“The government is funding the education of disadvantaged African children”, State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and the Realisation of the Hungary Helps Program Tristan Azbej, from the Prime Minister’s Office, announced in his speech closing the three-day International Conference on Christian Persecution in Budapest on Thursday.
After the Metropolitan General Assembly’s Wednesday meeting, members of the public were informed that the majority now in power in the assembly does not support the South Buda hospital centre project, and does not wish to contribute to the funding of health care developments, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at a press conference held on Thursday in Budapest.
Protecting persecuted Christians is our moral obligation, a cause which we must stand up for also on the international scene, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday, on the last day of the international conference on Christian persecution, held in Budapest.
On 27 November, during his official visit to Rome, Minister of State for Church and National Minority Relations of the Prime Minister’s Office attended the Pope’s usual Wednesday’s General Audience at St. Peter’s Square.
Based upon the recommendation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s President of the Republic conferred the Hungarian Order of Merit Officer’s Cross upon Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis in recognition of her consistent support of Hungary and her activities serving Hungary’s interests.
The government has concluded a comprehensive agreement with the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation. The document was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation’s chief rabbi Slomó Köves on Monday, in the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest.
On Friday evening the Puskás Arena was officially inaugurated before the Hungary-Uruguay friendly football match.
Local governments must primarily use their local trade tax revenues for financing local public transport, and in the future this will be committed to a law.
On Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén received in his office Francesco Patton, Custos of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land who is currently in Hungary for a visit. The meeting was also attended by Franciscan Provincial Márton Benedek Dobszay, Jakab Várnai, Rector of the Sapientia College of Theology of Religious Orders, and Tristan Azbej, Minister of State for Helping Persecuted Christians and the Implementation of the Hungary Helps Programmes.
A legislative package has been prepared with a view to simplifying the operation of metropolitan and county government offices. The goal is to provide fast and effective public administration based on trust, the Minister of State for Public Administration of the Prime Minister’s Office announced.