István Hegedűs was a member of the jury at the simulation game of the European Parliament at the Budapest Youth Centre of the Council of Europe organised by JEF Hungary on 17 February 2024.  

István Hegedűs gave an interview to Dnevnik on 23 February 2024 about the state of Hungarian politics after the resignation of the President of the Republic and the demonstration organised by influencers. 

István Hegedűs gave an interview to KlikkTV about the resignation of Katalin Novák, President of the Republic and the state of the union speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on 19 February 2024.

On 2 February 2024 the opinion of István Hegedűs was quoted by Suomen Kuvalehti about the performance of the Hungarian prime minister at the European Council.

Fake news, disinformation and conspiracy theories in the Hungarian public sphere was the title of the in-person and on-line workshop organised by HES under the auspices of DIACOMET project on 21 February 2024 at its seat.

INVITATION to the workshop "Dilemmas of Democratic Dialogue" organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project

Date: 10 April 2024, Wednesday 9:00 AM. – 12:30 PM.

Venue: ibis Styles Budapest Center (Budapest, Rákóczi út 58., H-1074)

RSVP by 5 April 2024

Program

Fake news, disinformation and conspiracy theories in the Hungarian public sphere
in-person and on-line workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project

Date: 21 February 2024, Wednesday 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Venue: Hungarian Europe Society, H-1052 Budapest, Gerlóczy utca 11.

Program

"New EU Ideas and Legislation to Strengthen Media Freedom" was the title of the workshop organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project at its seat in Budapest on 28 November 2023.

The Hungarian Europe Society, as a member of Civilizáció NGO community, signed a protest against the so-called sovereignty protection bill introduced by the Hungarian government in November 2023. A broader campaign was also started to collect supportive signatures from citizens on 1 December.

In February 2022 HES signed the joint declaraion of Civilizáció to object that the Hungarian authorities' continuously pestering the Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület and the Magyarországi Evangéliumi Testvérközösség (MET). The signatory organisations stand for Oltalom and the religious community of MET and refuse the government's long-lasting offensive against them.

HES signed a joint letter of Civilizáció in February 2022 to express its respect and appreciation to the civil disobedience of Hungarian school teachers. The signatory organisations support the teachers' claims and acknowlede: strike is a fundamental right!

 

The Hungarian Europe Society signed a letter to the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe issued by 20 civil groups on 13 January 2022 urging for a stricter observation of the fairness of the Hungarian parliamentary elections.