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Parliament’s autumn session extended
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 11, 2013 5:03 PM
Minister of Justice Tibor Navracsics initiated an extraordinary parliamentary session to be convened next Monday and Tuesday. He stated that the session was necessary to vote on 17 bills, including the 2014 budget. The spring session will start on February 1.
Human Rights Day – Monika Balatoni: Human Rights Start in Our Immediate Environment
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 11, 2013 4:59 PM
“Human rights start in our immediate environment, at home, school and work. In these places all men, women and children are entitled to the same rights, treatment and equality of opportunity,” said Monika Balatoni, Minister of State for Social Relations at the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice at the press conference held on the occasion of Human Rights Day on Tuesday.
Minister of State for Justice opened Budapest Guest Conference of the St Petersburg International Legal Forum
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 10, 2013 5:22 PM
Legislation and law as an instrument for investment development, as well as issues of economic criminal law were amongst the topics that were discussed on the Budapest Guest Conference of the Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum entitled Legal Protection of Investments in Central Europe and Hungary today. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of the Government of Hungary and the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
Erzsébet Programme – a Successful Tool of Government to Meet Social Responsibilities
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 10, 2013 5:18 PM
Next year’s calls for proposals under the Erzsébet programme – ongoing since 2011 – have been issued, receiving government funding of HUF 3.5 billion – announced Tibor Navracsics in Budapest on Tuesday at the conference entitled “Cafeteria 2014” organized by Erzsébet Voucher Trading Company. The Deputy Prime Minister highlighted: from the start, the goal of the Erzsébet programme was to ensure that the profits gained by service providers reach those who have less opportunity for recreation and holidays.
Inter-institutional meeting on International Anti-Corruption Day
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 9, 2013 4:38 PM
The Government aims to launch a preventive attack against corruption, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics said on Monday at an inter-institutional meeting held on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day.
Deputy Prime Minister Navracsics: EU Data Protection Debate Stalled
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 9, 2013 3:34 PM
The European Union’s debate on the envisaged data protection law has come to a halt and Tibor Navracsics doubts any progress will be made in the matter within this cycle, before the European Parliament’s elections are held next May.
Uncovering the communist past will be the most important task of the Commission on National Remembrance
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 9, 2013 1:34 PM
“Uncovering the communist past will be the most important task of the Commission on National Remembrance, the legal framework of which is currently being debated in Parliament,” said the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice on Sunday, at the commemorative ceremony held in Salgótarján on the anniversary of 8 December 1956, when a volley was fired into a crowd of protesters.
The successes of Hungarian national policy in Békés
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 7, 2013 4:04 PM
Upon the invitation of Attila Rácz, President of FIDESZ in Békés, Zsuzsanna Répás, Deputy Minister of State for National Policy, reported on the results of simplified nationalisation at a press conference held in Békés.
Contact point youth support network extended by Debrecen bureau
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 7, 2013 8:24 AM
The Debrecen member of the contact point bureau network organised at county level has opened its gates. The bureau established as a result of the institution building under the new generation plus programme was inaugurated by dr. Péter Mihalovics, ministerial commissioner in charge of the future of the new generation programme, János Halász, minister of state for culture, and Béla Somogyi, deputy mayor of Debrecen.
Roma Clerk Programme Successful in Districts
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, December 7, 2013 7:49 AM
“The Roma clerk programme introduced in district proves to be successful, assisting with official administration issues since the summer at about 50% of the District Offices”, said the Minister of State for Territorial Public Administration of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice on Friday, at a press conference held in Budapest. Erika Szabó explained: in the summer about 95 Roma clerks started their work at the County District Offices and Budapest District Offices.