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Environmental Economics: New President and Secretary
Mihály Dombi, Senior Research Fellow at the Budapest University of Economics and Business, has been elected as the new Chair of the HEA Environmental Economics Section. During the online election of officers, voting members also elected a new Section Secretary: this...
Wage Transparency in the European Union – summary
Wage Transparency in the European Union — under this title, the Labour Affairs Section of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA), together with the journal Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review), organised an online professional conference on 27 May 2026. The event...
Trends and Megatrends Transforming the Future of SMEs
The newly established Business Development Section of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) held its first professional event on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, entitled “The Impact of Trends and Megatrends on Business Development in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.”...
The Governor of the MNB and the Minister of Finance at the Itinerant Congress
This year’s 64th Itinerant Congress of Economists will open with keynote presentations by Mihály Varga, Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, the central bank of Hungary, and András Kármán, Minister of Finance. The event will be hosted by the city of Eger on 10–11...
Fintech and Financial Literacy Section: election
The Fintech and Financial Literacy Section of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) recently held its leadership renewal election online. The members unanimously supported the re-election of Éva Pintér, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Institute of...
HEA’s Deputy State Secretaries
According to Issue 69 of the Magyar Közlöny, two of our fellow members holding section leadership positions within the Huhnarian Economic Association have been appointed Deputy State Secretaries in the new government. Anikó Juhász, a Board Member of the HEA...
A Civil Servant’s Career from Szeged to Luxembourg
A Civil Servant’s Memoirs Across Changing Eras and Locations is the title of the autobiographical volume by Endre Juhász, Hungary’s former Ambassador accredited to the European Union, chief negotiator of Hungary’s EU accession talks, former minister responsible for...
A press interview with HEA president Éva Hegedüs
"The repatriation of European Union funds can restart the economy, strengthen confidence, and reduce the government's interest expenditures," begins our conversation with Éva Hegedüs, President of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA). In her interview with...
HEA election held in Fejér Country
The Fejér County Organisation of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) recently held its leadership renewal meeting. By unanimous vote, the members re-elected László Madarász, Chairman of the Board of Korona Zrt., to serve another three-year term as President of...
Tax Interventions and Employment – Summary
The online event held by the Labour Section of the Hungarian Economic Association on May 7, 2026, focused on the relationship between tax interventions and the labour market. The starting point of the discussion was a public policy paradox: over the past decade and a...