June 16, 2015
Tibor Varady, chair of the International Business Law Program and university professor in the Department of Legal Studies has been appointed to the rank of professor emeritus, effective August 1, 2015. Varady is an internationally-recognized scholar and expert on international commercial arbitration, private international law, and international business transactions. He was on the faculty of the Novi Sad Law School in the former Yugoslavia and served as director of its Center for International Studies for many years.
May 22, 2015
CEU’s School of Public Policy, the Center for European Union Research, the French Institute of Budapest, and the French Embassy organized a series of discussions at CEU on May 19 to reflect on freedom, religion, and security in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack on January 7, 2015. The event was part of CEU’s Frontiers of Democracy series.
May 11, 2015
CEU alumnus Uchenna Emelonye was appointed Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Uganda on May 1, the latest step in a career dedicated to the creation of open societies and the rule of law in Africa. His studies at CEU, where he earned a Master of Laws in Human Rights in 2004, remain relevant and useful, Emelonye said.
April 30, 2015
CEU earned the best rankings in its history in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) subject ranking, published April 29. CEU's programs related to politics and international studies jumped to 29th in the world, and 7th in Europe.
March 17, 2015
http://www.metropol.hu/itthon/cikk/1297118-egy-helyben-all-az-egyenjogusagi-harc - Hungarian news portal metropol.hu interviewed Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky, professor at CEU’s Department of Legal Studies, about Hungarian women’s opportunities in workplaces and politics. According to Kollonay, fathers’ involvement in raising children is also a crucial step towards equal opportunities for women with children.
February 27, 2015
Andras Sajo, judge at the European Court of Human Rights and university professor at CEU’s Department of Legal Studies, discussed the crisis facing freedom of expression and the emerging arguments concerning the need for regulation at a lecture on Feb. 26. The event was part of CEU's Frontiers of Democracy series.
February 10, 2015
Fourteen CEU students and faculty had the opportunity to join representatives of five other Hungarian universities and attend an informal meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to Budapest on Feb. 5. The event was hosted by Andrassy University Budapest.
February 10, 2015
David Nagy (LEGS ’13), who studied International Business Law, represents the new generation of Hungarian politicians in Slovakia. In addition to working as a legal associate, he has also become a member of the city council of his hometown, Nove Zamky, a town of 40,000 inhabitants.
January 26, 2015
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December 1, 2014
Peter Brocka (LEGS ’09)won the mayoral election in Trnava, one of the seven regional capitals in Slovakia, earlier this month and is slated to take office on December 12. Brocka was an independent candidate. He became visible with his nine-point plan “For a Better Trnava.”
For more information, see https://alumnicareer.ceu.hu/news/2014-11-26/alumnus-wins-mayoral-seat-in-slovakia
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