Hungarian Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog signed a bilateral cultural cooperation agreement with China in Beijing on Tuesday.
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog has written a letter to Ferenc Orosz, the Chairman of the Raoul Wallenberg Association, condemning the atrocity the Chairman suffered on Sunday at a football match.
An international conference was organised in Budapest on the use of opioid medicines for curative purposes. The aim of the ATOME (Access to Opioid Medication in Europe) Project is to improve access by patients to opioid medication in those 12 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where the per capita consumption of morphine is very low, as shown by statistical evidence.
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog testified in front of the Nyíregyháza Court with relation ot the case of the Miklós Sója Kindergarten and Elementary School, run by the Greek Catholic Church. The Chance for Children Foundation (CFCF) has sued both the local government and the church, demanding closure of the institution that, according to CFCF, segregates Roma children.
Hungary and Germany will soon launch several Roma programmes, Human Resources Minister Zoltan Balog said in Berlin on Thursday after talks with German officials. The Minister, who is on an official visit to Germany, met with Ministers of State Cornelia Pieper and Eckart von Kladen, as well as with Romani Rose, President of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma.
Members of the Roundtable on Higher Education signed a joint declaration regarding student contracts, on Wednesday.
An American project on the safer building of communities aimed at initiating social debate began on Tuesday at the Central European University with the screening of a documentary and a conference. In addition to the US and Norwegian Ambassadors, the Ministry of Human Resources' Minister of State for Social Inclusion also gave a speech.
In Bódvalenke, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog spoke of the importance of culture, work, education and solidarity at an event to mark International Roma Day, within the framework of which a wide range of programmes helped to present the varied culture of the Roma people.
The Government has made a total of HUF 2 billion (some EUR 6.6 million) available to create a network aimed at improving the living standards of individuals with autism as well as expanding the employment of those with autism or a reduced capacity to work -- Minister for Human Resources Zoltán Balog announced today at a press briefing in Tata (Northwest Hungary) on World Autism Awareness Day.
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog and Minister of State for Education Rózsa Hoffmann presented a certificate of merit from the Prime Minister to Hungarian students and their trainers for their outstanding achievements at the 2012 International Student Olympics.