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The Rector of UPJ\u0160 in Ko\u0161ice, prof. MUDr. Daniel Pella, PhD. was pleased to receive His Excellency Mr. Nigel Baker, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice (UPJ\u0160) on the afternoon of 21 September 2023.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussions in the premises of the UPJ\u0160 Rectorate in Ko\u0161ice were attended by the Rector of UPJ\u0160, prof. Pella, Dr. h. c. prof. Mgr. Sl\u00e1vka Toma\u0161\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1, PhD. Appointed to carry out the agenda of the Vice-Rector for International Relations, His Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Slovak Republic Mr. Nigel Baker and Dr. Pavol Deme\u0161, foreign policy analyst at The German Marshall Fund, a major American NGO. Ambassador Baker expressed interest in the growing number of students from the United Kingdom studying at the Faculty of Medicine at UPJ\u0160 and in the long-term cooperation of UPJ\u0160 departments with the universities of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe information about the upcoming schemes to support science, research and mobility opportunities for universities in Slovakia, which the Ambassador shared, is very positive news also for UPJ\u0160, and at the same time it is a guarantee of the continuation of intensive scientific, research and pedagogical cooperation between UPJ\u0160 workplaces and partner universities in the United Kingdom, which has a long tradition at both the institutional and individual levels,\u201d said Vice-Rector Toma\u0161\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a joint meeting with the UPJ\u0160 management, the Ambassador attended the launch of Pavol Deme\u0161\u2019s new book Slovakia and the United Kingdom<\/mark><\/em><\/strong> with the subtitle The First 30 Years<\/mark><\/em><\/strong>, which was organized for its students by the Department of British and American Studies of the Faculty of Arts at UPJ\u0160 in Ko\u0161ice in the Kostliv\u00fd Auditorium on the faculty campus. The bilingual publication, the first of its kind, maps the development of Slovak-British relations in modern history. It was published on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the author of the publication offers a precise summing up of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice, the UK Ambassador to Slovakia Nigel Baker and I had a discussion with students and teachers about relations between our countries and the dilemmas of pre-election Slovakia. At the same time, we presented my bilingual book on Slovak-British relations. The hall was crowded and charged with energy. I haven\u2019t felt so good in academia for a long time,\u201d said Pavol Deme\u0161, commenting on the launch of his book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about the author:
Pavol Deme\u0161<\/mark><\/strong> is an internationally recognized leader of non-governmental organizations based in Bratislava, civic activist, former Minister of International Relations of the Slovak Republic, co-founder of SAIA-SCTS for the third sector, photographer and political analyst. He entered public life after the Velvet Revolution, from 1990 he worked at the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic as Director of the Department of International Cooperation, in 1991 \u2013 1992 as Minister of International Relations of the Slovak Republic, in 1990 he founded the Slovak Academic Information Agency (SAIA) and was its director until 2000. In the period 1993 \u2013 1997 he was an advisor to the President of the Slovak Republic for foreign policy. Since 2000 he has been working in the major American NGO The German Marshall Fund, until 2010 as Director for Central and Eastern Europe based in Bratislava. Currently he is an analyst (senior transatlantic fellow) for them. He has accumulated professional experience in a number of popular articles, professional studies and book publications focused on the field of international relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Publication of Pavol Deme\u0161: Slovakia and the United Kingdom<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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