The Rector of the University of Economics in Bratislava in accordance with  the declaration of the Government of the Slovak Republic  on emergency situation in relation to the risk of spreading the new coronavirus throughout the country with the aim to mitigate the consequences of the public health risks due to the COVID-19 disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 in the Slovak Republic ”and in accordance with the recommendations of the Crisis Board of the University of Economics in Bratislava related to the COVID-19 on March 12, 2020 has issued

At its meeting on 8 March 2020, the Crisis Board of the EU Bratislava decided that Monday, March 9, 2020 to Saturday, March 21, 2020 (included) both full-time and part-time classes at all teaching units (Bratislava, Kosice, Michalovce, Virt) will be canceled. The teaching process will take the form of a self-study or other suitable methods.

On March 3, 2020, the University of Economics in Bratislava hosted extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Slovakia, J.E. Margit BRUCK-FRIEDRICH, who gave a lecture within the study discipline Diplomacy in practice. In her presentation, she focused on the importance of international groupings, the challenges facing the European Union in the 21st century, and she also highlighted the importance of economic and cultural cooperation between Austria and Slovakia.

Student team composed of Bc. Hercegh Ondrej Lin Xinyi, Bc. Macak Marek, Bc. Vateha Marko David and Ing. Zeman Mário, under the guidance of doc. Ing. Jana Kotlebová, PhD. and doc. Ing. Petr Árendáš, PhD. from the Department of Banking and International Finance (Faculty of National Economy of the EU in Bratislava), this year again showed their skills in the world round of competition in trading RITC 2020, which is professionally covered by the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto, Canada).

On 25 February 2020, the University of Economics in Bratislava hosted the new Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Slovakia, J.E. Mr. Nicos P. NICOLAOU who gave a lecture within the study discipline Diplomacy in practice. In his presentation he focused not only on the history and international position of his country, but also on the current situation in the Mediterranean region.