[Ura-list] Fwd: Hungarian ministry has ‘appropriated’ science academy’s scarce funding – ex-Academy director | Science|Business (fwd)

[Johanna Laakso]

Dear All,

to all of you who might be interested in what is happening in Hungarian science politics, a sad and informative statement from our colleague István Kenesei (former Director of the Research Institute for Linguistics):
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Univ.Prof. Dr. Johanna Laakso
Universität Wien, Institut für Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (EVSL)
Abteilung Finno-Ugristik
Campus AAKH Spitalgasse 2-4 Hof 7
A-1090 Wien
johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at • http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Johanna.Laakso/
Project ELDIA: http://www.eldia-project.org/ 





> Välitetty viesti alkaa:
> 
> Lähettäjä: Kenesei Istvan <kenesei.istvan at nytud.mta.hu>
> Aihe: Hungarian ministry has ‘appropriated’ science academy’s scarce funding – ex-Academy director | Science|Business (fwd)
> Päivämäärä: 4. helmikuuta 2019 klo 16.27.29 UTC+1
> Vastaanottaja: kenesei at nytud.hu
> 
> Dear All,
> Having driven the Central European University out of the country,
> since last summer the government has tried to exert direct control over the research network of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
> If you are interested, please follow the articles in the link below which takes to my corrections of the government spokesman's letter full of misleading claims.
> As of now no immediate action is needed, but if you are interested, please follow the Academy website given at the end of my letter, or if you have any questions, contact me.
> 
> https://sciencebusiness.net/letter-editor/hungarian-ministry-has-appropriated-science-academys-scarce-funding-ex-academy
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> István Kenesei
> Professor Emeritus
> Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
> Member, Academia Europaea
> Research Institute for Linguistics
> Hungarian Academy of Sciences
> Budapest Pf. 360, H-1394
> Budapest 6, Benczur u. 33.
> Phone: 36-1-3510413
> www.nytud.mta.hu/kenesei
> 
> 

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