Polarization as a threat
Saturday, April 8th, 2017A centrist commentator thinks that in Hungary both Left and Right want to silence voices that do not fit their own ideology. READ MORE
Parliament passes amendments to law on foreign universities
Thursday, April 6th, 2017As Parliament turned into law the amendments to the higher education act on Tuesday, a conservative columnist suspects that the government’s ideologically motivated attack on CEU may easily backfire. Pro-government sources describe the opposition to the law as pure hysteria. READ MORE
Bill on foreign owned universities discussed in Parliament
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017A liberal columnist looks into the options CEU will have after the approval of amendments to the Higher Education Act tabled by the government. READ MORE
US State Department disagrees with CEU bill
Monday, April 3rd, 2017A statement by the spokesman of the State Department has added further vigour to the debate over the future of Budapest’s Central European University. One side forthrightly condemns the planned new legislation, while the other dismisses the unfolding protest as mere hysteria. READ MORE
CEU controversy seen as a duel between David and Goliath
Saturday, April 1st, 2017In the first pro-government reaction to the row over a freshly tabled bill on foreign-based universities operating in Hungary, a right-wing writer wonders if the government will cave in to pressure from what he regards as ‘powerful forces bent on protecting privileged institutions.’ READ MORE
A pro-government writer defends CEU
Friday, March 31st, 2017A staunch critic of liberal intellectuals explains why he opposes the worldview represented by the Soros-funded Budapest Central European University, but would deem it undemocratic to close it down. READ MORE
Controversy over Central European University
Thursday, March 30th, 2017As the Education Agency claims it has detected irregularities in the functioning of 28 foreign owned universities in Hungary and the Minister of Human Resources has tabled a bill to tighten their regulation, a left-wing commentator believes the real target is Central European University, founded and mostly funded by Hungarian-born investment tycoon George Soros. READ MORE
CEU, the ‘Soros University’ is here to stay
Monday, February 6th, 2017A weekly suggests that earlier agreements to keep the liberal Central European University in place may have become obsolete after Donald Trump’s victory in America. The rector of the CEU has answered that relations with the government are ‘satisfactory’. A pro-government historian is starkly critical of the CEU, but sees its presence as proof of a vibrant democracy in Hungary. READ MORE