This year some 151 localities were awarded HUF 250 million for social land programmes, and farming opportunities were provided for the needy in an area of three hundred hectares. The Government will continue the programme, the Minister of State for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources said on Sunday at the press conference held in Sóshartyán in Nógrád County.
Minister of State for Higher Education István Klinghammer made a presentation on “the value of knowledge” in Németh László Secondary Grammar School, in Hódmezővásárhely. As a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a professor in Cartography, the Minister of State has introduced the higher education institutions, the system of higher education and the value of knowledge to the school-leavers. In his presentation, he attached special importance to fact that Hungary can play a leading role in the academic competition of the 21 century.
Application will be reopened for preexisting resident scholarships and as a new feature, the emergency medicine specialist candidates may apply for the Gábor Aurél scholarship –the Minister of State for Health of the Ministry of Human Resources announced on Thursday in Budapest.
A special show was staged by the children of the “Kedvesház” Home on Friday at the State Secretariat for Social Inclusion of the Ministry of Human Resources on the occasion of a conference on children with multiple disadvantages.
The 22-year-old Visegrád Group consists not only of four recent members of the EU, but constitutes one of the greatest regions of Europe with a population almost equal to that of Germany.
The Anti-Segregation Roundtable established this spring held a meeting on Thursday at the initiative of Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Human Resources and educational experts from the civil sector, and in the interest of a constructive dialogue, new members were invited to join the roundtable.
On Thursday the most successful university athletes were acknowledged at the award gala organised by the Hungarian University Sports Federation (MEFS).
Eastern Europe’s most significant contemporary art fair exhibiting the works of almost 500 artists from around 20 countries in Millenáris has opened its gates. Art Market Budapest, organized from November 28 to December 1, 2013, under the patronage of János Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Nancy Brinker, former U.S. Ambassador of Budapest, was opened by Judit Hammerstein, Deputy Secretary of State for Culture of the Ministry of Human Resources (EMMI).
All institutions of higher education were fully aware that the spending block ordered in May in relation to the EU's excessive deficit procedure would be implemented at the end of this year.
The purchasing power of pensions could grow by an annual 3.2-3.4% thanks to pension hikes at the start of the year and low inflation, Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész stated on Thursday.
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog presented Fraknói Prizes in Budapest today.
Elimination of poverty must be addressed with offering jobs, not with social subsidies, the state secretary for social inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources said in Brussels.
Deputy State Secretary for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources Péter Garai attended the initial meeting of the project "Capacity-building in municipalities through Norwegian-Hungarian cooperation", which was awarded aid from the Norway Grants.
Effective leadership in education and the effects of information technology on educational methods were discussed by the European Ministers for Education at the meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council in Brussels. At the meeting, in representation of Hungary, Minister of State for Public Education Dr. Rózsa Hoffmann also expressed her views on these issues.
The Hungarian Government is providing a one-time supplementary grant of 300 million forints to the Chess Federation.
The National Ambulance Service will soon receive 178 new ambulance units, more than 20 new ambulance stations are under construction and 60 stations are currently being renovated.
"60 years ago the Hungarians and the Hungarian football team achieved a world-renowned victory. A victory that we and the world will remember not just for sixty years, but very probably until the end of time", Minister of State for Sport and Youth Affairs István Simicskó said at the commemorative event held by the Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ) at the Puskás Stadium on Monday, 25 November. On this very day in 1953, the Hungarian national football team beat England 6-3 in the "game of the century" held at Wembley Stadium, breaking the host's 90-year home winning streak.
There is increasing demand for the social land programme; therefore, the increased allocation of HUF 250 million assigned for this purpose will also be available in 2014 or may even increase, Zoltán Kovács, Minister of State of the Ministry of Human Resources stated.
The conference that was attended by Minister of State for Social Inclusion Zoltán Kovács from the Ministry of Human Resources focused on the topic of the integrated education of disadvantaged children, including Roma children. Press release.
Minister of State for Sport Pál Szekeres announced at a press briefing on Thursday that the Government supports the civil initiative which aims at improving the accessibility of the Liszt Ferenc International Airport for people with disabilities.