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The Western Balkans in the Realm of the 2011 Hungarian EU Presidency: The Way Forward

March 25, 2011
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In order to support the joint strategic goal Hungary and the EU have for the European future of the Western Balkan region, the Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) organized a conference on 22 March 2011 entitled “The Western Balkans in the Realm of the 2011 Hungarian EU Presidency: The Way Forward.” The conference, comprised of two key note speeches and two panels gathered a distinguished group of Western Balkan and international leaders from governments, universities and international institutions to discuss burning issues affecting economic, r

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CEU Welcomes US Ambassador to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis

March 17, 2011
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“The relations with Europe are critically important for the US. They are also the backbone and core of American relations with other parts of the world” said Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, US Ambassador to Hungary, in her lecture delivered on 11 March 2011 in the Auditorium of the university.

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Event Report - “Visegrad Group 1991 – 2011” (20 years of cooperation)

February 16, 2011
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On 15 February 2011, twenty years after the establishment of the Visegrad cooperation, a conference has been organised by the Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) to commemorate this event and discuss the future of the Visegrad Group.

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V4 Think Tank Platform, Energy Security session was held in Prague on 25th January, 2011

February 14, 2011
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V4 experts have met in Prague on 25th January, 2011 to discuss the challenges of cooperation between V4 countries on the field of energy. On this first, inaugural meeting the main issues of common interests have been identified, the "modus operandi" of the Group has been set. Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) was elected as the president and main coordinator of the Working Group.

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Event Report - Experiences of the Swedish EU Presidency

January 28, 2011
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On 25 January the Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) in cooperation with the Department of International Relations and European Studies (IRES) and the Swedish Embassy in Budapest, hosted a lecture by Swedish Ambassador to Budapest Cecilia Bjorner , entitled “Experiences of the Swedish EU presidency.”

Peter Balazs, Director, CENS, in his opening speech welcomed the audience and emphasized the high-standard of the Swedish EU presidency in the second half of 2009 before the Lisbon Treaty ratification.

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