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Private sector funding is important to Hungarian innovation
Ministry of Human Resources, June 26, 2013 4:42 PM
Hungarian higher education receives 2.5 times more financial support from the private sector than from the state and this practice should continue, Minister of State for Higher Education István Klinghammer declared at a press conference held prior to the opening of the Swedish-Hungarian Innovation Days education-related event on Wednesday in Budapest.
Revised church law adopted by Parliament
Ministry of Human Resources, June 26, 2013 4:25 PM
On Wednesday Parliament passed new rules concerning the recognition of church organisations, following the decision of the Constitutional Court, which annulled some passages in the original church law. Most of the amended legislation's provisions will take effect on August 1, 2013.
European Roma Platform to Meet in Brussels
Ministry of Human Resources, June 26, 2013 2:54 PM
The European Platform for Roma Inclusion will hold its next meeting on Thursday under the auspices of the European Commission focusing on the opportunities of Roma children and youth, the involvement of Roma leaders, and process monitoring on the ground in the field of Roma inclusion and integration.
Employment of individuals with disabilities increased by 10 thousand
Ministry of Human Resources, June 20, 2013 4:31 PM
In the past two years, the employment of those living with disabilities within state-subsidised frameworks has increased to fifty-five thousand, Miklós Soltész, State Secretary for Social and Family Affairs of the Ministry for National Resources announced in Debrecen today.
Minister Balog on the past three years of the Ministry of Human Resources
Ministry of Human Resources, June 12, 2013 10:57 AM
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog, assessing the Ministry's past three years of activity, stated that 70 billion forints had been tendered for social inclusion projects, with programmes such as Nő az esély (Chances are increasing) that aim to strengthen relations between Roma and non-Roma communities and other programs aimed at helping to encourage the education of Roma children.
The National Solidarity Donation Line and Account
Ministry of Human Resources, June 7, 2013 11:33 AM
The Government has established the National Solidarity Line and Account, through which donations can be sent.
Minister Balog receives high-ranking German Order of Merit
Ministry of Human Resources, May 28, 2013 5:33 PM
Zoltán Balog, Minister of Human Resources, Hungary, was presented with the third highest ranked German Order of Merit, the Grand Merit Cross with Star and Sash (Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband) by Dr. Matei I. Hoffmann, Ambassador to Hungary of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Hungary joins Eurotransplant
Ministry of Human Resources, May 27, 2013 4:01 PM
Hungary will join Eurotransplant, the international organisation responsible for coordinating organ transplants in its member countries, as a full member on July 1, under an agreement signed in Budapest on Monday.
Hungarian-Finnish Seminar on Roma Issues
Ministry of Human Resources, May 27, 2013 3:57 PM
Integration of the Roma is hopeless without the active participation of the minority, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog stated at the seminar entitled “The situation of Roma in Europe – Finnish and Hungarian Experiences, European Answers”, with the participation of Ambassador of Finland Pasi Tuominen, Finnish MP Pekka Haavisto, Head of the Finnish Education Agency Aulis Pitkälä, and President Henna Huttu and CEO Tino Varjola from the Fintiko Romano Forum.
Search for Hungarian mountaineers stopped
Ministry of Human Resources, May 23, 2013 5:41 PM
The search for Hungary’s most successful mountaineer of all time, Zsolt Erőss and his companion, Péter Kiss was stopped after the two disappeared at 8,000 metres while descending from Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world on the boundary between Nepal and India.