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#BREAKING European Union's top court rules that a law on foreign-funded universities that Hungary used to close a renowned college founded by George Soros is illegal

#UPDATE Europe's top court on Tuesday overturned the law #Hungary used to close a college founded by George #Soros (pictured), in the latest clash between the EU and its increasingly authoritarian member u.afp.com/3zrV

#BREAKING EU court ruling 'too late' for university's return to Hungary: George Soros

#UPDATE US philanthropist George #Soros welcomed an EU court ruling on Tuesday that struck down a Hungarian law blamed for forcing the university he founded to largely leave Budapest, but said it had come "too late" u.afp.com/3z9a #CEU