The international links of our Department are becoming more and more extensive and go far beyond Europe, which is evidenced by a recent visit of Professor Lu Kuo-Ping from TamKang University in Taiwan. The lecture given by Professor Lu Kuo-Ping was focused not only on the history of Taiwan but also showed the many faces of modern Taiwan, together with its historical monuments, amazing nature and tourist attractions. Bearing in mind endangered environment world-wide, Professor Lu Kuo-Ping devoted part of his lecture to so called “garbage culture”, illustrating his presentation with video clips and pictures.