CENS researcher Łukasz Janulewicz commented on the Three Seas Inititive on the EU policy portal EURACTIV. On the occasion of the initiative's Warsaw summit, he argued that the EU should drop its suspicion and embrace the project, because it is a sign of Central and Eastern Europe growing up.

The piece is available here.

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.