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Several hospitals receive extra funding
Ministry of Human Resources, November 20, 2013 5:19 PM
A total of 33.1 billion forints (EUR 111m) has been allocated in extra funding to 93 hospitals for paying their overdue bills for suppliers, the Minister of State for Healthcare Miklós Szócska announced on Wednesday.
Zoltán Kovács: Hungary and Montenegro may closely cooperate in improvement of situation of Roma
Ministry of Human Resources, November 20, 2013 1:09 PM
The Minister of State for Social Inclusion believes that Hungary and Montenegro may successfully cooperate in the resolution of the situation of the Roma; the Western-Balkans country is aware that the issue of minorities must be addressed.
Hungarian Film Festival opens in Los Angeles
Ministry of Human Resources, November 14, 2013 4:19 PM
The 13th Hungarian Film Festival, scheduled to screen 15 Hungarian films, was opened by Minister of State for Culture János Halász in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Roma encouraged to join police force
Ministry of Human Resources, November 13, 2013 2:54 PM
Extremists who ride on tensions present in Hungarian society should be rejected, Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary in charge of social cohesion, told a conference on Wednesday.
Minister of State Kovács: national inclusion strategy induced positive changes
Ministry of Human Resources, November 13, 2013 1:59 PM
It is a long path that leads to the ultimate success of the inclusion strategy; however, we may now see the signs of the positive changes that it has induced, the Minister of State for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources said on Saturday in Komló.
Minister of State Kovács: allocation of „For the Road” scholarships supporting 14 thousand pupils to increase
Ministry of Human Resources, November 13, 2013 9:12 AM
Within the framework of the sub-programmes that form part of the „For the Road” scholarship scheme designed to support disadvantaged young people, some 14 thousand pupils in total will receive aid as a result of a significant increase in the sum available for awarding, the Minister of State for Social Inclusion Zoltán Kovács said at his press conference held on Tuesday in Ács in Komárom-Esztergom County.
Minister Zoltán Balog addresses Social Work Day
Ministry of Human Resources, November 11, 2013 4:31 PM
Social Work Day draws attention to the fact that social services help build society and to those who work in the interests of the disadvantaged, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog said on Monday in Budapest.
Minister of State Kovács attends opening event of Child Chance programme
Ministry of Human Resources, November 7, 2013 10:30 AM
Zoltán Kovács, Minister of State for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources paid a visit to Szerencs to attend the local opening event of the Child Chance programme funded from the New Széchenyi Plan with an allocation of some HUF 600 million.
Roundtable discussion on Roma population’s state of health
Ministry of Human Resources, November 7, 2013 8:23 AM
Zoltán Kovács, Minister of State for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources attended a roundtable discussion held on the occasion of Science Day. At the conference held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, experts shared their views on the Hungarian Roma population’s state of health and the care system available to them with a view to closing the gap between science and policy.
More than 200 Hungarian Roma attend papal audience
Ministry of Human Resources, November 6, 2013 6:10 PM
More than 200 Hungarian Roma pilgrims attended the papal audience on Saint Peter's Square in Rome on Wednesday morning.
Hungary continues to step up against domestic violence
Ministry of Human Resources, November 6, 2013 5:57 PM
Representatives of the Ministry of Human Resources held talks with the Human Rights Watch about the organisation's report on domestic violence in Hungary.
Victims of Roma killings remembered in Nagycsécs
Ministry of Human Resources, November 5, 2013 8:39 AM
Minister of State for Municipal Affairs András Tállai and Minister of State for Social Inclusion Zoltán Kovács attended the ceremony held in remembrance of the victims of the 2008 Nagycsécs attack, which were part of a series of attacks on Roma people.
Zoltán Kovács visits children’s chances programme
Ministry of Human Resources, October 31, 2013 2:00 PM
Zoltán Kovács, Minister of State for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources paid a visit to Berettyóújfalu to attend the local opening event of the Children’s Chances programme which was awarded funding worth HUF 600 million from the New Széchényi Programme. The Minister of State also visited the Komád and Biharkeresztes Sure Start Children’s Centres.
Pensions to maintain purchasing power
Ministry of Human Resources, October 28, 2013 4:39 PM
The Hungarian Government will maintain the purchasing power of pensions by increasing them by 2.4%, the expected rate of consumer price inflation next year, the social affairs department of the Ministry of Human Resources stated.
The eradication of poverty cannot be based on symptomatic treatment
Ministry of Human Resources, October 18, 2013 8:57 AM
One of the fundamental principles of the fight against poverty is that, rather than resorting to the mere treatment of the symptoms, we should tackle the processes and situations that constantly regenerate poverty on a systemic level, Zoltán Kovács, State Secretary for Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Human Resources said on Thursday in Bátonyterenye in Nógrád County.
