17 November 2009
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico visited UCL to deliver an inaugural lecture entitled 'Slovakia in the 21st Century' at the invitation of SSEES and the British Association for Central & Eastern Europe (BACEE) The Prime Minister looked back to 1989, reflecting both critically and positively on the ensuing 20 years and speaking optimistically about Slovakia's future.
Both the Prime Minister and, in his concluding remarks, the then Director Dr Robin Aizlewood took the occasion to applaud the contribution to SSEES and UCL of Robert Pynsent, Emeritus Professor of Czech and Slovak Literature.