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Zsuzsanna Végh's interview for Magyar Nemzet Online

October 18, 2012

Zsuzsanna Végh gave an interview to Magyar Nemzet Online, the online version of a Hungarian daily newspaper. She discussed the recent Russian remark about the possible recognition of Transnistria, a separatist region of the Republic of Moldova.

The article is available in Hungarian at:

http://mno.hu/kulfold/transznisztriaban-eled-ujra-a-hideghaboru-1112071

Péter Balázs about the extradition of Ramil Safarov in ATV

September 4, 2012

Professor Péter Balázs, director of the CEU Center of EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, gave an interview for ATV Start about the extradition of Ramil Safarov, the Azeri soldier who murdered the Armenian Gurgen Margaryan in 2004 during a training organized in the framework of the NATO Partnership for Peace Program in Budapest.

Upon his arrival to Azerbaijan, Safarov was granted presidential mercy which provoked Serzh Sargsyan, the President of Armenia, to suspend all diplomatic relations with Hungary.

New publications of Professor Péter Balázs

September 4, 2012

Professor Péter Balázs's contribution to the seminar on "The Eastern Partnership and the Europe 2020 Strategy" (December 8, 9, 2010) entitled "The Eastern Partnership" has been recently published in the following book:

The Eastern Partnership and the Europe 2020 strategy - Visions of leading policymakers and academics

For more information and for the free download of the book visit:

Recent publications of CENS-team: Péter Balázs, Áron Szele and Zselyke Tófalvi

June 18, 2012

Péter Balázs: Yes, but there are also questions surrounding an EU of 36 countries

(Europe's World, Summer 2012/#21)

Event Report – “Bridging a (mis)perceptional gap: the EU's Eastern Partnership and Russia”

June 5, 2012

On May 31st the CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies hosted a public lecture entitled: " Bridging a (mis)perceptional gap: the EU's Eastern Partnership and Russia" by Dr. Alexander Sergunin, professor of International Relations at St. Petersburg State University, Russia.