EU commissioner visits Szeged super laser centre
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Budapest (MTI) – Corina Cretu, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, visited the EU-funded super laser centre in Szeged, in southern Hungary, on Friday.
Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania won a joint bid for the European Union’s Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) project in October 2009. The project, known as Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ALPS) of the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI), is hosted by the University of Szeged.
The EU’s large-scale project also hosted by Prague an Bucharest will create world-class research environment in central Europe, Cretu told a press conference.
Established in the three cities the centre will be the world’s largest scientific facility of its kind, she said.
The European Commission is committed to supporting the region to help its development and the expansion of employment, she said, adding that a large part of the super laser project’s cost of 850 million euros has been provided from the EU’s regional development fund.
Cretu said she held talks with Hungarian EU commissioner Tibor Navracsics about ways to prevent a “brain drain” in science and health care which has had a negative impact on central Europe.