Gergely Madár, a student of the Németh László Gymnasium in Budapest, finished in 10th place in the international final of the International Economics Olympiad in Bratislava. The value of this excellent performance is demonstrated by the fact that the final was a test of economic knowledge for around 70 students from 14 countries, with a [...]

In less than two weeks' time, on Thursday 21 September, from 10am, the 61st Itinerant Congress of Economists will kick off in Eger with a roundtable discussion on economic policy between György Matolcsy, Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, Mihály Varga, Minister of Finance, and Péter Ákos Bod, Professor of Economics. The largest annual conference [...]

A special plenary programme is in store for the participants of the 61st Itinerant Conference of Economists: at the opening plenary session of the conference, György Matolcsy, Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, the Central Bank of Hungary, and Mihály Varga, Hungarian and Mihály Horváth, Slovakian Finance Minister, will discuss current economic policy issues in [...]

Péter Halmai, academician, President of the Economic Policy and Economic Theory Section of the Hungarian Economic Association, professor at the National University of Public Service and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, was elected President of the Section IX of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS). Professor Halmai, who has also become a member [...]

Employment Frameworks and Processes - this is the title of a selection of articles by József Bagó, President of the Labour Section of the HEA, professional advisor to the Ministry of the Interior and Chief Government Counsellor, published in the Chronica Laboris section of the online Labour Review over the past five years. The articles [...]

As a result of the unanimous decision of the voting members, Miklós Kozma, Associate Professor and MBA Program Director of Corvinus University of Budapest, will be the President of the Industry and Entrepreneurship Section of the HEA for another three years. There was also no change in the Secretary: Balázs Babarczy, Senior Analyst at the [...]

László Trautmann, Associate Professor at the Neumann János University, will serve another three-year term as President of the Development Economics Section of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA). Similarly, economist Ádám Vertetics will be re-elected as secretary of the section. Voting members also unanimously elected new board members. Based on their decision, Annamária Artner, Senior Research [...]

Richárd Végh, CEO of Budapest Stock Exchange Ltd., has been elected by the members to chair the Sustainability Section of the HEA for another three years. At the recently concluded renewal meeting of the Section, it was also revealed that the Secretary of the Section has not changed: Gábor Szarka, the Secretary of Budapest Stock [...]

Gyula Pleschinger, a member of the Monetary Council of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, was elected President of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) for another three-year term at its General Assembly on Friday. Éva Hegedüs, Chairman and CEO of GRÁNIT Bank Zrt., will continue to serve as Secretary General of the association, which is 129 years [...]

The members of the Development Policy Section of the Hungarian Economic Association unanimously confirmed Etele Baráth, former Minister for European Affairs and former member of the European Economic and Social Committee, as the President of the Section, and elected a new Section Secretary in the person of Miklós Andorka, Deputy Chief Strategy Officer of MAPI [...]