On Thursday, 22^nd of July 2021, the Chargé D' Affaires of the Embassy of Hungary in Cyprus, Mrs. Krisztina Lakos, and the Consular Assistant, Mrs. Agnes Merkouris, visited The Cyprus Institute’s premises to discuss the possibility of cooperation in areas with common interest.

 

Hosting the meeting was CyI’s President, Prof. George Christophides, in the presence of CyI's Assistant Vice President for International Relations, Dr Nicolas Jarraud, and the Head of the Office of Graduate Studies, Dr Chrysanthia Leontiou. The delegation was given a briefing on the Institute’s research and educational activities, as well as a guided tour of CyI campus and laboratories. The Chargé D' Affaires of the Embassy of Hungary also met with the Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr Ferenc Pittler, a Hungarian scientist at CyI, who focusses on Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics, and in particular the investigation of nucleon-nucleon scattering processes.

 

Finally, Mrs. Krisztina Lakos expressed her thanks for the opportunity to visit, and congratulated the administration and the scientists of the Institute for the impressive facilities and their research achievements.