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What Comes Next for Hungary?

Erik Uszkiewicz analysed the Hungarian election results and provided an overview of the challenges and opportunities...

Orbán's Media Empire After The Defeat

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World on 15 April 2026 after the election victory of Péter Magyar's party.

Pre-election Outlook

Portuguese news outlet JPN interviewed Erik Uszkiewicz about the possible outcomes of the Hungarian parliamentary...

Péter Magyar Is Not Orbán's Agent

István Hegedűs gave an interview to El Mundo about the results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 14 April...

Alternative Reality

Radio France Internationale interviewed Erik Uszkiewicz about the Hungarian political and media landscape with a...

How Orbán Convinced Hungarians that Ukraine is Dangerous?

BBC News Ukraine interviewed Erik Uszkiewicz about the Hungarian government's anti-Ukrainian propaganda before the...

Race of Research Institutes

István Hegedűs was asked about the chances of the Hungarian elections by xyz.pl on 10 April 2026.

Black and White

István Hegedűs was cited by CNN.com about Viktor Orbán's carrier on 9 April 2026.

The Tisza Is Rising

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik about the election campaign of the two big...

False Flag Operation

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World about the Hungarian election campaign on 7 April 2026.

Before Election

Erik Uszkiewicz gave an interview to the Polish-Ukrainian website polukr.net. The interview topics included...

Orban's Old Trick

On 24 March 2026 The Kyiv Independent published an op-ed article by Erik Uszkiewicz. The article examines the Hungarian...

Orbán, Ukrainians, Russians, Americans

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World about the Hungarian election campaign on 20 March 2026.

Orbán Faces Test As Kremlin Interference Emerges

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP about the Hungarian election campaign on 11 March 2026.

Sharpening Ukrainian-Hungarian Conflict

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World about the election campaigns of Viktor Orbán and Péter Magyar as well as...

The Russian and American Connections

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World about the Hungarian election campaign on 12 February 2026.

New Episode

Hungary's parliamentary elections are set to take place this April. For the third year in a row, the country's GDP...

Government Fighting Against "Pressure Groups"

The Hungarian Office for Sovereignty Protection attacked both the Hungarian Europe Society and the Diacomet project in...

Silent and Loud Majority

The petition “For Europe, for Hungary” by Hungarian civil society organisations and individuals to the leaders of...

DIACOMET Timeout Method in Hungary

Finland’s Timeout dialogue method was tested in Hungary in 2024 within the Horizon Europe DIACOMET project. The method...

DIACOMET Focus Groups – Key Insights from Hungary

In 2024, focus groups were held in Budapest to examine the media landscape and public communication in Hungary as part...

Networking

Erik Uszkiewicz participated in the Mapping Media for Future Democracies (MeDeMap) consortium meeting in Brussels...

Another episode of The Voices of Visegrad is on the way!

Bringing you the most important political and security stories from Central and Eastern Europe. What's inside...

The Shadow of the Past

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World on 5 January 2026 about the lack of reaction by the Hungarian government...

AI and Politics

Erik Uszkiewicz presented the role and significance of artificial intelligence in the Hungarian election campaign at...

New Episode of Voices of Visegrad Released

Watch the latest episode of the Voices of Visegrad series, offering insights into the political and security...

Gender Equality and Democracy in Europe

The closing event of the consortium of the Mothers of Europe project took place in Warsaw on 27 October 2025 with...

Trump, Putin, and Orbán

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World about the failed summit in Budapest on 22 October 2025.

In Dialogue on Democracy

István Hegedűs participated at the panel discussion Challenges to Liberal Democracy of the Practitioners of...

Long Live Ukraine!

István Hegedűs gave a short opening speech online at the conference organised by the CIVIL - Center for Freedom...

Across a Bitter Border

The deepening rift between Hungary and Ukraine in the field of political communication. As part of the Voices of...

New Episode of Voices of Visegrad

Watch the second episode of the Voices of Visegrad series: Czechia Goes to Polls, Slovakia Polarises, Hungary Leads V4...

DIACOMET Country Reports

The DIACOMET international research group organized a total of 87 focus group discussions in eight countries – Austria...

New Pedophile Scandal

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World about the accusations that shook the Hungarian government on 25 September...