Renovated Liszt Academy of Music to reopen next week
Ministry of Human Resources, October 14, 2013 4:48 PM
After ten years of renovation, the Liszt Academy of Music will reopen on October 22, the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice announced on Tuesday.
Ministry officials participate in marathon with disabled athletes
Ministry of Human Resources, October 14, 2013 2:19 PM
Officials of the Ministry of Human Resources participated in the Budapest Marathon, assisting disabled sportsmen and women. Minister Balog and his Ministers of State continued the tradition launched last year and completed the race with blind and disabled runners.
EU funds worth 60 billion forints available for healthcare
Ministry of Human Resources, October 7, 2013 5:54 PM
Hungary is starting hospital developments with about 60 billion forints (EUR 200m) in European Union support, Minister of State for Healthcare Miklós Szócska said on Sunday.
Minister Balog speaks in France about Roma culture in Hungary
Ministry of Human Resources, October 4, 2013 2:03 PM
The Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog took part in a round-table discussion on the development of Roma culture today in Aix-en-Provence, France. The goal of the event, organised by the Hungarian Embassy in France, was for Hungary, which took the lead in laying down the European Roma Framework Strategy, to share its experiences with the participants.
András Doncsev met with the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
Ministry of Human Resources, October 3, 2013 5:14 PM
Minister of State for Human Resources András Doncsev received United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Ira Forman on the 3rd of October, 2013.
Hungary is committed to upholding the rights of its disabled citizens
Ministry of Human Resources, October 2, 2013 11:40 AM
Hungary was the first country to simultaneously ratify the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the related Optional Protocol. Thanks to this, we were the first country in which both individuals and civil organisations also have right to submit a complaint within the framework of the individual procedure set out in the CPRD’s Optional Protocol.
International conference on elderly care organised in Budapest
Ministry of Human Resources, October 1, 2013 4:01 PM
On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, an inter-professional conference was held to discuss issues related to elderly care.
Autism-Europe International Congress in Budapest
Ministry of Human Resources, September 26, 2013 5:59 PM
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog addressed the opening ceremony of the 10th Autism-Europe International Congress in Budapest on Wednesday, where he spoke about the state’s task to create appropriate conditions for treating autism and enabling people with autism to live a full life in society.
Minister of State Hölvényi condemns the recent atrocity in Szeged
Ministry of Human Resources, September 25, 2013 11:36 AM
Minister of State for Church and Minority Affairs György Hölvényi met with Chief Rabbi Zsolt Markovics in Szeged. At their meeting, the Minister of State condemned the recent atrocity against the Jewish community in the South-Hungarian city.
Amrita Sher-Gil exhibition opened at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
Ministry of Human Resources, September 25, 2013 11:32 AM
An exhibition about Indian painter of Hungarian origin Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941) opened at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Tuesday, marking her 100th birth anniversary.
French company Auchan opens training centre in Fót
Ministry of Human Resources, September 19, 2013 12:18 PM
Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész and CEO of Auchan Hungary Dominique Ducoux inaugurated a new training centre in Fót, north of Budapest, on Wednesday. The new centre will play an important role in the training of disabled workers.
Hungary signs culture, sport and healthcare agreements with Vietnam
Ministry of Human Resources, September 17, 2013 2:29 PM
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog and Vietnamese Deputy Ministers Le Khanh Hai and Le Quang Cuong concluded inter-ministerial agreements on culture, sport and healthcare on 16 September 2013 in Budapest. The work schedules determined for 2004-2016 will allow future direct cooperation between institutes and the development and realisation of concrete cooperation programmes. Parliamentary State Secretary András Doncsev from the Ministry of Human Resources opened an exhibition entitled "Vietnamese Porcelain - Fragile Reminiscence" in the Museum of Ethnography.
Zoltán Balog presents Móric Lukács Awards
Ministry of Human Resources, September 16, 2013 6:09 PM
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog presented the Móric Lukács Awards for the first time this year. The Awards may be presented to people or civil organisations that have excelled in their community organisation activities and whose work has facilitated the development of donation culture. The recognition was bestowed on HÁLÓ (Network of Catholic Communities within the Carpathian Basin), President of the Misi Nyilas Foundation Sándor Szabó and folk dancer József Szigetvári.
Minister Balog negotiates with Presidency of the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ministry of Human Resources, September 5, 2013 11:23 AM
The Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry holds its presidential meeting on the 4th-5th of September in Budapest in memory of the foundation of the 20-year old German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog met with the Presidency of the Chamber within the framework of a gala lunch.
Hungarian teachers to take courses in Israel
Ministry of Human Resources, September 4, 2013 1:29 PM
Twenty-four Hungarian teachers are to participate in a one-week course at the Israeli Yad Vashem Institute in November 2013.