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.
The University of Economics in Bratislava welcomed 135 students from 22 countries of the world who came to study in the summer semester of the academic year 2019/2020. The countries with the highest representation are France, Spain and Germany. Students from the USA or Mexico will also study at the university as part of bilateral cooperation and under the Erasmus + International Credit Mobility Program, as well as students from Albania and Ukraine.
The XXVII. edition of Diplomacy in Practice was opened by the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, J.E. Mr Andrew Garth, at the University of Economics in Bratislava on the 18th February 2020. The theme of the 2019/2020 summer semester series are current economic and political events in Europe.
The top representatives of five research universities (University of Economics in Bratislava, the Slovak University of Technology, the Technical University of Košice, the University of Žilina and the Technical University of Zvolen) together with the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic established a new association UNIVNET with a goal to carry out research and development activities and recovery of waste.