Orbán and Magyar

István Hegedűs gave an interview to TVP World about the Hungarian political race between the two main parties on 8...

At the Beginning of the Last Research Year

The team of the DIACOMET EU project held its fourth consortium meeting in Vienna at the Austrian Academy of Sciences...

First Video of Voices of Visegrad

Watch the first video of the Voices of Visegrad series Poland Votes, Hungary Attacks NGOs, Czechia Depends on...

Speaking in America about the Ethics of Journalism

Representing the Hungarian European Society and the DIACOMET project, Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the World...

Voices of Visegrad Video Series

Res Publica Foundation and its V4 partners – including the Hungarian Europe Society – have kicked off a new monthly...

The Most Corrupt Country in the Region

István Hegedűs was cited by El Independiente about the state of the Hungarian economy on 26 July 2025.

Debate On the Date

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Magyar Hang on 21 July 2025 about the foreseeable accession of Ukraine to the...

Pride

The Hungarian Europe Society Stands with the Organisers of Budapest Pride and in Defence of Freedom of Assembly On...

An International Group in Fiesole

Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the summer school organised by the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence for...

Magyar and Orbán

István Hegedűs was asked in an article by TVP World about the race between the Hungarian ruling party and the most...

Can Viktor Orbán Hinder Ukraine's EU Membership?

István Hegedűs gave an interview to the Polish channel TVP World on 20 June 2025.

Second Meeting

On 17 June 2025 the DIACOMET NGO network held its subsequent online event. The participants discussed and tested...

Blacklist

On 14 May 2025 the Hungarian Europe Society signed the petition elaborated by "Civilizáció" coalition of NGO-s...

Workshop Recordings

The recordings of the workshop titled Európa-Nők-Művészet are available on the YouTube Channel of HES....

Workshop Recordings

The recordings of the workshop titled Globális és európai politikai dilemmák szakértő magyar nők szemével are...

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Those Worth Watching

Enikő Albert reported on the HES workshop „Globális és európai politikai dilemmák szakértő magyar nők szemével”...

Game in Szokolya

The Hungarian Europe Society presented the DIACOMET project at the public camp of POLIP Association on 26 April 2025....

NGO Network Kick-off

The DIACOMET consortium held its first online NGO meeting organised by the Hungarian Europe Society and Praxis from...

Radio Report

János Kárpáti reported on the HES workshop „Globális és európai politikai dilemmák szakértő magyar nők szemével” in the...

European Dilemmas

Györgyi Kocsis and Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the event entitled „Innovation Policy Labs” organised jointly by the...

Powerful Actors, Fragile Media Systems

As a representative of the DIACOMET project Erik Uszkiewicz participated at the international conference entitled "...

At the Ousted University

István Hegedűs held a presentation entitled "Strongman and Illiberalism - Pushing Back Against the Enemies of Liberal...

Intellectuals and Experts in Historic Storm: The Illiberal Seduction

Facing the Tide

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HES Publications

Facing the Tide

The publication titled Facing the Tide: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge was issued by the Hungarian Europe Society in January 2026. ...

Open Space

Európai nők

In May 2025, the Hungarian European Society published the posters from the "Európai nők" exhibition, created as part of the...
Open Space

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody: Dancing with Dependency - Impacts of Lex OZE III on Czech Energy Security and Renewable Investments
Open Space

Mothers of Europe Project Publication Is Out

“Who were the Mothers of Europe?” Members of a consortium from the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland and Hungary sought answers to this question in a new edited volume and with the posters...
Open Space

What Can Liberals and Democrats Fight With? Finding a Winning Narrative in the High-stakes 2024 European Elections

The publication titled "What Can Liberals and Democrats Fight With?
Open Space

The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Vision, Strategy, Competition. Parties and Civil Society

The publication "The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Strategy, Vision, Competition, Parties, Civil Society" has been issued by the Hungarian Europe Society in June 2023. ...
Open Space

The Renewal of Liberal Democracy: Strategy, Vision, Competition, Parties, Civil Society

Summary of a Hungarian experts' workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society, 20 April 2023
Open Space

MACI Campaign

The HES joined MACI campaign promoting Hungarian civil organisations.