Charles University is among those helping, aiding more than 150 Ukrainian students and academics, setting up Czech language courses, housing hundreds of refugees in dormitories, and drawing on students volunteering at train stations and centres. “I believe that by working together we are able to help effectively,” Rector Milena Kraličková wrote in late May.
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Ibero-American Week Is Just Around the Corner
Universidad de Chile and Charles University co-organize Ibero-American Week that is to take place from 9 to 13 May. As part of the event, the 27th Ibero-American Prize for student essays will be awarded and the Centre for Ibero-American Studies at CU FA will hold a conference on the bicentennial of the independence processes in Brazil, Mexico and Peru.
Conference of Four Countries Offers Crucial Lessons
Charles University brought together top members of the legislative branches in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, to mark 100 years since the Czechoslovaks recognised the independence of the three Baltic states. Doc. Kristina Ante (Department of East European Studies at CU FA) had a presentation on how these countries are viewed by the Czechs.