From Monday 11 to Friday 14 April, the Romanian, Moldovan, Ukrainian and Georgian students of the Vogel-Polsky Promotion teamed up to organize an Eastern European National Week at our Bruges campus. The following events took place during this very special traditional and cultural week:
MONDAY
The students launched the week with an Eastern European Pub Quiz with high-quality prizes;
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TUESDAY
Ukrainian Art Exhibition in Dijver's foyer where two themes were presented:
* Contemporary Ukrainian art: Svitlana Lebiga, President of the Cultural Center of Ukraine in Belgium, presented some of her works as well as paintings of children fleeing the war in Ukraine
* War photo exhibition: the society presented some of the photos taken by journalists during the war in Ukraine.
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High Level Panel Discussion on "The Relations between the EU and the Associated Trio (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova) in the context of the Russian war in Ukraine: State of Play and Future Perspectives"
The honourable speakers for the panel discussion were:
*Ms Federica MOGHERINI - Rector of the College of Europe, former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission
*H.E Ambassador Vakhtang MAKHAROBLISHVILI - Head of the Mission of Georgia to the EU, Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
*H.E. Ambassador Daniela MORARI - Ambassador, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the EU
* H.E. Ambassador Oleh SHAMSHUR (unfortunately could not be present due to unforeseen reasons)
Chargé d'Affairesa.i., Embassyof Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium
*Mr Siegfried MUREŞAN - MEP, Chair of Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee
Wine Reception with Moldovan and Georgian delicacies
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WEDNESDAY
National Week lunch with Romanian-Moldovan traditional “mămăliga with friptură and smântână” whereas the vegetarian option prepared ‘khachapuri’ and authentic Ukrainian ‘borscht'.
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THURSDAY
Moldovan wine tasting followed by traditional Romanian dance workshop “Hora” and bar night
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