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Eight Hungarian employers receive award for disability-friendly workplace
Ministry of Human Resources, March 25, 2014 9:35 AM
Eight employers, including the municipalities of two Budapest districts, received awards for disability-friendly workplaces on Monday; the award was founded in 2010 and is jointly managed by the Ministry for Human Resources, the Salva Vita Foundation and the Hungarian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Hungary launches targeted breast screening programs
Ministry of Human Resources, March 25, 2014 9:29 AM
Hungary will hold a set of targeted screening programs to draw public attention to these preventative measures, Minister of State for Health Miklós Szócska said on Saturday at a screening event in Budapest’s 18th district. Mr. Szócska said the first such screening will be the “Night of screenings” on 25 April, when many screening locations will be open until 10 p.m. or midnight, while another 35 private screening facilities will also be open until at least 10 p.m.
Hospital topping out ceremony in Baja
Ministry of Human Resources, March 24, 2014 10:07 AM
The Rókus Hospital in the southern Hungarian town of Baja held the topping out ceremony of its newly constructed building on Thursday, attended by Minister of State for Health Miklós Szócska. The new wing will house technological support, diagnostics, patient management and other facilities.
Good schools for everyone!
Ministry of Human Resources, March 24, 2014 10:01 AM
With the interests of children and families at the forefront, the Government has improved the quality of public education through a comprehensive renewal. It has opened rather than closed schools, and instead of laying off teachers it has introduced wage increases that have resulted in one million forints (EUR 3,200) per year in additional income for a family where both parents are teachers.
Budapest home for the disabled gets hydrotherapy unit
Ministry of Human Resources, March 24, 2014 9:58 AM
The “Ray of Hope” home for people with mental disabilities or with multiple disabilities in Budapest’s 23rd district received a hydrotherapy unit built with a 100 million forint (EUR 320,000) government grant and inaugurated on Thursday by Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész.
HUF 250 million available this year as part of the Social Land Programme
Ministry of Human Resources, March 24, 2014 9:57 AM
Disadvantaged local governments and their institutions may apply for HUF 250 million in funding this year within the framework of the Social Land Programme, the Minister of State for Social Inclusion of the Ministry of Human Resources announced on Thursday at a press conference held in the locality of Panyola in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Jewish and Christian communities need dialogue
Ministry of Human Resources, March 24, 2014 9:56 AM
We must have dialogue, as silence is the worst thing possible – Minister for Human Resources Zoltán Balog said on Thursday at the “Common future – Common responsibility” conference about Jewish-Christian relations in the Tihany Abbey near lake Balaton. The conference was organised by UNESCO’s Hungarian National Committee and the speakers included politicians and both Jewish and Christian religious servants of several denominations.
Conference on national minorities in Hungary
Ministry of Human Resources, March 20, 2014 12:38 PM
The Faculty for Applied Humanities and Pedagogy of the St. Stephen University of Szarvas, eastern Hungary held a conference entitled “European National and Minority Identity and Culture” on Wednesday, at which Deputy State Secretary for Minority and Civil Social Relations Csaba Latorcai gave an overview of the legal changes affecting national minorities in Hungary.
Hungarian healthcare shows significant improvement
Ministry of Human Resources, March 20, 2014 12:36 PM
In the past few years the Government has revived Hungarian healthcare services which were swamped in debt, disorganised and in a serious crisis, Minister of State for Health Miklós Szócska said in the western Hungarian town of Körmend.
Zoltán Kovács: Roma inclusion is achievable by resorting to practical means
Ministry of Human Resources, March 19, 2014 4:18 PM
"The Hungarian Government takes the view that, in addition to the application of human rights principles, the social inclusion of the Roma can only be achieved with programmes that can be implemented in practice", Minister of State for Social Inclusion Zoltán Kovács, who is attending the international Roma affairs conference The Conscience of Europe in Helsinki, stated on Tuesday.