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Professor Péter Balázs receives “Bene merito” honorary distinction

December 4, 2015

Professor Péter Balázs, CENS Director and former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, was awarded the honorary distinction of Poland “Bene merito” which was given by the Ambassador of Poland to Hungary H.E. Mr. Roman Kowalski in the presence of CEU Rector and President Mr. John Shattuck on 1 December 2015.

Event report - "Bosnia and Herzegovina: 20 Years After Dayton"

November 26, 2015

Bosnia-Herzegovina must move beyond ethno-nationalist politics, away from corruption, and toward common solutions to poverty and unemployment in order to achieve stability and prosperity, according to those attending the conference “Bosnia and Herzegovina: Twenty Years after Dayton” at CEU November 18.

What do Hungarian foreign policy stakeholders think?

November 25, 2015

What has been the biggest success and failure of Hungary’s foreign policy since the EU accession? What do Hungarian foreign policy stakeholder think about the Visegrad cooperation 25 years after its foundation? How do they see the future of the EU and that of the transatlantic alliance? What will be on the top of the European foreign policy agenda in the coming years?

Event report - “Slovenia: 25 years, achievements and new challenges”

November 25, 2015

On 23 November CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) and CEU Rectorate hosted its third Ambassadorial Lecture in this academic year. It was given by H.E. Ms. Ksenija Škrilec, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Hungary, on “Slovenia: 25 years, achievements and new challenges”. The address was chaired by Péter Balázs, Director of CENS and former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

After ten years “CENS still makes sense,” says Director Péter Balázs

November 8, 2015

Founded by Professor Péter Balázs in 2005, the Center for EU Enlargement Studies at the Central European University celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2015. On October 26, 2015, colleagues and partners joined together to celebrate the first decade and to hear about CENS’s plans for the upcoming years.