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On November 22, 2018, the Round Table of the Economic Section was held with the invited guest Mr. Matej Šimalčík from the Institute of Asian Studies, who is dealing with Chinese influence in Europe. Mr. Šimalčík approached the current position of Chinese investments in the countries of the European Union and in the "16 + 1" countries. During the discussion the participants came to the conclusion that thanks to the investments from China there is a great potential in this region.

The guest of the first round table discussion, organized by the Security Section of the Model Conference of the Faculty of International Relations, 2019, was Mr. Martin Vereš, Head of the Information and Cyber Security Department of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Mr. Vereš shared with us interesting insights from the area of cyber security and explained what this term means. The students discussed the spread of false information as a cyber threat and how the state authorities are fighting potential cyber attacks. In the past, Slovakia faced cyber attacks from abroad. Nowadays, Slovakia is fighting with cyber attacks and threats with the help from ESET, one of the most renowned companies, which works with state authorities.