A new amendment to an existing higher education law in Hungary is putting Budapest’s Central European University under threat. In an open letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Martin Stratmann, President of the Max Planck Society, calls for a reconsideration of the legislation.
On April 4, 2017, the Hungarian Parliament adopted
Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society, on British plans to leave the EU and their implications for science.
Union have been completely open since the British Parliament
Teaming Excellence as social duty
negotiations between the EU Commission, the European Parliament
The TTIP Agreement is highly controversial in the public opinion in Europe and especially in Germany. First and foremost the opponents criticize the intended arbitration process for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). By the supporters it is considered as a general practice.
It became clear that the role of the EU-Parliament
Elections in African states are manipulated, the opposition suppressed, demonstrations violently dissolved. Europe and the USA ignore this far too often, says political scientist Elena Gadjanova.
ruling Jubilee Party rammed a new election law through parliament
The TTIP Agreement is highly controversial in the public opinion in Europe and especially in Germany. First and foremost the opponents criticize the intended arbitration process for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). By the supporters it is considered as a general practice.
It became clear that the role of the EU-Parliament
The currently available tuberculosis vaccine BCG is over 90 years old – and its effectiveness is declining. An increasing number of mycobacterial strains are emerging, against which the current vaccine provides no protection. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin have developed an improved vaccine that has being undergoing tests on humans in clinical trials since 2008. The results of the phase I trial show that the vaccine candidate fulfils safety requirements. Initial results of the phase Ib trial indicate that the vaccine candidate’s active principle is effective.
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Photos of and with former President of the Max Planck Society, Peter Gruss (2002 – 2014).
Maria da Graca Carvalho, Member of the European Parliament
Dioscuri Committee
consultative member for the Czech Republic), Senate of the Parliament
Jürgen Basedow explains why the UK can expect long, drawn-out negotiations – and why little is likely to change in the short run.
introduce a Great Repeal Bill during the next session of Parliament
