Development

A recent article in Chemistry World, a monthly chemistry news magazine published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, paints a bleak picture of academic freedom in Hungary today.

As Dóra Piroska says, ‘Every change that undermines democracy is passed as a law or a decree by parliament, where government has two-thirds majority’ .

IR Head Matteo Fumagalli was interviewed by Radio Free Europe in relation to the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, held on 4th October 2015.

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On 26th August,  Head of Department, Matteo Fumagalli was interviewed by Italy's main financial daily newspaper, ‘Il Sole 24 Ore’.  Professor Fumagalli was consulted to share his views regarding Central Asian Energy issues.

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CEU’s participants to the 2015 Allianz summer academy organized a round table on June 1st to discuss their preliminary report entitled: “Open Borders, Closed Minds:  EU Asylum Policy in Crisis”. The event attracted participants from CEU as well as the Hungarian civil society. The discussion surrounding the report raised a number of critical issues concerning the implementation of EU asylum policies as well as the domestic treatment of asylum seekers and the effects of current political developments in Hungary.