The Covid-19 determined pandemic has affected all branches of socio-economic life, and the educational environment has not been bypassed. The students' reaction to the measures of the total transfer of the teaching-learning process in the online environment, by universities closure, is proving to be one of the challenges determined by the current global pandemic manifestation. The impact is highlighted by major changes with obvious patterns in the short time period. The academic world is witnessing this changing from the position of forced adaptation, both teachers, administrative staff, and students being in the situation of reconsidering the entire system, in organization and functionality. The on-line platforms have replaced the classrooms, the communication is made exclusively virtual, and the reactions caused by this form of reconfiguration are felt in multiple ways. The present paper approaches the students' reaction to this necessity for adaptation, by comparison between the university environment from Romania and the one from South Korea. The results indicate multiple similarities and minor differences between these two countries. A main conclusion is that in technically, organizationally and emotionally-affective perspective, the situation is very similar, the differences being present only from a financial point of view and about the intention in student-teacher communication.

The reduction of the development gap of South and East European economy compared with the rest of the developed countries represent an important condition to achieve the goal of „healthy development“ of European Union. High level of competitiveness in West European industries as well as new policy of sustainable development causes a rethinking of strategy of individual countries. Creative industries may contribute to the efficient utilization of local resources and individual characteristics. Using the culture like an “engine” of regional development, in South and Eastern Europe, countries can generate many positive and lasting effects on these economies. This article presents the role and evolution of creative goods and industries in South and Eastern European countries, and aims to prefigure their impact on sustainable development of these regions. The involvement of these goods in international trade may improve or rehabilitate the position of different economies at European level.

Romanian views regarding agriculture are different from European ones. In Romania, it is considered that this sector should consist mainly from large- and very large-scale farms that would ensure high efficiency. In spite of this view, the reality is that agricultural lands are extremely fragmented. The evolution of the Romanian rural environment was marked by historical events that led to political regime changes and, implicitly, alterations in public policies regarding rural organizations that had a significant impact on peasant culture and the values of villagers. Romania is facing a significant gap in terms of the diversification of the structure of rural economy as compared to the European Union average values. If the impact of the subsidies continues to be limited, small farms cannot benefit from the maximum support of the Common Agricultural Policy, as indicated by the small percentage of Romanian small-farm subsidies compared to those of other European countries.