Balassi Institute director Pál Hatos said the new heads of the Hungarian Cultural Center in New York, the Hungarian Cultural Centre London, the Hungarian Academy in Rome and the Hungarian Cultural, Scientific and Information Centre in Moscow will be announced next week. The new heads will take their positions from September
Fruzsina Szép, who was earlier named to head the Hungarian Cultural Center in New York, has decided to stand down from the appointment because of an illness in the family. Szép will continue in her position as programme director for the Sziget Festival, a week-long musical extravaganza on an island in the Danube.