On December 18th several departments at the New Bulgarian University came together and organized a special event honoring 30 years since the fall of communism. The history, art, music and philosophy departments produced an exciting event which was attended by more than 50 people with various professional and personal background. In almost four hours the audience heard emblematic songs complemented by thematic stage design, audio excerpts and text readings. All that was organized around the theme of freedom and crossing borders, barriers and division. During the opening speech by Metody Metodiev, an associate professor at the History department at NBU,…

On December 17th, RiskMonitor co-organized two lectures at the New Bulgarian University as part of its dissemination campaign and presented to the students the creative tools that the team has created. The lectures were of international students in the program Political Science, which is in English. The team selected this program in particular because most of the students who study there (70%+) are third-country nationals themselves. The team presented INTEGRA project achievements to the students and showcased the website of the project. The students played the game The Unknown and brainstormed various options for creative awareness raising on integration issues.…

As a part of project #INTEGRA, Centre for peace, nonviolence and human rights published a poem from Omar Khayyam (1048-1131). Omar was born in Nishapur, Iran. He was a Persian mathematician, poet and astronomer. Omar Khayyam (”Omar the tentmaker”) was a mathematician and astronomer, and worked at the royal court as astronomer. He was highly appreciated for his achievements in the field of algebra and geometry. In 1077 he issued an important work that solved problems with the mathematics of Euclid, problems mathematicians in Europe managed to solve only 5-600 years later. From 1074 to 1079 Khayyam worked on a…

Kosice Municipality based on the cooperation with Integra project has developed a special section on their municipal website devoted to providing information and services to TCNs. It intends to serve as an online resource centre for newcomers. The new section of the Košice City website focuses on migrants living in Košice. It intends to serve as an online resource centre for newcomers. The multicultural City of Košice welcomes the thousands of visitors coming to Košice to see the sights, history, taste local cuisine, culture or sport. However, the statistics show that every year there are more and more foreigners settling…