June 15, 2017
Populism is more than a strategy or a rhetorical trick to gain power, but an ideology that clearly defines society in black and white terms, said Cas Mudde, associate professor in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, in a June 8 keynote lecture at CEU, part of the conference “Fighting Back: Liberal Democratic Responses to the Populist Challenge." The conference was sponsored by CEU's Center for European Neighborhood Studies (CENS),
May 25, 2017
Peter Balazs, professor in the Department of International Relations and director of the Center for European Neighborhood Studies, received the Knight Commander's Cross of the Republic of Germany in recognition of his significant contribution to German-Hungarian relations and the development of Europe. Balazs received the distinction from Lieselore Cyrus, charge d'affaires of the German Embassy in Budapest, in a ceremony May 24.
March 28, 2017
Director of CEU's Center for European Neighborhood Studies (CENS) Peter Balazs weighs in on the EU turning 60.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/editorials-columns/at-60-european-union-is-a-shadow-of-its-former-self
March 28, 2017
Moldova’s 2014 EU association agreement lies at the heart of the present government’s politics, determining its foreign policy and modernization path, said Andrei Galbur, deputy prime minister of Moldova, at a public lecture at CEU on March 10, organized by the Center for European Neighborhood Studies and the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova.
March 1, 2017
The CEU Center for European Neighborhood Studies (CENS) introduced its new book "Frontiers of Democracy: Embedding Democratic Values in Central and Eastern Europe. Good practices and limits of transferability" on February 27 at CEU.
February 17, 2017
“We have become stronger as a nation due to immigration,” said Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johannsson at his Feb. 15 talk at CEU.
February 16, 2017
http://nepszava.hu/cikk/1120856-nemzetkozi-egyezmenyt-sertene-az-orban-kormany - Hungarian news portal nepszava.hu reports: On Febr. 15 Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson delivered a public lecture at CEU entitled “Migration - A Common European Challenge.” The event was organized by the CEU Center for European Neighborhood Studies (CENS) and the Embassy of Sweden in Budapest.
February 3, 2017
http://hirtv.hu/ahirtvhirei/a-magyar-miniszterelnokot-is-felhasznalja-putyin-a-nyugat-ellen-1384341 - Hungarian news television’s online portal, hirtv.hu reports: According to former Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter Balazs, director of CEU’s Center for European Neighborhood Studies, Putin uses Orban to showcase that not everyone criticises him in the EU for marching into the Ukraine.




