The Government of Hungary has been saddened by the sudden death of Oswaldo Payá, the principled and influential Cuban opposition leader, the father of the Varela Project and a recipient of the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
"Hungary’s unorthodox economic policy has begun to spread within the European Union. First, France introduced a financial transactions duty twice as high as in Hungary, after which Slovakia imposed a special sectoral levy", said András Giró-Szász on Tuesday morning.
In the spirit of our commitment to resolve the serious humanitarian crisis in Syria, Hungary is providing Euro 25000 in support towards the UNICEF mental health and rehabilitation programmes for injured children.
On the occasion of Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day, a commemorative event takes place in Budapest today organized by the Holocaust Memorial Centre and the Tom Lantos Institute. During the event among others speeches are delivered by State Secretary György Hölvényi of the Human Resources Ministry, Rita Izsák, the Director of the Budapest based Tom Lantos Institute, as well as by representatives of the Hungarian Socialist Party and the Politics Can Be Different party.
In the framework of the New Széchenyi Plan, 7.5 billion forints have been earmarked for the financial support of public training school programmes aiming at promoting equal opportunities as well as for the further development of programmes such as ‘Schoolnet’, ‘Tanoda’ and ‘Second Chance’.
A farewell ceremony was held in Szolnok for the troops of the Hungarian Defence Forces, the seventh group leaving for Kosovo to relieve their KFOR colleagues.
The 100% state-owned SZEFO Ltd., over 60% of whose employees are disabled, has concluded strategic agreements with the Italian DAMA S.p.A. and the French Legrand Ltd. This will create 200 new jobs and guarantee the long-term preservation of the existing 825 jobs.
The protection of human rights, including the rights of ethnic Hungarians, is a key issue in terms of relations between Hungary and Romania, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh told a press conference on July 31.
The government welcomes the fact that according to the United States Department of State, Hungarian laws protect the freedom of religion.
The Hungarian government welcomes that the US State Department's 2011 report on freedom of religion recognized that Hungary's "constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom", the government's international communications office told MTI on Tuesday.