Renowned Hungarian Movie and Theater Star Mari Törőcsik Passes Away
Celebrated actress Mari Törőcsik, Actress of the Nation, holder of two Kossuth prizes, the Kossuth Grand Prize and winner of the Prize for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, has died at 85, the National Theatre said on Friday.
Törőcsik was born in 1935 in Pély in northern Hungary, and got her first internationally acclaimed role in Zoltán Fábri’s Merry-Go-Round (Körhinta) as a first-year student of the University of Theatre and Film Arts.
During her carreer spanning half a century, Törőcsik played in films with almost all important Hungarian directors including Miklós Jancsó, Károly Makk, Péter Gárdos, Péter Tímár and Márta Mészáros.
Medical Universities Can Switch to Debated Foundation-based Model
The medical universities’ switch to the new, government-preferred foundation-based working model is on the agenda. So far, eight higher education institutions did so or were forced to do so, and two more would switch over in 2021. The government says it aims to raise competitiveness and reliability. The Hungarian way, however, differs from the international examples, and is still under debate from many aspects.
According to the government’s proposal, the new working model follows international tendencies, namely the Anglo-Saxon way. Instead of the state, the newly-established foundation will exercise the founders’ rights and procedural application. Its board of trustees would accept the budget, the annual report, the organizational and operational regulations, and be responsible for the institution’s development and asset management. Decisions will be brought by them, instead of the democratically-elected sen