On May 16, 2018, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Slovenia to Slovakia, H.E. Mr. Gregor Kozovinc, visited on his own request the UEBA’s Rector, prof. Ferdinand Daňo. The subject of the meeting was academic cooperation with Slovenian universities. Mr. Boris Mattoš, the Vice-Rector for International Relations, informed the guest on the UEBA’s international cooperation.

Dnešná moderná doba spolu s technickou revolúciou prináša so sebou úplne iný spôsob života ako to bolo v minulosti. Nové informácie napredujú neuveriteľným tempom a vďaka internetu a počítačovým technológiám sa k nám dostávajú veľmi rýchlo. Čo platilo včera, nemusí platiť dnes. Ubudlo manuálnej práce, životné tempo ľudí sa zrýchľuje.

On April 24, 2018, the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Slovakia, H.E. Mr. Nearchos Palas visited the University of Economics in Bratislava. In the final lecture of the 23rdedition of the course Diplomacy in Practice, he focused on current challenges in the European Union as well as the aspects determining the situation in the Mediterranean: the situation in Syria, migration, terrorism and energy politics. 

On the occasion of the 5th IBSM conference "Business Management and Accounting", co-organized by the Faculty of Commerce in Bratislava in cooperation with the Hanoi University of Industry, Trisakti University, Jakarta and the University of Social Sciences in Warszaw, the Rector of the University of Economics in Bratislava, Mr. Ferdinand Daňo, and members of the scientific and organizational committee of the conference, Mr. Peter Drábik and Ms. Paulína Krnáčová, visited from April 17 to 22 2018, the capital of Vietnam – Hanoi. On this occasion, they had several important meetings.

On April 17, 2018, the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to Slovakia, H.E. Ms. Maria Louisa MARINAKIS, gave a lecture at the course Diplomacy in Practice. Mr. Boris MATTOŠ, the Vice-Rector for International Relations and Ms. Andrea VALACHOVÁ, the Vice-Dean for Foreign Relations and Public Relations at the NHF UEBA informed the guest about the cooperation of the UEBA with the universities in Greece. A student from the University of Macedonia currently interning at the Greek Embassy in Bratislava attended the meeting too.

In the week of April 16 – 18, 2018, the University of Economics in Bratislava hosted 16 representatives from 15 foreign universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America as a part of the Joint International Week organized by the UEBA in Bratislava with the support of Erasmus + in cooperation with Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU), where the program continued on April 19 and 20, 2018.

On April 10, 2018, Ambassador of Ireland to Slovakia, H.E. Ms. Hildegard Ó Riain, gave a lecture at the University of Economics in Bratislava as part of the course Diplomacy in Practice. The guest was informed on cooperation with the with Irish universities Mr. Boris Mattoš, Vice-Rector for International Relations and Ildikó Némethová, Vice-Dean for International Relations at the Faculty of Applied Languages.

On 27 March 2018, Ambassador of the French Republic in Slovakia, H.E. Mr. Christophe Léonzi gave a lecture at Diplomacy in Practice lecture series. The Ambassador was welcomed by the UEBA’s Rector, Mr. Ferdinand Daňo. The meeting was attended by Mr. Boris Mattoš, Vice-Rector for International Relations and an intern at the French Embassy.

On March 27, 2018, the UEBA’s Rector, Mr. Ferdinand Daňo, welcomed at her own request the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Albania in Slovakia, H.E. Ms. Enkeledu Merkuri. Discussed at the meeting was academic cooperation with Albanian universities. Mr. Boris Mattoš, Vice-Rector for International Relations, informed about the ongoing projects.