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But there is no evidence that this is the case. The tweet does not provide any link where you can read the content and for years It was already circulated in other languages ​​that Kurz had forced Soros to cease his operations in Austria, but it was not true. Furthermore, although Viktor Orbán has attacked Soros on more than one occasion, it was in 2018 when the Open Society Foundation, created by the magnate, was forced to abandon the country. In 2019, the Central European University (CEU), also founded by Soros, had to move part of its academic program to Vienna (Austria) due to pressure from the Hungarian Government, according to the media, although it maintains on the Budapest campus (Hungary). We tell you. ## In 2017 the hoax already circulated that Sebastian Kurz gave 28 days to George Soros to cease its activities in Austria The tweet that is now circulating was published on September 13. It has thousands of interactions and on it you can read: \"URGENT Viktor Orban (Hungary) and Sebastian Kurz (Austria) forces George Soros to leave in less than 14 days ALL its operations in Hungary and Austria\". However, it does not provide any link where you can read that content. In 2017 it was already reported that the Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, had given 28 days to George Soros to \"cease operations\" in Austria. Although it is returning to circulation, already in 2017, the verification medium Politifact, member of the International Fact-Checking Network to which he also belongs Maldita.es denied that it was true. Furthermore, Kurz's press spokesman said the content was false, according to the German verification outlet Corrective ## Orbán has attacked Soros and the Government on more than one occasion Hungarian has pushed to remove a university and a foundation from Soros of the country Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has publicly attacked George Soros on more than one occasion. In April 2020, he accused the tycoon of being behind the criticism against Hungary for its management of the crisis coronavirus. Already in 2018, the media announced that the Open Society Foundations, created by Soros, left Hungary under pressure from the Orbán Government. In At that time it was also published that the CEU University (Universidad Central European) founded by the magnate, would have to leave the country due to same reasons. Finally, in 2019, Soros announced that he had been forced to move American university degrees from CEU to Austria, although it would maintain academic activities on the Budapest campus, so his university has not completely left Hungary. ## Kurz and Soros met in November 2018 to negotiate the transfer of CEU University in Vienna In 2018, after George Soros received pressure from the Hungarian government to have his university leave the country, he met with Sebastian Kurz to negotiate the transfer of the CEU from Budapest to Vienna, the Austrian capital. As we have said, he ended up transferring the degrees to Austria American universities that the Central European University offers, although has not ceased all its activity on the Budapest campus.* Additionally, in 2019, the Austrian National Bank awarded the Schumpeter Prize to George Soros \"for his work in favor of freedom and the promotion of sciences\". In November of that same year the Hungarian philanthropist was decorated by the Vienna City Council. ## There are no references to Soros now being forced to abandon all his operations in Austria and Hungary in \"less than 14 days\" and the photo they use does not is current There is no reference to the fact that currently Sebastian Kurz and Viktor Orbán have forced Soros to "abandon in less than 14 days ALL of his operations\" in Austria and Hungary, as the tweet says. As for the photo with the one in which the tweet is spread, of Kurz and Orbán shaking hands, is not current, as we can see here published in 2018. That is, the photo was taken before the meeting of Soros and Kurz to move the CEU to Vienna. ![\\"\\"](\\" Kurtz-1024x500.jpg\\"/)Capture of the image published on eldiario.es in 2018 Therefore, there is no evidence that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, have forced George Soros to abandon all of his operations in the two countries in less than 14 days. First publication date of this article: 09/15/2020 *We have updated this article since, in a first version, we published that the meeting between Soros and Kurz had been in 2019, but it was in 2018. 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Viktor Orbán and Sebastian Kurz force Soros to abandon all his activities in Hungary and Austria in less than 14 days