14 August 2026

A minority rights case law database compiled by Zsolt Körtvélyesi is now also available in our Institute’s Digital Reading Room. The database features selected minority rights cases from Slovakia and Hungary concerning the Hungarian and Roma minorities. It processes judgments from official court databases, providing summaries, English translations, and related cases. The database was developed as part of the research project 'MINOTEE: Minority Rights – Towards Effective European Enforcement' supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Programme.

10 August 2026

The electoral database elaborated within the project titled “Parliamentary Representation of Minorities in International Comparison: Descriptive or Substantive Representation?” (NKFIH K143523, 2022–2027) contains data on the number of voters registered as members of national minorities in Hungarian parliamentary elections, as well as the number of voters who cast valid ballots for the lists of national minority self-governments, broken down by national minority, county, and municipality for the period 2014–2026 (available HERE). Due to changes in certain electoral district boundaries over time, the same database is also available separately by electoral district for the 2014–2022 period (HERE) and for the recent 2026 elections (HERE).

10 August 2026

A review published in the Europäisches Journal für Minderheitenfragen praises the work of Ágnes Tóth, Deutsche in Ungarn 1950–1970. Die deutsche Minderheit zwischen Stalinismus und Kádár-Regime. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg (2025).

30 July 2026

Judit Durst and Zsanna Nyírő will be guests at the Humanities Courtyard of the Ördögkatlan Festival on August 7, 2026, where they will lead a discussion titled “Are You the First? – Social Mobility Up Close.” The event will focus on the mobility experiences of first-generation college graduates, as well as the individual and community dimensions of social mobility.

29 July 2026

A joint interview with our colleague Csilla Fedinec and Szabolcs Vörös of Válasz Online, published in the July 28, 2028 issue of Ukraine’s Infopost.

28 July 2026

The volume of studies entitled The History of the Satu Mare Swabians from their Settlement to the Present Day, edited by Bernadett Baumgartner, Réka Marchut, and Imre Tempfli, and published by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Satu Mare, presents the latest research findings on the subject across 16 studies. Among the authors of the volume are our colleagues, Ferenc Eiler and Réka Marchut.

Three book launches will also take place in the Satu Mare region:

August 4, from 6:00 PM in Satu Mare (Szatmárnémeti), at the Megmaradás Háza

August 6, from 6:00 PM in Carei (Nagykároly), at the Castle

August 7, from 6:00 PM in Ardud (Erdőd), at the Roman Catholic Church

Our colleagues will also participate in the book launches.

Everyone is warmly welcome!

27 July 2026

The full issue is available on the journal's website.

27 July 2026

On 24 July, our colleague Nándor Bárdi gave a presentation at the Bálványos Summer University and Student Camp on the key issues Hungarian minority communities face, as part of the round-table discussion entitled ‘Where Are We Heading? – National Policy. You can watch the full roundtable discussion here.

25 July 2026

From July 17 to 19, 2026, a commemoration marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Erdélyi Helikon was held in Marosvécs. On July 18, our colleague Tamás Gusztáv Filep was one of the participants in a panel discussion on the writers associated with the Helikon movement.

23 July 2026

On July 17, István Antal-Róbert, Nándor Bárdi, Csongor Molnár, and Szabolcs Czáboczky held a panel discussion on Hungarian government policies toward Hungarian co-ethnics in the 20th and 21st centuries at the Gombaszög Summer Camp.