Hungary president resigns after plagiarism row

2012-04-02 17

Hungarian President Pal Schmitt has resigned after being involved in a plagiarism scandal.

Semmelweis University in Budapest stripped him of his PHD in sports last week. After conducting an investigation, the university found 180 pages of Schmitt's 215-page dissertation were 'partially identical' to another work and seventeen pages were 'completely identical'.

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