{"id":18488,"date":"2026-09-13T10:53:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkt.hu\/?p=18488"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:56:47","slug":"kozgazdasz-eletmudijat-vehetett-at-farkas-zoltan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkt.hu\/en\/2026\/09\/13\/kozgazdasz-eletmudijat-vehetett-at-farkas-zoltan\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime Achievement Award to Zolt\u00e1n Farkas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Itinerant Congresses of Economists are celebrations of Hungary\u2019s economics profession \u2013 they offer the best opportunity for the association to express its appreciation, through awards, to all those who have made significant contributions to the association or to the Hungarian economy as a whole. At the opening plenary session of the conference, four recipients received HEA awards.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Presidium of the Hungarian Economic Association presented its highest distinction, the <strong>Economist Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong>, to <strong>Zolt\u00e1n Farkas<\/strong>, editor of HVG, in recognition of his decades-long, exemplary career in economic journalism and editing, as well as his outstanding professional work helping to foster a deeper understanding of developments in the Hungarian economy and economic policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Presidium of the HEA presented the <strong>Gyula Kautz Award<\/strong>, named after the association\u2019s second president, to <strong>Etelka Bar\u00e1th<\/strong>, former Minister for European Union Affairs and former member of the European Economic and Social Committee, in recognition of her decades of professional activity, as well as her work as former president of the HEA\u2019s Development Policy Section and as a member of the national presidium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Presidium of the HEA also presented the <strong>Gyula Kautz Award<\/strong> to <strong>Andr\u00e1s N\u00e1br\u00e1di<\/strong>, university professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Debrecen and president of the HEA\u2019s Hajd\u00fa-Bihar County Organization, in recognition of his decades-long scientific and teaching career, as well as his work as president of the HEA\u2019s county organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, the Presidium of the Hungarian Economic Association presented the <strong>Economist Grand Prize<\/strong> to <strong>Tibor Lakatos<\/strong>, managing director and owner of VELA Ltd. in Ny\u00edregyh\u00e1za and former vice-president of the HEA\u2019s Szabolcs-Szatm\u00e1r-Bereg County Organization, in recognition of his exemplary professional activities on behalf of the association over several decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The awards were presented to the recipients by <strong>\u00c9va Heged\u00fcs<\/strong>, President of the Hungarian Economic Association, and <strong>G\u00e1bor Mikl\u00f3s Nagy<\/strong>, Secretary-General of the HEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Itinerant Congresses of Economists are celebrations of Hungary\u2019s economics profession \u2013 they offer the best opportunity for the association to express its appreciation, through awards, to all those who have made significant contributions to the association or to the Hungarian economy as a whole. 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