Hungary

Research and education commissioners say they wish Central European University could stay in Budapest, while academics hit out at limp response from Brussels

Rector Michael Ignatieff says the decision is ‘a dark day for academic freedom’ in Hungary and decries the lack of tougher response from Brussels and EU capitals

Embattled university confirms it will relocate the majority of its programmes from Budapest to Austria in ‘a moment of great sadness’

Michael Ignatieff wants Europe to wake up to the ‘bulldozer’ that Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is running over academic freedom

Researchers fear attack on Central European University - and academic independence more widely - will not let up, despite new pressure from Brussels

MEPs exercise rarely used powers in bid to force Hungary to reverse violations of EU law, including a lingering threat to shut the Central European University

New tax on activities related to immigration forces Central European University to suspend an EU funded research project on migration policy, in the latest example of government interference in academia

The government’s decision is the first time an EU country has unilaterally barred universities from issuing degrees in a certain subject. Critics say it sets a dangerous precedent for state intervention in other academic subjects