The nature of the Hungarian Permanent Court of Sport

Three regulations are relevant in the procedure of the Hungarian Permanent Court of Sport (hereinafter: HPCS). Act LX of 2017 on Arbitration (hereinafter: Vbt.), Act I of 2004 on Sports (hereinafter: Stv.), and the procedural regulations of the Hungarian Permanent Court of Sport, which explain the provisions of the Stv. It is clear that the concrete, sport-specific rules of procedure are found in the HPCS regulations. The detailed rules are found in the internal procedural rules of all Hungarian arbitration courts. They are easier to change than laws. Read more… (Levente Porcsin)

Government to nationalize research network of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

In what seems like the final resolution of the dispute between the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the government about the future of the Academy’s research network, the government has announced its plans to unilaterally move all the research units in question under a new public institution with a 13-member governing board comprised of six government and six academy delegates and a chairman appointed by the Prime Minister. Read more… (Daniel Szilágyi)