Европейский фонд славянской письменности и культуры

On April 4, a solemn ceremony dedicated to the Day of Liberation of Bratislava was held at the Slavin memorial in Bratislava.

On the 30 of March 2016 in Bratislava, in the European fundation of Slavic Script and Culture, the Russian Centre was opened.

The opening ceremony was attended by officials, public figures, representatives of the creative intelligence, students of Russian philology and grammar. There were also friends and partners Arrived from other cities of Slovakia, Austria and Hungary. The procedure was started with the cutting of red stripe. Guests were greeted by the women in Russian national costumes and young people in T-shirts with symbols of the «Russian world». Then, according to the folk tradition of the Russian Centre premises were consecrated by the Emeritus Archbishop of Prague and Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia Christopher. The guests got acquainted with the centre and its capabilities. The celebration continued in the halls of Aircraft Gallery.

Russian language courses began its work on 17.03.2016 in Bratislava. Courses were organized by Russian center under the help of the European fund of Slavic writing and culture. These courses offer training for all categories of students of different levels. Students were divided into groups according to the level of language knowledge. Currently, began its work classes in groups for beginners and for intermediate level study. There is also continuing a set into groups for English-speaking students.

Empathy indicates the ability to imagine yourself in the place of another. What does the generation of 20 - 30 year old artists think about that war, and, in particular, about the very beginning of it? What should a person feel if he would be suddenly overtaken by the war? What images can be born about this terrible war in minds of generations of 90s that are living, seemingly in a different country and in works of artists who had never painted about this topic?

On the 3d of February 2016, in Bratislava, in AIRCRAFT Business Center was hosted a roundtable discussion on the highly topical theme «The fight against terrorism, geopolitical challenges in Europe, Europe and Russia».

The initiators of the round table were well-known in Slovakia writer and journalist, member of the Slovak Parliament, member of the PACE Sergey Helemendik and The President of the European Academy of Security and Conflictology, the President of the European Foundation for Slavic Literature and Culture, member of Council of Europe, Professor Igor Bondarenko.

The topic of the round table was not chosen by chance. On Slovak television in various institutions and on the streets sounds the theme of terrorism, Europe's future and relations with Russia.

As keynote speaker was invited a famous Russian writer, a political scientist and publicist Nikolai Starikov. He spoke about his vision of the political situation in the world, the causes of migration flows in Europe, the origins of terrorism, relations between Slovakia and Russia.