Hungary's government rules out concessions for Soros-founded university


  • World
  • Thursday, 08 Nov 2018

FILE PHOTO: The exterior facade of the Central European University, a school founded by U.S. financier George Soros, is seen in Budapest, Hungary, April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government said it would not make concessions to the Central European University, the legal status of which has been in limbo for more than a year due to changes in the law from a government hostile to its founder, financier George Soros.

"In Hungary the law applies to all, including the Soros university," government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs was quoted as saying in an interview published by the daily Magyar Hirlap on Thursday.

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