Eight lorries of aid consisting of medicines, medical equipment and long shelf-life food have left Budapest on Tuesday morning; the aid is to be delivered to the Transcarpathian region and beyond the Carpathians.
An aid convoy worth around HUF 100 million (EUR 323,000) is about to set off to the Transcarpathian region as a joint effort of eight Hungarian charities on Tuesday morning, Minister for Human Capacities Zoltán Balog told state television M1 on Monday. He emphasised that that all aid shipments should also convey a clear message.
The job protection initiatives and the additional childcare support introduced by the Government raised women’s employment ratio in Hungary to 57 percent, the highest ever rate since records of this indicator began in 1992, Mónika Dunai spokesperson for the Fidesz caucus said at a press conference held jointly with Minister of State for Family and Youth Affairs Katalin Novák.
Eight lorries carrying aid worth around 100 million forints (EUR 323,000) will leave next week to the Trans-Carpathian region and beyond the Carpathians, State Minister for Churches, National Minorities and Civil Affairs Miklós Soltész said at a Budapest press conference on Tuesday.
The Hungarian government stands firmly against segregation and will continue to do everything for the integration of the Roma, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said at the 14th May meeting of Anti-Segregation Roundtable, adding that the roundtable will remain the forum for discussing relevant issues.
On Sunday at a press conference in the maternity ward of the St. Imre Hospital in Budapest, Deputy State Minister for Family and Youth Affairs Tünde Fűrész said that the number of births in Hungary has risen continuously for the past twenty months, and the Government is committed to encouraging the continuation of this trend.
Results so far confirm that integrated Roma education is successful and the government is committed to pursuing this path, Minister of State for Social Affairs and Inclusion Károly Czibere said on Wednesday at an international educational conference in Budapest.
On Sunday at a Holocaust commemoration in front of the House of Terror Museum in Budapest, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said that hate cannot be the foundation for building a country – either in Budapest, Tapolca, the northern Borsod region of Hungary, or anywhere.
According to a study conducted by research institute Tárki, the rate of those at risk of poverty has significantly decreased in Hungary over the last year, Minister of State for Social Affairs and Inclusion Károly Czibere said at a Budapest conference on Friday.
The European Commission has approved all four health projects submitted by the Ministry of Human Capacities last December, meaning that four county hospitals will receive development funding of more than HUF 15 billion each (EUR 50.5 million) within the Social Infrastructure Operational Programme 2.