Csilla Fedinec's new study has been published in Forum Social Science Review 2025/5 (available at HERE).

The issue of the state language, minority languages, and minority rights in general is extensively covered in Ukrainian literature. This study summarizes the developments from the passing of the first Ukrainian language law in 1989 to the end of 2024. It provides a detailed overview of how the content of all basic concepts and legislation has evolved, thereby dispelling many misunderstandings and correcting misinterpretations in propaganda. The issues are examined in both the Ukrainian and international contexts, with examples relating to the Hungarian minority.

Our colleague, Tamás Gusztáv Filep, will give a lecture in Cluj-Napoca on December 8, at 6 p.m., at the headquarters of the Transylvanian Museum Association. The title of his lecture is: "Just because something is harmful does not mean that it can be avoided" – Publicist Zsigmond Kemény

Balázs Dobos's chapter entitled "The elections of minority self-governments, 1994-2024. Legislative Changes and Election Results," co-authored with Tamás Szabó, has been published in the volume Local Elections, Three Decades of Local Governance in Hungary, edited by Ferenc Bódi and Ilona Pálné Kovács, published by Gondolat (in Hungarian, HERE).

The new article by Balázs Dobos on the main features of minority participation at the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary elections is now published in Parlamenti Szemle and is available at HERE (in Hungarian).

The publications of the European Foundation for Comparative Minority Studies (EÖKiK) and the Civitas Europica Centralis Foundation are now available in our institute's Digital Reading Room.

Our colleague, Csilla Fedinec, discussed this topic with János Dési on December 2, 2025, on Klubrádió. The program is available here in podcast format.

Balázs Dobos and Balázs Vizi will attend the international conference entitled "Regional and Ethnoregional Parties in Europe and beyond" organized by the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the ELTE CERS Institute for Regional Studies in Pécs on December 4-5. The titles of their presentations are: Balázs Dobos: The parliamentary representation of minorities: presence, effectiveness, and the problem of evaluation. Balázs Vizi: Minority participation and parliamentary elections in Kosovo. The full program of the conference is available at HERE.

Csilla Fedinec’s new study has been published, offering an analysis of three decades of minority rights development in Ukraine: after the early period of openness and pluralism, the strengthening of a state-centric approach reshaped the regulatory framework, followed by further comprehensive legal reforms – partly driven by European integration efforts. The study can be read here.

Máté Csabai, journalist at Magyar Narancs, interviewed our colleague Csilla Fedinec about the United States' peace plans for Ukraine

Our colleague, György Szerbhorváth, will give a Serbian-language lecture titled “The De/Mythologization of the Village among Vojvodinian Serbian and Rusyn Authors” at the “Miloš Crnjanski” Vojvodina Institute of Culture in Novi Sad on 28 November 2025, during the conference Cultures in the 21st Century – The Challenges of Identity Patterns.