Academy of Sciences

In the spring of 2022, Georgios Georgalis, an associate professor of paleontology at the Academy of Sciences in Krakow, Poland, was invited to France by the University of Montpellier to examine fossils from a large excavation.

The contemporary history volumes would cover "the most explosive historical material," said history researcher Anatol Taranu, from the 1918 reunification with Romania to the interwar period, Soviet domination and the war in rebel Transnistria following Moldovan independence in 1991.

The academics, however, say it is simply the latest move in a Fidesz strategy to rein in Hungary's intellectuals and stifle free, particularly critical, thought.

The battle over the academy began a year ago, and is nearing its denouement.

Candidates running for the leadership of the Albanian National Council in Serbia told BIRN Kosovo's TV programme 'Jeta ne Kosove' on Thursday evening that if Albanians in Serbia use the national flag for official purposes, they have to pay a fine ranging from 500 to 800 euros.

The Romanian Academy and the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in a joint meeting of the leaders of the two institutions on Friday, the Romanian Academy Press Office informs in a release sent to AGERPRES.