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.

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.

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).

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.