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Training program for disabled people
Ministry of Human Resources, September 3, 2013 4:24 PM
The training of 65 disabled people has been completed at Kézmű Nonprofit Ltd's site in Abádszalók, Eastern Hungary. The Hungarian Government provided the 6 million forint funding required for the program within the framework of the New Széchényi Plan, Minister of State for Social Affairs Miklós Soltész announced on Monday. Kézmű Nonprofit Ltd, which operates a sewing factory, employs 103 people of whom 73 are disabled.
Disadvantaged schools receive computers
Ministry of Human Resources, September 3, 2013 4:17 PM
24 schools have received 130 computers donated by Opel Hungary; a joint event held on Tuesday in Budaörs by the company and the Ministry of Human Resources to celebrate the fact was also attended by Minister of State for Public Education Rózsa Hoffmann.
Zoltán Balog: Hungary has no future without civic virtues
Ministry of Human Resources, September 2, 2013 5:49 PM
The Hungarian higher education system cannot exist nor can Hungary have a future without the civic virtues also characteristic of the 19th-20th century technical intellectuals, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog declared in his speech at the ceremony to mark the beginning of the new academic year at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME).on Monday.
Public healthcare employees receive Government pay rise
Ministry of Human Resources, September 2, 2013 3:42 PM
In September, all those employed in Hungary's national healthcare system will receive a pay rise, retroactive from the beginning of the year, the State Secretariat for Health announced on Sunday.
Robert Capa Contemporary Photo Centre to be established
Ministry of Human Resources, August 30, 2013 11:46 AM
The Robert Capa Contemporary Photo Centre will function as an exhibition space and research and training centre from October, the Minister of State for Culture János Halász announced on Thursday.
Head of Műcsarnok named ministerial commissioner
Ministry of Human Resources, August 30, 2013 11:40 AM
Head of Budapest's art gallery Műcsarnok Gábor Gulyás, who recently announced that he will be stepping down, has been appointed as Ministerial Commissioner in charge of promoting contemporary Hungarian art abroad.
Exhibition of Hungarian Art in Shanghai
Ministry of Human Resources, August 29, 2013 2:29 PM
On Thursday in Budapest, the Directors of the Hungarian Museum of Fine Art and the Shanghai Art Museum in China signed an agreement on the organisation of a large-scale exhibition of the works of Mihály Munkácsy and other 20th century Hungarian artists in Shanghai in 2014.
Amendment to Public Education Act passed by Parliament
Ministry of Human Resources, August 27, 2013 4:54 PM
Parliament has adopted an amendment to the Hungarian Public Education Act, introducing career models and ensuring a pay rise to all teachers as of September 2013. Alongside the career models, the legislation also introduces a quality assurance system to eliminate differing ways of calculating teachers' salaries.
The deportation of hundreds of thousands of Germans was a great loss to Hungary
Ministry of Human Resources, August 26, 2013 12:49 PM
The Minister of Human Resources called the fact that hundreds of thousands of people of German descent were deported from Hungary following the Second World War a great loss. Zoltán Balog held a speech in Berlin on Saturday at the human rights event entitled "Day of the Fatherland" before organisations representing Germans who were expelled from various countries and representatives of the German federal government.
Government pays compensation to families of the 2008-2009 Roma murders
Ministry of Human Resources, August 16, 2013 3:12 PM
In 2008 and 2009, under the previous socialist Government, a series of nine attacks was committed against people of Roma origin in which six people were murdered, generating deep shock throughout the whole of society and leading to accusations that police had failed to protect a minority group.
Closing premature infant ward in Miskolc “not necessary”
Ministry of Human Resources, August 13, 2013 5:37 PM
The closing of the premature infant ward of the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hospital is not necessary, Minister of State for Healthcare Miklós Szócska stated at a press conference in Miskolc. On Monday, the Prime Minister ordered a special inquiry into the recent deaths of eight premature babies at the hospital. The incidents occurred between August 5 and 10.
International Autism Congress to be held in Budapest
Ministry of Human Resources, August 8, 2013 11:17 AM
Hungary successfully tendered to organise the triennial International Autism Congress this September in Budapest, where organisers expect more than a thousand participants from over 70 countries, Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész announced on Wednesday. He pointed out that recently two tenders were announced, one for the maintenance of institutions working with autistic people, offering 90 million forints, and another one aiming to facilitate the access with 800 million forints available.
Ministry of Human Resources provides vehicles to assist street service providers
Ministry of Human Resources, August 6, 2013 2:14 PM
The Ministry of Human Resources has provided nine cars to organisations that provide street services in order to support social work and care for the homeless.
Press Release regarding the first instance verdict of the 2008-2009 Roma murder series
Ministry of Human Resources, August 6, 2013 10:54 AM
Five years after shots were first fired at Galgagyörk and the series of murders which cost the lives of Roma people at nine different locations began, the trial of the murderers has come to an end at first instance and the court has issued its first instance verdict.
