On October 14, 2019, a public discussion on Europe and European values took place at the Bookstore Ye in Rivne. Dmytro Shevchuk and Vitalii Lebediuk were the main speakers of the discussion. The book of essays “New Europe” was discussed during the meeting. The speakers focused on the importance of European values for Ukraine, the significant role of the development of European studies in Ukrainian universities. Also, everyone had the opportunity to get acquainted with the main ideas of the project “Studies of European values and identity”, which is implemented at the National University “Ostroh Academy”.