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Zoltán Magyary made public administration attractive
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 14, 2011 5:05 PM
‘We can be justly proud to have had such a scholar as Zoltán Magyary, who can still give us good guidance,’ said András Levente Gál in Tata, at a wreath-laying ceremony at Zoltán Magyary’s statue on Thursday.
Bank deposits over HUF 2 million will not be nationalised - scaremongering to be investigated
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 9, 2011 11:18 AM
At a joint press conference with István Binder, spokesman of the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority (HFSA), government spokesperson Anna Nagy said that an e-mail circulating on the internet which claims that the Government is planning to nationalise bank accounts valued at over two million forints falls into the criminal category of scaremongering.
‘Rethink/re-button! Magyar is the Mode’ – The audience prize has been awarded
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 8, 2011 9:16 AM
Enormous public interest was attracted by the award of the audience prize for the fashion show ‘Rethink/re-button! Magyar is the Mode’ on 8 May. The winner was Rita Gallatz, who received 2,181 votes from the more than 22,000 cast by the public. She received the prize from Borbála Papp-Váry, Deputy Minister of State for Government Communication and Gábor Kopek, Rector of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.
Around one thousand litres of blood have been donated to Hungary’s National Blood Service
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 8, 2011 9:08 AM
Preliminary figures show that about one thousand litres of blood were donated to Hungary’s National Blood Service (OVSZ) at twenty-seven venues across the country – in seven ministries, in each county-town and in every Government office – on the blood donation day specially organised for government officials.
Tibor Navracsics: family cannot be replaced by politics
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 7, 2011 2:43 PM
'The well-being of a nation and a community can only truly be measured by looking at the situation of its children,’ said Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Public Administration and Justice at the conference ‘Rights of Sick Children’, which was held on Tuesday at the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner.
The Government is committed to the cause of nationalities in Hungary
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 3, 2011 9:55 AM
‘Hungary is home to all nationalities living here,’ said Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice on Monday, when he signed a strategic partnership agreement with the leaders of the thirteen self-governments of nationalities living in Hungary. Tibor Navracsics said at the signing ceremony that the purpose of the statutory strategic partnership agreements is the achievement of better legislation. This also means that better conditions can be created for nationalities.
The ‘auxiliary police force law’ came into force on Saturday
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, June 2, 2011 3:40 PM
From now on, auxiliary police organisations can only pursue their activities within the community of their registered headquarters, and any auxiliary police personnel breaking the law may receive a prison sentence or a fine of up to HUF 150,000. As a result of recent violent events related to auxiliary police organisations – including in Gyöngyöspata – on 16 May the National Assembly adopted legislative changes in order to maintain order in the public domain. These changes, which had been recommended by the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, have now entered into force.
Hungarian EU presidency to end with a Danube Party
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, May 31, 2011 10:00 AM
The end of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be marked by a colourful three-day series of events, between 24 and 26 June. ‘The six-month presidency has been a good opportunity to show ourselves and our colourful culture,’ government spokesperson Anna Nagy said at the press conference announcing the events.
160,000 volunteers take action across the country
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, May 23, 2011 3:53 PM
The waste collecting campaign organised by the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice in cooperation with the Ministry of Rural Development and the Volunteer Centre Foundation was a great success. In the initiative, approximately 162,000 volunteers took part in 800 locations, and thousands of tonnes of waste was collected.
Hungary is at the forefront of volunteerism
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, May 23, 2011 2:16 PM
At the opening event of the ‘TeSzedd! Volunteer for a clean Hungary!’ action on Saturday, Sándor Fazekas said that this was a very important date in the European Year of Volunteering, because it was without precedent for more than162,000 people to apply to take part in such an event.