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The rights of civil servants and government officials can be protected more effectively
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 28, 2011 12:31 PM
Tibor Navracsics, Minister for Public Administration and Justice, is initiating amendment of legislation relating to government officials with his proposal submitted to the National Assembly. The parliamentary debate on the bill begins in May and the new legislation can come into force on 1 June. The proposed legislation will give effective legal protection to government officials and civil servants in accordance with the Constitution by regulating reasons for dismissal, preventing dismissal without valid grounds, and expanding review procedures for appeals against dismissal.
László Szászfalvi: when supporting NGOs we thinking of the Carpathian Basin as a unity
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 28, 2011 10:20 AM
At a conference in Debrecen László Szászfalvi, Minister of State for Minister of State for Church, Civil Society and Nationality Affairs, said that the Government seeks to support civic groups which show real results and progressive effort, instead of supporting organisations which ‘only exist on paper’; in this field the Government regards the entire Carpathian Basin as a unity.
The houses in the new residential estates in Devecser and Kolontár are already structurally complete
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 26, 2011 3:40 PM
Extremely intensive cleanup and restoration works are being carried out after the red sludge disaster: as previously agreed, by the end of June the Government will have compensated all the families affected. New homes for those needing them are being built in the residential estates of Devecser and Kolontár, and they will be handed over to the owners by 30 June, the statutorily agreed deadline.
Volunteer for a clean Hungary!
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 26, 2011 3:38 PM
The Government and its partners in civil society are organising the largest voluntary campaign ever undertaken in the country, announced Bence Rétvári, the Minister of State for Public Administration and Justice at a press conference held by Feneketlen Lake in Újbuda, Budapest.
Parliament has adopted Hungary’s new Constitution
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 20, 2011 1:35 PM
‘God bless the Hungarians!’ – Hungary’s new Constitution, which was adopted today by the Hungarian Parliament, begins with the first line of the National Anthem. More than twenty years after the political transition of 1989/90, our country has discarded its current fundamental law, which was based on the Soviet model and had been adopted as a temporary legislative framework. This past is being symbolically left behind with adoption of the new Constitution.
Remembering the victims of the Katyń Massacre
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 16, 2011 12:44 PM
At the opening of this exhibition we are not only commemorating a historic tragedy, but also the unshakeable solidarity of nations manifest in the common experience of hard times, said Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Public Administration and Justice on Saturday, at the Laczkó Dezső Museum in Veszprém. The exhibition commemorates the victims of the Katyń Massacre.
They would also play a role in reuniting the nation
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 15, 2011 4:28 PM
They would also play a role in reuniting the nation Erika Szabó, Minister of State for Regional Public Administration and Elections, visited another government office and ‘government window’ (i.e. integrated public administration customer office) in Debrecen on Thursday. In the course of this visit, not only did she ask the employees about their experiences so far, but she also met a group of people from Nagyvárad (Oradea) who have submitted their simplified naturalisation applications there.
The Jewish tragedy is also our national tragedy
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 14, 2011 2:10 PM
For a nation, nothing is more destructive than being forbidden to remember its past. For forty years this was the case in our country, but now we are free to remember those who were murdered by a totalitarian system, said Zoltán Kovács, Minister of State for Government Communication, at the opening event of the Holocaust Memorial Day at the Földes Ferenc Secondary School in Miskolc.
Breakthrough in the level of criminal sanctions
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 13, 2011 7:40 PM
The Convention on Cybercrime, adopted in Budapest in 2001, can be considered a successful agreement, but we have to keep pace with the evolution of technology, stressed Tibor Navracsics, Minister for Public Administration and Justice at the Cybercrime Ministerial Conference.
OECD: Hungary is on the right path
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, April 11, 2011 2:42 PM
The reforms of the Hungarian government are in harmony with the recommendations of the OECD in the area of structural reforms, said Angel Gurría, Secretary-General for the organisation, in a brief interview with kormany.hu.