Croatia's accession to the European Union will boost cooperation between Hungarians and Croats, and further strengthen the already good relations between the two countries, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said in Pécs on Sunday evening.
The Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival programme showcases the diversity and richness of the Central European region, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said, opening the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.
Washington should play a more active role in Central Europe and make "brave" use of the region's experiences, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said. If the United States’ presence carries on diminishing in the region, Russia or another country will turn up and take its place, he stated in a discussion at the Heritage Foundation think-tank.
A new government bill seeks to protect whistleblowers who report corruption involving public funds, State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs at the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice Bence Rétvári said before the legislation was submitted to lawmakers on Tuesday.
The Erzsébet Programme is Hungary’s most prominent social programme of the past two decades.
The Hungarian government has helped more than 7,000 young people to find or retain their jobs since 2010, Bence Rétvári, State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs at the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice said on Friday.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics stated on Thursday that Hungary has given qualified acceptance to the 2012 Report on the Implementation of the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights, conditional on release of a political statement by the Government with regard to it; the statement objects to the findings concerning Hungary on four points.
On Friday, after talks in the Parliament building with the Brazilian Vice President, the Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary said that Brazilian-Hungarian relations are approaching a turning point, as fellow-feeling between the two countries – which has up to now been most evident in the areas of culture and sport – may in the future be felt in investment decisions and political relations. The Vice President also underlined the importance of a deepening in relationships between the two countries.
One day before the official start of the EFOTT student festival there will be a special show to launch the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice’s two-year youth project ‘New Generation Plus’. The primary objective of the project is to help young people in formulating plans for the future and to prepare them for a smooth entry into the labour market.
An amendment to the Penal Code adopted by Parliament on Monday makes it possible to punish domestic violence more severely than ever; violence within relationships has been made into a separate category of offence.