Hungary insists on bill that could force out Soros school

Reuters ^ | Thu Mar 30, 2017 | 5:07am EDT | Marton Dunai

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Hungary said it will not withdraw new legislation to regulate foreign universities that a Budapest college founded by American financier and philanthropist George Soros says could force it out of the country.

Central European University (CEU) said on Wednesday that the bill proposed this week was unacceptable and that it threatened academic freedom in Hungary, whose Prime Minister Viktor Orban has clashed with Soros-funded organizations.

CEU rector Michael Ignatieff met with Education Secretary Laszlo Palkovics late on Wednesday and told him the university demanded the bill be withdrawn and that rules ensuring foreign universities can operate freely are put in place.

The government said it was open to negotiations but would not withdraw the bill. …

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Very interesting! Thank you. Eastern Europe holds a special fascination for me, probably because that is the origin of my own bloodlines.

I definitely will do more research!

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You're very welcome!

Sorry I didn't go deeper, but time constraints, REAL LIFE interruptions, during my trying to type, etc. sort of made my post far less informative than I had panned it to be. :-(

The thing about Hungary and Hungarians, that people REALLY should know, is that historically, they were not only a The bulwark of protection, keeping the the Western Europe free from the Muslim invasions, but also, that they have always been a FREEDOM loving peoples. The poems of Petofi and Kossuth are as stirring, today, as they were in the mid 1800s!

Also, at one time, this much overlooked nation, was EXTREMELY influential and important, not to mention advanced, in the scheme of things in Europe. It also ruled over, as part of the nation, many areas/present day nations, that are much better known about, now, such as Poland, the Czech Republic,Slovakia, and Romania; to name but a few.

If you want to carry on the conversation/have any questions/ want a book list, please feel free to FRmail me...any time. :-)