Central European University set to be saved as deadline passes

CEU riot in Budapest on the 9th of April, 2017

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Hungarian university hopes international agreement will allow it to continue teaching

Earlier this year Hungary’s Central European University (CEU) was facing closure after a change to education laws that many called a concerted effort by the country’s government to silence its critics. Now, the CEU appears to have been saved. The university says negotiations between the Hungarian government and the US State of New York have concluded.