2021 World Aquatics Championships to be profitable
Ministry of Human Resources, August 5, 2013 5:12 PM
Previous experience suggests that the 2021 World Aquatics Championships, to be hosted by Hungary, could be made profitable, Minister of State for Sports Affairs in the Ministry for Human Resources István Simicskó stated.
Commemorating the Roma Holocaust
Ministry of Human Resources, August 2, 2013 1:37 PM
On 2 August 1944, three thousand Roma people were murdered in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. What happened on that day only became fully known to history several decades later. 2 August was declared International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day by the World Romani Congress in 1972. On this day, we remember the tens of thousands of Sinti and Roma people who were murdered throughout Europe during the Second World War.
MOL World Fencing Championships to begin on Monday in Budapest
Ministry of Human Resources, August 2, 2013 12:36 PM
Hungary’s largest sporting event this summer, the centennial MOL World Fencing Championships, are to begin on Monday in Budapest. The Ministry of National Economy is sponsoring the event with 180 million forints. Organisers are expecting 1100 participants from 106 countries, including more than 160 wheelchair fencers.
Scholarship Agreement signed between Hungary and Vietnam
Ministry of Human Resources, July 29, 2013 11:48 AM
Hungary and Vietnam have concluded an agreement on a scholarship programme in Budapest on Monday. The document was signed by Hungary's Minister of State for Higher Education István Klinghammer and Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Education and Training Tran Quang Quy.
Number of new university students receiving state funding has increased
Ministry of Human Resources, July 26, 2013 10:56 AM
Minister of State for Higher Education István Klinghammer stressed on Thursday that the number of students admitted into state-funded higher education has gone up this year compared with 2012.
11th IDBF Dragon Ship World Championship in Szeged
Ministry of Human Resources, July 24, 2013 5:33 PM
At the opening event, Minister of State for Sport of the Ministry of Human Resources István Simicskó welcomed the 3000 participants from 30 countries.
Teachers to receive 34 percent pay rise
Ministry of Human Resources, July 10, 2013 5:06 PM
The salaries of 150,000 teachers will increase by 34 percent on average as of 1 September 2013, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog announced.
Institute for the Mentally Ill in Berzence to receive HUF one billion for development
Ministry of Human Resources, July 9, 2013 3:13 PM
The Institute for the Mentally Ill in Berzence has won remarkable institutional development funding worth HUF one billion entirely from EU resources.
Tender for Budapest Museum quarter layout announced
Ministry of Human Resources, July 9, 2013 11:23 AM
The Museum of Fine Arts invited bids for designs for the layout and arrangement of buildings and the surrounding park in Budapest’s
planned new Museum Quarter.
Conference of European churches may boost Europe’s christian renewal, says Human Resources Minister
Ministry of Human Resources, July 8, 2013 5:37 PM
This year’s assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) held in Budapest is hoped to give an impetus to the notion of Europe’s renewal based on Christian values, Hungary’s Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog said on Saturday evening, addressing the event.
Day of Slovaks in Hungary celebrated
Ministry of Human Resources, July 8, 2013 5:36 PM
The Day of Slovaks in Hungary was celebrated in Pálháza, a village on the Slovak border in north-eastern Hungary, on Saturday. In his address after an ecumenical service in the local Catholic church, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog emphasised the importance of friendship and mutual trust between the Hungarian and Slovak nations.
Stipendium Hungaricum - the new Hungarian student scholarship programme
Ministry of Human Resources, July 8, 2013 5:30 PM
The Stipendium Hungaricum Student Scholarship Programme also contributes to the development of the host institution by increasing the capabilities of our universities and colleges to attract foreign students through assuring payment of course costs, and also contributes to increasing our international competitiveness.
Summer camp of disadvantaged and Roma children has opened in Velence
Ministry of Human Resources, July 8, 2013 5:22 PM
The summer camp organised by the National Roma Government opened on Monday in the locality of Velence situated in Fejér County where five hundred disadvantaged and Roma children will enjoy a summer holiday in the next few weeks, thanks, inter alia, to the funding of HUF 15 million provided by the Ministry of Human Resources.
Swiss-Hungarian project to improve and expand basic services
Ministry of Human Resources, July 3, 2013 5:41 PM
A Swiss-Hungarian model project has been launched today to improve and expand basic services in Hungary’s underdeveloped regions, the organisers said on Wednesday.
Teachers' salaries to be raised as of 1 September 2013, Minister Zoltán Balog says
Ministry of Human Resources, July 1, 2013 1:08 PM
The Government has decided to raise the salaries of Hungarian teachers from September 1 this year, Minister for Human Resources Zoltán Balog announced at a congress of the Teachers’ Trade Union (PSZ).
Implementation of Hungary’s inclusion strategy assessed positively by the European Commission
Ministry of Human Resources, June 26, 2013 4:49 PM
The European Commission has assessed the progress made by Member States in the implementation of their national Roma integration strategies and the measures they have taken.