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The leading scientific organisation of European regional science, Regional Studies Association (RSA) held its annual international conference in Pécs between May 24–26, 2010. The winning project proposal of the HAS Centre for Regional Studies about the organisation of the conference was selected in strong competition with five Western European cities proposals. Co-organisers of the conference were the Hungarian Regional Science Association and the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Pécs.

József Pálinkás, the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences appointed Gyula Horváth, DSc, scientific advisor, holder of the Széchenyi Prize, professor at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, director of the HAS Centre for Regional Studies on April 11 for a period of five years. Tamás Németh, secretary-general of the HAS and Valéria Csépe, deputy secretary-general were present at the event, on April 6, 2010.

The latest volume of the series explores socio-economic relations of the South Great Plain Region, through the review of the reviving interregional relations. South Great Plain, encompassing the counties of Bács-Kiskun, Csongrád and Békés is the largest region in Hungary. Szeged, the region’s capital, is the 4th largest town in the region according to population data, its educational institutions and vibrant cultural life place the town in an even more prominent position. Most of its micro regions have emerged as losers of the transition of the past two decades, therefore our book aims to contribute to their catching-up as well. The volume was edited by Gábor Nagy.

Academic Professor György Enyedi was designated Honorary Member of the World Society of Ekistics during its General Assembly held in Antalya (Turkey) The Society (and its journal, Ekistics) was founded by Doxiadis (1913–1975), one of the most influential urbanists of the 20th century in 1965 and operates as a consultative, non-governmental organ of the UNO. The Society, owner and publisher of Ekistics Journal, is a prestigious organ of settlement sciences.

The eleventh volume of the series presents the Ukranian Transcarpathia Region, focusing on its present socioeconomic conditions, mapping the various factors of development embedded in a historical perspective. This administrative unit, covering an area of 12 800 km2, with a population of 1.25 million originally formed by the historical counties of Ung, Bereg, Ugocsa and Máramaros in 1920, consists of 13 districts, 11 towns, 19 urban-type settlements, and 579 rural settlements in our days.