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CEU President Michael Ignatieff | Zoltán Balogh/MTI

CEU to stay in Budapest

D&T
May 30, 2017

CEU President Michael Ignatieff has announced that the university will continue in Budapest in the 2017-2018 academic year. The announcement comes as the future of CEU is uncertain due to legislation put through parliament by the Hungarian government.

ELI Szeged Laser Center | Károly Árvai/kormany.hu

EU Laser Research Center Opens in Szeged

D&T
May 26, 2017

The European Union's ELI-ALPS laser research center was inaugurated in Szeged, SE Hungary. The center's budget was HUF 70 billion (EUR 22.6 million), from which 85% was provided by the European Union’s Regional Development Fund.

Canadian Ambassador Isabelle Poupart | Dávid Harangozó

Interests and values

D&T
May 16, 2017

On the occasion of Canada marking the 150th anniversary of its Confederation, the Ambassador of the North American country to Hungary, Isabelle Poupart gave a extensive interview to the May issue of Diplomacy&Trade.

Materlal Plastik plant in Soltvadkert | source: HIPA

Plastic film manufacturing base developed

D&T
May 12, 2017

Hungary’s leading plastic film manufacturing base, Material-Plastik, a family-owned company, begins a project worth EUR 10 million, a new 6,000-square-meter factory hall is established and the existing fleet of machinery is also developed.

The President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Academy of Sciences President re-elected

D&T
May 9, 2017

The President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, László Lovász, has been re-elected for another three-year term at the 188th assembly of the organization. The Academy expressed support for the Central European University.

Ágnes Keleti | source: Hungarian Olympic Committe

96-year-old Hungarian gymnast receives Israel Prize

D&T
May 3, 2017

Hungary's five-time Olympic gold medallist Agnes Keleti received the Israel Prize for Sport and Physical Culture, the state’s highest honor, on May 2 in Jerusalem. The 96-year-old Olympic legend is considered as the founder of gymnastics in Israel.

Ágnes and Zoltán Keszy-Harmath | source: apollofox.hu

Hungarian couple to fly around the world

D&T
May 2, 2017

Zoltán Keszy-Harmath and his wife, Ágnes set out from Hungary on May 1 in their Hungarian manufactured Apollo Fox small light aircraft with the aim of becoming the first married couple who circumnavigate the Earth on airplane.

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