On Tuesday, 18 March 2025, the Vice-Rector for International Relations, Dr. h. c. Prof. Mgr. Slávka Tomaščíková, PhD. and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts Prof. Mgr. Renáta Panocová, PhD. welcomed the Ambassador of the French Republic to Slovakia, H.E. Nicolas Suran, at the Rectorate of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. The Ambassador accepted the university’s invitation on the occasion of his lecture at the Faculty of Arts of UPJŠ on the topic Economic Diplomacy: Challenges and Current Developments in the European Union. Examples of French-Slovak Relations.
Students of the English Language for European Institutions and Economy program (French Language module) at the Department of British and American Studies at the Faculty of Arts of UPJŠ provided simultaneous interpretation from French into Slovak. Additionally, whispered interpreting (chuchotage) was arranged for Ukrainian students, which was also carried out by translation and interpreting students from the same department.
