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Video: Thousands Protest For Academic Freedom In Budapest

• 15 Feb 2019 8:02 AM

Scientists in Hungary on Tuesday protested against government efforts to take control of their research funding, a move they said endangers academic freedom.

MTI Photo: Koszticsák Szilárd
Source: WION

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