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 20, 2015
Hungarian daily Nepszabadsag interviewed Stephanie Hennette-Vauchez, professor at the University of Paris-Ouest, Nanterre, at the event organized by CEU’s School of Public Policy, CEU’s Center for European Union Research (CEUR), the Embassy of France in Budapest, and the French Institute of Budapest, entitled “L'Après Charlie – Reflecting on Freedom(s), Religion, and Security.”
May 14, 2015
http://www.vg.hu/gazdasag/chikan-nem-a-nyugat-helyett-hanem-amellett-kell-uj-utakat-talalni-450008 - Hungarian economic news portal vg.hu: Peter Balazs, director of CEU’s Center for EU Enlargement Studies and former Hungarian minister of foreign affairs Minister, and Attila Chikan, Hungarian economist and university professor attended the Vilaggazdasag Hungarian Economic Summit on May 13.
February 20, 2015
Studying the nature of democracy might shed light on a country’s attitude towards judicial review, said Marlene Wind, professor of political science at the University of Copenhagen, at her lecture “Why Majoritarian Democracies Are More Anti-European” Feb. 19. The event was organized by CEU’s Center for European Union Research as part of the Frontiers of Democracy series.
February 4, 2015
Slovakia, a member of the Eurozone for a mere year at the time, said “no” to the bailout for Greece in 2010. A year later, the decision to back the loan led to the collapse of the coalition government under Prime Minister Iveta Radicova. Ivan Miklos, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Slovakia, gave an overview of the political and economic thinking of the past ten years in Slovakia in his lecture “Managing Euro Crisis Decision-making in Slovakia” on January 29. The event was organized by CEU’s Center for European Union Research.


