Hungary's government will forward a cash transfer of 27 billion forints to state health-care institutions by the end of the year, Miklos Szocska, the state secretary for health, said on Thursday.
More than 21 billion forints can be distributed in the health sector as a result of leftovers found in the health fund, state secretary for health Miklos Szocska said on Friday.
It seems that the Hungarian ‘chips (or crisps) tax’ is achieving its goal. After its first quarter the Government can already pay bonuses to 42,000 healthcare workers. With the intention of improving the level of health among the population, since 1 September 2011 the tax has been levied on food products proven to have harmful effects on health.
The sport related tasks of the Hungarian EU Presidency came to an end with the Informal Meeting of EU Sport Directors. On the final meeting day, chaired by Attila Czene, State Minister for Sport of the Ministry of National Resources, the sport directors discussed about the common challenges faced by European sport, the cooperation with third countries and the role of volunteering in sport. Mr. Pál Szekeres deputy state secretary for sport also participated at the meeting.
The two-day Informal Meeting of EU Sport Directors is being held in Gödöllő as the official closing event of the Hungarian EU Presidency’s sport issues, chaired by Attila Czene, Minister of State for Sport of the Ministry of National Resources.
Ministers of Health of the Member States of the European Union and delegates from 30 countries and stakeholders' representatives met on 10 May 2011, in the framework of the Ministerial e-Health Conference organised jointly by the European Commission and the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Presidency Declaration.
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Education Ministers discussed active citizenship education, and related educational policy objectives, at an informal meeting in Gödöllő, on 29 March 2011. Acting as the chair of the meeting, Minister of State Rózsa Hoffmann, pointed out, “We must answer the question, to whether our educational systems prepares the youth appropriately, to become active and responsible citizens.”
It is essential for the healthcare systems to be upgraded; and healthcare professionals should have better working conditions, stressed Minister of State for Healthcare, of the Ministry of National Resources, Miklós Szócska, in an interview to eu2011.hu prior to the informal min-isterial meeting which began on 4 April.
The Hungarian Presidency wishes to emphasise the role of family policy when addressing demographic challenges, Minister for National Resources, Miklós Réthelyi, declared at the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Demography and Family Policy Issues, in Gödöllő on 1 April 2011.