At this year’s first meeting of the Inter-ministerial Committee for Social Inclusion and Roma Affairs (TFCTB), the measures of Hungary's National Social Inclusion Strategy planned for 2015-2017 were on the agenda.
The mass killings of Auschwitz must not happen again and any hatred against ethnic groups must be nipped in the bud, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said on Tuesday.
The Government is committed to the development of a quality education system that creates opportunities, Minister of State for Social Affairs and Inclusion Károly Czibere said at an education forum in Budapest.
The Government is setting up a Memorial Committee, headed by the Minister of Cuman Capacities, to oversee the successful realisation of this year’s Memorial Year for Hungarians deported to the Soviet Union, Parliamentary State Secretary Bence Rétvári announced. The Committee’s role will be to make recommendations and provide its opinion and advice on planned projects.
The Ministry of Human Capacities would like to reiterate that the Government rejects and condemns unlawful segregation, which is banned by both the Constitution and other national laws.
Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog will attend the official event organised to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland on Tuesday, in representation of President of the Republic János Áder.
The budget available for Sure Start (Biztos Kezdet) Children’s Homes for this year is 606 million forints (EUR 1.92M), Government Spokesperson Éva Kurucz said in Monor, near Budapest, at a press conference held jointly with Minister of State for Social Affairs and Inclusion Károly Czibere.
The Ministry of Human Capacities explicitly rejects the false allegations which appeared on the nol.hu website. Unfortunately, this is not the first time when the website (and its printed counterpart) purposely leveled misleading accusations against the Ministry and its officials.
Minister for Human Capacities Zoltán Balog, whose portfolio includes culture, has joined the common declaration initiated by the Latvian Presidency of the European Union and the French Minister of Culture.
We are grieved to hear of the death of Jenő Buzánszky, Athlete of the Nation, Olympic champion, world championship silver medallist, 49-time member of the national football team and defender for the so-called Golden Team, at the age of 90.