website=Denník N |language=sk-SK}}https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/verejna_sprava/volby_a_referendum/120_ep/ep24_kandidati/EP24_ZZK21.pdf

She is married.

During the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election campaign, Yar led a campaign Circle a woman, advocating for increasing the female representation in the National Council of Slovakia through preferential votes for female candidates.{{Cite web|title=Krúžkujte vo voľbách ženy, nabádajú. Očakávame kritiku, no aj veda je na našej strane, hovorí Lucia Yar (podcast)|url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/6iIVmDe/kruzkujte-vo-volbach-zeny-nabadaju-ocakavame-kritiku-no-aj-veda-je-na-nasej-strane-hovori-lucia-yar-podcast/|website=Aktuality.sk|publisher=Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia|date=31 July 2023|access-date=19 July 2024|language=sk}}

From 2017 until announcing her candidacy in the 2024 European Parliament elections, she worked as a journalist in the Slovak version of Euractiv.{{Cite web|title=Zmena vo vedení redakcie Euractiv Slovensko|url=https://euractiv.sk/section/all/press_release/zmena-vo-vedeni-redakcie-euractiv-slovensko/|website=Euractiv|date=1 March 2024|access-date=19 July 2024|language=sk}}

In June 2024 she has been elected as a member of the European Parliament for Progressive Slovakia.

• Yar, L. (2020). Kurdish Female Fighters in Syria during and after the Fight Against Isis: Emancipation as a Fundamental Motive for the Struggle in Northeast Syria. Defence & Strategy, 20(2):19-40. DOI: 10.3849/1802-7199.20.2020.02.019 – 040. Dec 18, 2020{{Cite web |title=Kurdish Female Fighters in Syria During and After the Fight Against Isis |url=https://www.academia.edu/62810226 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.academia.edu}}
• Yar, L. (2020). Turkey in Crisis: Divergent Foreign Policy as a Cover-up for the Economic Crisis. In Kiner, A. et. at. (Ed.) International Relations 2020: Current Issues of World Economy and Politics. (pp. 744 – 752). Bratislava: Publishing Ekonóm. Dec 4, 2020{{Cite web |date=2020-03-12 |title=International Relations 2020: Current Issues of World Economy and Politics |url=https://www.portalvs.sk/en/konferencie-a-seminare/zobrazit/medzinarodne-vztahy-2020-aktualne-otazky-svetovej-ekonomiky-a-politiky-online |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.portalvs.sk |language=en}}
• Yar, L. (2016). Turkey in 2015: How Elections, Kurds and Neighbouring Conflict Shaped Turkey’s Security. In Bátor, P. & Ondrejcsák, R. (Ed.) Panorama of global security environment 2015 – 2016 (pp. 273 – 275). Bratislava: Stratpol.{{Cite web |last=Yar |first=Lucia |date=2016 |title=Turkey in 2015: How Elections, Kurds and Neighbouring Conflict Shaped Turkey's Security |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344635047 |website=Research Gate}}

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• [https://euractiv.sk/authors/lucia-yar/ Lucia Yar] – on Euractiv.sk
• [https://dennikn.sk/autor/lucia-yar/ Lucia Yar] – on Denník N

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