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Job Protection Action plan a resounding success
Prime Minister’s Office, September 4, 2014 2:42 PM
“The success of the Job Protection Action Plan launched in 2013 is indicated by the fact that it has led to the employment of over 890,000 people, including 150,000 young people, the Government Spokesperson said on Thursday at a press conference held at Jász-Plasztik Limited in Jászberény.
All recommended topics will be discussed by the Jewish Roundtable
Prime Minister’s Office, September 4, 2014 2:40 PM
“The Prime Minister’s Office is open to debating all topics recommended for discussion at the upcoming session of the Jewish Community Roundtable”, Deputy State Secretary for Priority Social Affairs Csaba Latorcai said on Wednesday.
Public procurement experts from Balkan countries receive training in Hungary prior to EU accession
Prime Minister’s Office, August 29, 2014 3:33 PM
A series of events organised by the Prime Minister’s Office, within the framework of which 56 experts from six countries in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bosnia-Hercegovina) and Turkey received special training in the effective prevention of fraud, corruption and other illegal activities that harm the EU’s economic interests, came to a close today. The lectures were funded by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
Rácalmás Jewish Cemetery renovated with state funding
Prime Minister’s Office, August 27, 2014 11:14 AM
The Jewish Cemetery in Rácalmás has been restored with the help of state funding. Parliamentary State Secretary László L. Simon from the Prime Minister’s Office called the 5 million forint renovation project a fine example of state support for a non-governmental initiative.
Minister Lázár to meet Roundtable of Jewish Communities
Prime Minister’s Office, August 14, 2014 4:55 PM
Minister János Lázár has asked that a meeting of the Roundtable of Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) be convened in September and has requested the cooperation of President of Mazsihisz András Heisler in a letter.
Three thousand children to participate in Erzsébet Day Camps
Prime Minister’s Office, July 23, 2014 3:45 PM
Three thousand children living in disadvantaged sub-regions will participate in Erzsébet Day Camps this year, Government Spokesperson Éva Kurucz announced on Tuesday.
Hungarian Prime Minister and Serbian President discuss ways to boost Hungarian-Serbian Relations
Prime Minister’s Office, July 1, 2014 6:11 PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic held talks on bilateral economic, investment-related, cross-border and cultural relations in Belgrade on Tuesday.
The Hungarian Government wishes to obtain the Ernst and Young’s report on the usage of Norway Grants funds
Prime Minister’s Office, June 27, 2014 2:36 PM
The Hungarian Government issued a letter to the domestic CEO of Ernst and Young, asking for permission to obtain the report on the usage of Norway Grants between 2008 and 2010, Deputy State Secretary for Development Policy Communication Nándor Csepreghy announced at a press conference on Friday.
The Norwegian NGO Fund should be used free from party politics with the broad support of the civil society
Prime Minister’s Office, June 13, 2014 9:38 AM
Since 2012, the Hungarian Government has expressed its worries about the distribution of the EGT/Norwegian NGO Fund several times. From then on the Hungarian party’s repeatedly emphasized criticism was that Ökotárs Foundation and other consortium foundations cooperating in the implementation are distributing the funds in a non-transparent way and not according to the previously determined objectives. On April 7th, 2014, János Lázár, then as the State Secretary in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office, sent a letter to the Norwegian government expressing his doubts and asking to renegotiate the institutional structure of the Norwegian NGO Fund in order to ensure that it serves the original goal of the strengthening and the development of the civil society. The information received by the Government has lead to the conclusion that Ökotárs has made biased decisions when distributing the funds, following the principles of a political party or satisfying the needs of a narrow ideological circle several times.