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Crimes of communism are shame of Europe
Ministry of Human Capacities, February 27, 2017 11:39 AM
There will be European unity and a genuine dialogue when Western-Europe is both able and prepared to regard the crimes of communism, together with the crimes of Nazism, as the shame of Europe, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog stressed at the Sunday inauguration ceremony of the Malenky Robot Memorial erected at the Ferencváros Railway Station in Budapest.
Hungary plans to become a centre for efforts to combat Christian persecution
Ministry of Human Capacities, January 28, 2017 3:20 PM
“Hungary wants to become a centre for organisations working to combat the persecution of Christians”, the Ministry of Human Capacities’ Parliamentary State Secretary declared at an international conference entitled: “New Opportunities for Solidarity in the Interests of Discriminated Christian Communities”.
We must fight against prejudice on a daily basis
Ministry of Human Capacities, January 28, 2017 11:03 AM
“The Holocaust is an eternal lesson that it is our duty to fight against prejudice on a daily basis to ensure that the souls and thoughts of future, upcoming generations are never again dominated by delusions and misconceptions”, Minister of State for Education László Palkovics declared at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The Honvéd Hospital in Budapest will be receiving the injured
Ministry of Human Capacities, January 23, 2017 10:44 AM
“The Honvéd Hospital in Budapest will be receiving the four seriously injured victims of Friday’s bus crash near Verona, who are expected to arrive back in Hungary on Sunday”, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog announced.
It was important that pensioners, too, should perceive strengthening of Hungary
Ministry of Human Capacities, January 6, 2017 9:26 AM
It was an important goal of the Government that pensioners, too, should perceive the strengthening of Hungary, Bence Rétvári, Minister of State at the Ministry of Human Capacities said at his press conference.
Zoltán Balog and Pál Maléter receive one of the most prestigious German human rights awards
Ministry of Human Capacities, December 15, 2016 12:43 PM
Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog was presented with one of Germany’s most prestigious human rights awards, the Rainer Hildebrandt Medal, on Wednesday in Berlin. The Medal was also posthumously awarded to Pál Maléter, Minister of Defence in the Imre Nagy Government in 1956, who was executed following the crushing of the Revolution.
Office of Deputy State Secretary for Persecuted Christians seeks assistance of churches
Ministry of Human Capacities, November 18, 2016 4:55 PM
The Office of the Deputy State Secretary for Persecuted Churches is seeking the assistance of churches in Hungary with its efforts, the Minister of Human Capacities said on Thursday in Budapest.
Fifty-six tons of aid on its way to Ukraine
Ministry of Human Capacities, November 9, 2016 1:36 PM
Fifty-six tons of aid, five truckloads worth 32 million forints, set off from Budapest bound for Ukraine, coordinated by the Charity Council, an association of Hungarian charity organisations.
Hungary will only have a future if we don’t forget our past
Ministry of Human Capacities, October 28, 2016 8:42 AM
Minister for Human Capacities Zoltán Balog spoke about the importance of remembrance in Mosonmagyaróvár on Wednesday at a ceremony to commemorate the victims of the 1956 massacre. The Minister also announced that the Government had decided to double political rehabilitation pension supplements over the next two years.
The right to self-determination is important to the Hungarians
Ministry of Human Capacities, October 22, 2016 9:31 AM
“The Hungarians know what it means for others to decide their fate, and for this reason they feel it is indispensable to take their lives into their own hands and control it themselves; the right to self-determination is extremely important to them”, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog declared in an interview on Swiss public radio SRF.