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Hungary was already the defender of Europe centuries ago
Ministry of Human Capacities, July 22, 2015 4:50 PM
In Budapest on Wednesday, at an event commemorating the Battle of Nándorfehérvár (present-day Belgrade), Minister of State for Culture Péter Hoppál said that “In remembering the victory, we must remind ourselves and the whole of Europe that all those centuries ago Hungary was not only already a part of Europe, but also its defender”.
The Government repeatedly called for the cooperation of charitable organisations
Ministry of Human Capacities, July 10, 2015 8:01 PM
Members of the Charitable Council – the Caritas Hungarica, the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid, the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta, the Baptist Aid, the Hungarian Red Cross and the Hungarian Interchurch Aid – are uniting their efforts, this time in order to provide humanitarian aid for the migrants arriving in Hungary.
Hungary increases support for national minorities by over HUF 2 billion next year
Ministry of Human Capacities, July 9, 2015 10:15 AM
The state budget will allow for an increase in support for national minorities in Hungary by over HUF 2 billion (EUR 6.3 million) in 2016, Minister of State for Churches, National Minorities and Civil Affairs Miklós Soltész said in Budapest at a press conference on Wednesday.
Hungary and France sign movie production cooperation deal
Ministry of Human Capacities, July 7, 2015 9:30 AM
Hungarian Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog and French ambassador to Budapest Roland Galharague signed a Hungarian-French intergovernmental film production cooperation deal in Budapest on Monday.
Hungary insists on maintaining its public works programme as long as necessary
Ministry of Human Capacities, June 19, 2015 1:14 PM
Ministers of the Member States of the European Union recognised the results achieved by the Hungarian Government in the expansion of employment in the document approved at the meeting of the Employment, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) held on Thursday in Luxembourg, Katalin Novák, State Secretary for Family and Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Human Resources told MTI, the Hungarian News Agency.
German analysis improves Hungary’s image
Ministry of Human Capacities, June 12, 2015 7:53 PM
Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said the German Society for Foreign Policy (DGAP) country analysis on Hungary was both objective and positive. Balog handed presented a copy of the document to Deputy Speaker of the Bundestag Johannes Singhammer (CSU), on Thursday in Berlin.
The number of those at risk of poverty is declining in Hungary
Ministry of Human Capacities, June 9, 2015 8:53 AM
The number of Hungarians at risk of poverty has decreased by 241,000 over the past two years, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Human Capacities Bence Rétvári told public television M1 on Monday.
Hungarian pavilion opens at Milan World’s Fair
Ministry of Human Capacities, June 8, 2015 4:46 PM
The Hungarian pavilion of Milan World’s Fair has officially opened its gates on 5 June, the World Environment Day.
Humanitarian Refugees Should Be Allowed into Europe, but Not Economic refugees
Ministry of Human Capacities, June 5, 2015 6:52 PM
In order to protect their lives, refugees fleeing civil wars should be allowed into Europe, but not so the economic refugees, said Manfred Weber, faction leader of the European People’s Party at a Budapest conference on the refugee crisis jointly organized by the Foundation for Civic Hungary, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
Hungary needs friends like Helmut Kohl
Ministry of Human Capacities, June 3, 2015 2:16 PM
Hungary needs friend like former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, politicians who can be friends of Hungary and Europe at the same time, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said on Tuesday at a Budapest conference organized on the occasion of Helmut Kohl’s 85th birthday.