400 result(s) for higher education in Current Affairs
CEU Rector Meets EU Commissioners
- 25 Apr 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
President and Rector of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Michael Ignatieff, met European Union commissioners in Brussels on Monday and discussed the recent amendment of Hungary’s higher education law, which some critics of the government say could result in the closure of the CEU.
CEU Calls On Govt To Start Talks With University
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s Central European University (CEU) has called on the government to begin talks with the institution with a view to finding a solution that will enable it to continue its operations in Budapest. Earlier this month, parliament passed a package of amendments to the law on higher education that the CEU, founded by US financier George Soros, has said would make its continued operations in ...
Opposition LMP Files Constitutional Complaint Over Higher Education Law
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Green opposition party LMP filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court on Friday “to counter [ruling] Fidesz’s attack on Hungarian education”, party leaders told a presser on Friday.
EC President Juncker Meets Soros To Discuss Higher Education Act
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission (EC), and American financier George Soros are to meet next Thursday to discuss the recent amendments to the higher education act, EC spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said on Friday.
Fidesz MP: No Chance Of Referendums Until After 2018 Election
- 24 Apr 2017 2:34 AM
- current affairs
There is no chance of Hungary holding any kind of referendum before the general election in April 2018, according to Fidesz deputy delegation leader Gergely Gulyás. The MP told pro-government Magyar Idők that a recent wave of referendum proposals coming before the National Elections Commission from “opposition parties and civilians” would not be able to pass through all required legal processes ...
US Senators Pen Letter To Orbán On Keeping CEU In Budapest
- 24 Apr 2017 2:30 AM
- current affairs
A bipartisan group of United States senators have written a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán asking him and the Hungarian government to work together with the Central European University (CEU) on finding a solution that will enable it to continue its operations in Budapest.
US Studies Research Centre Opens At Nat Public-Service University
- 21 Apr 2017 7:04 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s National Public Service University officially opened a US Studies Research Centre at its Faculty of International and European Studies. Speaking at the opening ceremony, US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires David J. Kostelancik said the US is interested in strengthening both its economic and security relations with Hungary in the long term.
Local Opinion: Press Ponder Anti-Government Demos
- 19 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
After a week of demonstrations in support of the American-Hungarian Central European University and watchdog NGOs, but before Good Saturday’s rally in Szabadság (freedom) square, Hungarian weeklies ponder if the current wave of protest will fatally wound the governing forces or share the fate of previous ad hoc movements and fade away.
Govt Open To Talks About Foreign Universities
- 19 Apr 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is open as ever to negotiations with the United States government and consultations of any kind with the Central European University (CEU), the foreign minister said.
CEU Rector Meets EU Commissioners
- 25 Apr 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
President and Rector of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Michael Ignatieff, met European Union commissioners in Brussels on Monday and discussed the recent amendment of Hungary’s higher education law, which some critics of the government say could result in the closure of the CEU.
CEU Calls On Govt To Start Talks With University
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s Central European University (CEU) has called on the government to begin talks with the institution with a view to finding a solution that will enable it to continue its operations in Budapest. Earlier this month, parliament passed a package of amendments to the law on higher education that the CEU, founded by US financier George Soros, has said would make its continued operations in ...
Opposition LMP Files Constitutional Complaint Over Higher Education Law
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Green opposition party LMP filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court on Friday “to counter [ruling] Fidesz’s attack on Hungarian education”, party leaders told a presser on Friday.
EC President Juncker Meets Soros To Discuss Higher Education Act
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission (EC), and American financier George Soros are to meet next Thursday to discuss the recent amendments to the higher education act, EC spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said on Friday.
Fidesz MP: No Chance Of Referendums Until After 2018 Election
- 24 Apr 2017 2:34 AM
- current affairs
There is no chance of Hungary holding any kind of referendum before the general election in April 2018, according to Fidesz deputy delegation leader Gergely Gulyás. The MP told pro-government Magyar Idők that a recent wave of referendum proposals coming before the National Elections Commission from “opposition parties and civilians” would not be able to pass through all required legal processes ...
US Senators Pen Letter To Orbán On Keeping CEU In Budapest
- 24 Apr 2017 2:30 AM
- current affairs
A bipartisan group of United States senators have written a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán asking him and the Hungarian government to work together with the Central European University (CEU) on finding a solution that will enable it to continue its operations in Budapest.
US Studies Research Centre Opens At Nat Public-Service University
- 21 Apr 2017 7:04 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s National Public Service University officially opened a US Studies Research Centre at its Faculty of International and European Studies. Speaking at the opening ceremony, US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires David J. Kostelancik said the US is interested in strengthening both its economic and security relations with Hungary in the long term.
Local Opinion: Press Ponder Anti-Government Demos
- 19 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
After a week of demonstrations in support of the American-Hungarian Central European University and watchdog NGOs, but before Good Saturday’s rally in Szabadság (freedom) square, Hungarian weeklies ponder if the current wave of protest will fatally wound the governing forces or share the fate of previous ad hoc movements and fade away.
Govt Open To Talks About Foreign Universities
- 19 Apr 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is open as ever to negotiations with the United States government and consultations of any kind with the Central European University (CEU), the foreign minister said.