The Director of the Institute of Regional Studies resigned
Former Director Gyula Horváth submitted his resignation. The Director General of the HAS Research Centre for Economic and Regional Studies accepted the resignation and released him from his post as of May 15, 2012. The reason of his resignation, which Gyula Horváth explained in detail in a note addressed to the Director General was that he represented a view about the strategy of the organisation of the new research centre relying on an efficient practice of the network control of the Centre for Regional Studies opposing that of the Commissioned Director General.