You have a fantastic opportunity to spend 11 months in a beautiful Polish town of Łódź as a volunteer within the European volunteer service! Volunteers must be aged between 18-30.

Russian Humanitarian Scientific Fund and German Scientific Research Society have announced an international contest on joint scientific research projects in the area of humanities and social sciences for year 2017

The EU-Russia Civil Society Forum invites young professionals aged between 25 and 35 from the EU, Russia, and other European states to apply for the 2nd edition of the "Europe Lab" Forum. Forum for Young Professionals "Europe Lab" is a unique communication and exchange platform for change makers from all over Europe working in public administration, business, NGOs, universities, think tanks, and other fields of professional engagement.

International department of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs brings to you attention, that Italian government has announced an international fellowship program for academic year 2016/2017, which is aimed at doing internships in Italian universities.

Challenge Up! IoT Accelerator by Intel, Cisco and Deutsche Telekom is an international accelerator and incubation program for start-ups. It is free to early-stage entrepreneurs and startups with no-strings attached (no equity in return for participation). It is aimed at supporting entrepreneurs from Russia, Africa and Middle East.

Internet publishing house STRF.ru announces a contest for scientific blogs.

Foundation for supporting public democracy named after A. M. Gorchakov has announced a call for applications from Russian and foreign non-commercial organizations, who want to receive financial support for implementing projects at the beginning of 2017. Application deadline is 15 April 2016.

From 14 to 16 March Matthias Hartwig taught a course “Introduction to the European Law” at the PetrSU Faculty of Law. The course was delivered within the project “EU Center in the Barents region of Russia”, supported by the “Erasmus+” program of the European Union. Matthias is a recognized specialist in the area of comparative law; he holds a Doctor’s degree in Law and is a professor and a senior research fellow at the Max Plank Institute of comparative public and private law. He was invited as the EU expert on legal issues, and he is also the author of such research works as “Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence – background and critique of judicial decree”.

French Ministry of national education, higher education and research announces that open vacancies for lecturers are open at the University of Toulouse. The vacancy is open for teachers of Russian, who are interested in participating in French-Russian bilateral exchange programs in 2016/2017.

British Council and International House Voronezh-Linguist invite you to collaborate with Shakespeare! We challenge you to re-write one of the Bard’s famous scenes or monologues in a new style and format while preserving the essence of the original.