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The Hungarian Accreditation Committee (MAB) has reaccredited the Central European University’s (CEU) Hungarian entity (Kozep-europai Egyetem), according to a statement released by the Budapest-based university. “Our university is proud to have secured reaccreditation here in Hungary, where we belong. We’re delighted that we’re ranked among the world’s top universities in …

New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo, says his talks with Hungarian authorities over a threatened university are making “good progress”. The Central European University in Budapest has become the centre of a symbolic, international stand-off. The university says Hungary’s government has been trying to force its closure and undermine academic freedom. …

Mtva.hu reports: Andrew Cuomo, the governor of the State of New York, said on Wednesday he is ready for talks with the Hungarian government on the Central European University (CEU). “An agreement to keep CEU in Budapest as a free institution is in everyone’s best interests, and I stand ready …

Foreignaffairs.com reports: On March 20, the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg in Russia revoked the license of European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP), leaving its small body of mostly Russian students in limbo as to whether they will be able to complete their studies. The decision came after unscheduled inspections …

Reuters Reports: Thousands of Hungarian and foreign students, professors and civilians rallied in Budapest on Sunday demanding the government withdraw legislation that could force a university founded by financier George Soros out of the country. The demonstrators, who walked from Budapest’s Corvinus University to the Central European University (CEU) founded …

As 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 …