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Election of officials at HEA’s European Union Section

Election of officials at HEA’s European Union Section

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...

Election of officials in Nyíregyháza, Eger and Szekszárd

Election of officials in Nyíregyháza, Eger and Szekszárd

The local branches of the Hungarian Economic Association elected their officials (the chairmen and secretaries) in three counties on Wednesday, 26 February. These meetings took place in Nyíregyháza, Eger and Szekszárd. Márton Nagy, deputy governor of the National Bank...

Old-new president heading the Agriculture Section

Old-new president heading the Agriculture Section

On Wednesday, the Agriculture and Food Industry Section of the Hungarian Economic Association re-elected Attila Zöldréti as president for the same period. Secretary Endre Szelényi was also re-elected for three years. László Vajda, former chief officer of the Ministry...

V4 Economic Olympiad: After the first round

V4 Economic Olympiad: After the first round

The first round of the V4 Economic Olympiad 2019-2020 in Hungary was completed successfully: secondary school students from 17 counties and the capital city applied for the competition. In the national final of the competition to be held on 18 April 2020, 40 students...

Co-operation of counties for demographic goals

Co-operation of counties for demographic goals

Partly as a continuation of the demographic conference held early December last year, the HEA Demographic Section and the Child- and Family-Friendly Creative Workshop organised a strategic meeting with the participation of several county general assembly presidents on...

VHEA has a new president

VHEA has a new president

Tímea Gyetvai, finance manager of the Hungarian National Council was recently elected president of our sister organisation, the Hungarian Economic Society of Vojvodina (VHEA). The Association of Hungarian Economists in Vojvodina elected a new, five-member Board...

Registration now open for the V4 Economics Olympiad

Registration now open for the V4 Economics Olympiad

Registration has opened for the 2019/20 V4 Economics Olympiad. The Hungarian Economic Association invites students in secondary education to participate in the international event. The international final taking place in September 2020 in Budapest will include the...

An eventful, rich and productive year of the HEA

An eventful, rich and productive year of the HEA

‘The Hungarian Economic Association had an eventful, rich and productive year, thanks to the heads, active members and supporters of the Sections and County Organizations’, said Éva Hegedüs, Secretary General of the Hungarian Economic Association in her welcome speech...

Demographic change: another requirement for competitiveness

Demographic change: another requirement for competitiveness

‘We need to create the conditions of special socio-economic recognition for responsible families with many children’, said Árpád Kovács, Chairman of the Fiscal Council and Lifetime Honorary President of the Hungarian Economic Association at the joint conference and...

Technical advancement and labour – an event report

Technical advancement and labour – an event report

The Labour Section of the Hungarian Economic Association organized a professional event on technical advancement, Industry 4.0 and labour market which took place in the HEA Community Centre on 24 October 2019. During the event the introductory presentation was...