In the first school week, the fourth of the seven regional tournaments of the largest international robotic competition for children and youth from 9 to 16 years took place. After Banska Bystrica, Poprad and Žilina, the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) took place on January 10, 2019 in the Kasár / Kulturpark area in Košice.

The Nobel prize, the most prestigious scientific award is being given away every year for a significant or ground-breaking research, technical invention or for a contribution for the humankind in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, literature or in fight for peace.

The Department of Genetics of the Institute of Biology and Ecology at the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice commemorated this years 50th anniversary of the institutionalization of genetics at the Faculty of Sience, P.J.Šafárik University in Košice.