{"id":8131,"date":"2024-11-26T08:58:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T08:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karl-lamers.de\/?p=8131"},"modified":"2024-11-27T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T09:59:08","slug":"science-and-knowledge-day-festivities-at-the-mru-included-the-announcement-and-reward-of-the-winners-of-the-2024-dr-karl-a-lamers-peace-price-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.karl-lamers.de\/de\/science-and-knowledge-day-festivities-at-the-mru-included-the-announcement-and-reward-of-the-winners-of-the-2024-dr-karl-a-lamers-peace-price-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Science and Knowledge Day festivities at the MRU included the announcement and reward of the winners of the 2024 Dr. Karl A. Lamers Peace-Price Contest."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8131\" class=\"elementor elementor-8131\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f36202 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f36202\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e229d56\" data-id=\"e229d56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba3f6ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba3f6ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In 2018 Karl A. Lamers initiated the Peace Foundation that carries his name. The Foundation sponsors contests of university student essays on security and defence issues in different EU countries. In Lithuania the contest takes place at the MRU for the sixth year in a row.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Peace Prize certificates to the winners were presented personally by Prof. h.c. Dr. Karl A. Lamers, former member of the German Bundestag, and Prof. Dr. Inga \u017dal\u0117nien\u0117, Rector of the MRU.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The topic of the contest this year was: \u201cDo NATO states continue to have enough willpower and strategies to help Ukraine to stop Russia and what are the prospects of Ukraine&#8217;s NATO membership?\u201d.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">First Prize and 1000 Euros went to Volodimir Tsybko, graduate of the MA study program \u201cManagement of Public Relations\u201d, Institute of Communication, Faculty of Human and Social studies.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Second prize and 600 Euros is won by Nedas Latv\u0117nas, a student of BA program \u201cCommunication and Digital Marketing\u201d of the same Institute of Communication.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Third Prize and 400 Euros awarded to Hayr\u00fcnnisa \u00c7elik, a student with MRU\u2019s Law School\u2019s BA study program \u201cLaw and Global Security\u201d.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Law School\u2018s MA study program\u2018s \u201eEuropean and International Business Law\u201c student Maryna Vandzhurak won a fourth place and honourable mention.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Karl A. Lamers is an influential German politician, a former veteran member of the Bundestag and of the Defence Committee of the Bundestag, former President of the NATO parliamentary assembly. He maintains regular ties with major Lithuanian politicians, who are engaged in security and defence policy making.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Also, professor is a long-time friend of the MRU, doctor honoris causa and professor honoris cause of the MRU. Every spring, barring pandemic lockdown, he is coming to MRU to take part in Dr. Lamers NATO Hearings public discussion as a key-note speaker.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the congratulatory speech Karl A. Lamers noted the academic excellence that prospers at the MRU, he also praised the ever-increasing internationalisation of MRU\u2019s studies and science and consistent effort to take in Ukrainian students. <\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Karl A. Lamers also reflected on the situation of global security which is now largely defined by Russian aggression against Ukraine. On Ukraine he said: \u201cThere will be no free Europe without free Ukraine. Unity of EU and NATO is our strength and this is the only language Putin understands. Slava Ukraini!\u201d.<br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Compiled by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Virgis Valentinavi\u010dius, coordinator for Karl A. 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