Minister of State in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár announced at a press conference on Monday that the Hungarian Government proposes the complete ban of slot machines.
The government aims to increase the number of Hungarian citizens practicing sports for at least 30 minutes twice a week from 9-20 percent within five years and to 30-35 percent within ten years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Budafok Workers Physical Training Association (BMTE), stressing that the government will elaborate the new support scheme for non-spectator team sports as early as this autumn.
On 29 September Prime Minister Viktor Orbán unveiled the Memorial for National Unity in Ópusztaszer, Hungary. The event took place on Saint Michael’s Day, which is considered a turning point in the agricultural year, when shepherds have to account for the animals they were entrusted with and get paid for their work accordingly.
Minister of State for Public Administration and Justice Bence Rétvári was one of the keynote speakers at the international conference entitled Trends and Directions of Kin-State Policies in Europe and Across the Globe, held in Budapest on Friday.
Foreign Minister János Martonyi had a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammad Kamal Amr at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27. The two ministers agreed that they would bolster cooperation between their countries.
"The local exercising of public power is a basic national issue" – said András Tállai, the Ministry of Interior’s State Secretary for Municipal Affairs, during the celebration of "Local Governments' Day" on Friday.
With a budget of some 80 million HUF, the „Road to higher education” subprogram has come to existence within the framework of the „For the road” scholarship program. The goal of the subprogram, launched by the Human Resources Support Management Office on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resources, is to improve the equal opportunities of students with disadvantages and multiple disadvantages in higher education by helping their gain their diplomas through providing support in the form of a grant and towards their tuition fees.
Hungary can reach an agreement with international lenders based on letters sent by the government to the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his Friday interview on the regular morning show called 180 Minutes (MR1 Kossuth, Hungarian public radio).
The Hungarian Minister for Justice expects the European Commission to arrange a three-way dialogue on the Tobin case, and Vice-President Viviane Reding to exert the maximum political pressure to ensure that the values of the EU are upheld by all Member States, including Ireland.
Foreign Minister János Martonyi had a meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki in New York on September 27, 2012.