On 29 September 2021 the Master's Programme in "Southeast European Studies: Politics, History, and Economics"  welcomed 25 students from different countries at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. After one and a half year of remote teaching we came back to face-to-face teaching. Professor Nikolaos Tzifakis  delivered the keynote speech on “The Vicious Cycle of Authoritarianism, Nationalism, and Underdevelopment in the Western Balkans”. Then we had the chance to get-together with a welcoming drink.