The Hungarian Economic Association (MKT) has so far proposed more than seventy specific measures to the government action group responsible for restarting the economy to eliminate and mitigate the economic damage caused by the coronavirus, and to restore and restart the economy after the pandemic. The government has recently set up 10 action groups to [...]

A letter from Kaushik Basu, President of the International Economic Association: "I have to begin with the disappointing news that, taking account of the escalating coronavirus pandemic and after a lot of deliberation, we have decided to postpone the 19th World Congress of the IEA, which was to be held in Bali, 3-7 July 2020. [...]

The Labour Section of the Hungarian Economic Association held an election meeting and conference on foreign workers employed in Hungary on 5 March 2020 at the Conference Centre of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Budapest. The members re-elected József Bagó, Senior Counsellor of the Ministry of Interior, Department of Public Employment Strategy [...]

Szabolcs Fazakas, Special Government Officer for EU Affairs, former Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, former Member of the European Court of Auditors, former MEP was unanimously re-elected as President of the European Union Section of the Hungarian Economic Association at the election meeting held on Monday at the HEA Community Centre. The election meeting [...]