Between 7–8 September, following the cooperation agreement and programme between VSU and Goce Delcev University (Štip, Macedonia) the coordinator of the Agreement, Professor from the Faculty of Law, Natalia Butusiva, and the Associate Professor from the Department of Sociology and Politology, Roman Savenkov, took part in the 4th international conference “Social Changes in the Global World”. Among other participants of the conference were representatives from almost all Balkan states, Turkey, Poland, and others. Russia was represented by researchers from Saint Petersburg State University and Voronezh State University.

