Европейский фонд славянской письменности и культуры

From the 27th of February till the 26th of May 2017, in the Russian Center of the European Fund of Slavic Literature and Culture in Bratislava was hosted an internship in the Russian language of the bachelor from Italy - Leticia Gazzola.

Leticia completed her study at the State University of Ca Foscari in Venice (Italy) and obtained a bachelor's degree on Russian philology and culture. Since 2011, at the University of Ca 'Foscari, in the Center of the Study of Russian Culture, where she has been working, she studied the Russian language in depth.

After the tragic events in London on the 22d of March 2017, in my article I gave prediction that terrorists soon might show themselves again, but at the same time change tactics,  by using "traditional" bombs instead of vehicles crashing into the crowd (see "Rossiyskiye Vesti"  №3-4, 2017). Unfortunately, this happened exactly two months later - on the 22d of May 2017, but this time in Manchester. A native of Manchester, 22-year-old suicide bomber Salman...

On the 30th of May 2017 in the Russian Center of the European Fund of Slavic Literature and Culture in Bratislava an “Open Day” was held.

The whole day the Russian Center hosted guests, showed opportunities to learn Russian language, acquainted all guests with the resources of the center and its library.

Special guests were students of the Ivan Gorvat bilingual gymnasium. This year the gymnasium celebrated its 50th anniversary. The gymnasium students study the Russian language quite intensively, for 20 hours a week, and also they have individual subjects conducted in Russian.

On the 25th of May 2017, in the Russian Center of the European Fund of Slavic Literature and Culture in Bratislava was hosted a seminar on Russian language and culture on the theme "Slavic enlighteners Cyril and Methodius." The seminar was held as a part of the celebration of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, which is celebrated annually in Russia and in other Slavic countries, and is dedicated to the memory of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Brothers Methodius and Cyril.

The participants of the 13th Moscow International Festival of Slavic Music, which took place in Moscow at the Balakirev Children's Art School under the support of the Department of Culture of Moscow, returned to Slovakia with a victory.

The festival was held within the framework of the state program of the celebration of the "Days of Slavic Literature and Culture" and for many years traditionally was held in May on the eve of this Orthodox holiday.

On the 15th of May 2017, in the Russian Center of the European Foundation of Slavic Literature and Culture in Bratislava, was held an exhibition of books entitled "The History of Russian Culture in Persons".