A book can create or reinforce friendships between nations, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics stated at the opening of the 26th Moscow International Book Fair on Wednesday.
The Government is setting up various initiatives to create favourable conditions to convince young people considering moving abroad to stay in Hungary instead. Several hundred billion Forints will be provided for this purpose from both Hungarian and EU resources, the Ministerial Commissioner for the coordination of the For the Future of the New Generation programme announced.
The Government would like Hungarian communities abroad to preserve their national identity, language and culture, as well as their links to Hungary, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said on Monday.
A cooperation project of the National Roma Government and Budapest and county government offices has enabled 100 citizens of Roma origin to start working as in district offices from 1 July 2013. The employment of staff of Roma origin in district offices, the smallest territorial units of public administration, may make administrative matters easier and simpler for all Roma citizens in the future.
People gathered outside the "House of Terror" museum in Budapest today to light candles in commemoration of the victims of totalitarian dictatorships. Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice Bence Rétvári and Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for Youth, Social, Family and Housing Affairs Péter Ágh participated and held speeches at the ceremony.
This year, 20 August celebrations will be held under the slogan “The country – together as one”. A special feature of this year’s events is that the series of programmes Nagyon Balaton (Very Balaton!) will include colourful family events, concerts and fireworks in several towns along the shores of Lake Balaton to commemorate the foundation of the Hungarian State. Hundreds of thousands of visitors from Hungary and neighbouring countries alike are expected to attend the festivities.
Vivane Reding has made attempts to talk about Hungary several times, but just as previously, she has on this occasion again stated only falsehoods.
Hungary has a good chance to return to the path of economic growth, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said at the foundation ceremony of a new mill in Veszprém on Wednesday.
Justice Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ha Hung Cuong held bilateral talks with his Hungarian counterpart Tibor Navracsics.
Hungary’s introduction at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, attracted over 1.5 million visitors during the past two weeks, state secretary at the Hungarian public administration ministry Mónika Balatoni said on Sunday, the closing day of the festival.