Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared at the Roma Affairs Council meeting in Budapest that the cabinet sees the Roma community as an opportunity, a hidden potential for the country’s economy, while the majority of parties consider the Roma as being a problem.
Jump to this pageAt the opening ceremony of the international conference on public employment, the Minister of Interior said that public employment programmes and the mandatory training courses are capable of leading unemployed people back to the labour market.
Jump to this pageForeign Minister János Martonyi received two of the executives of the Washington Holocaust Memorial Museum, Museum Director Sara Bloomfield and Director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Paul Shapiro in his office on May 3. The parties reviewed the main issues related to the Jewish community in Hungary. Minister Martonyi provided detailed information on government measures aimed at combating intolerance.
Jump to this pageThe World Jewish Congress began its three-day meeting in Budapest on 3 May with nearly 500 delegates from all over the world. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered his opening speech in front of the 14th General Assembly and stated that the Hungarian Government considers it its moral obligation to promote "zero tolerance" against anti-Semitism.
Jump to this pageLive streaming about Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at the 14th General Assembly of the World Jewish Congress in Budapest will be available via www.kormany.hu from 8 PM.
The 14th General Assembly of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) will take place in Budapest between 5-7 May. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed in his letter to President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder that it is an honour for Hungary to host the event. Numerous high-ranking governmental officials will participate and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will address the opening ceremony.
Jump to this pageTransferring cases at Hungary's courts to resolve backlogs can only serve as a temporary solution, the deputy prime minister told the press on Friday.
Jump to this pageThe Hungarian Government welcomes the World Jewish Congress’s session in Budapest, and hopes that a personal encounter will help the organization’s members assess concerns regarding the country themselves, Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi said.
Jump to this pageDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics has said that estimates show that – as a proportion of the population – more people have access to the social recreational resort system in Hungary than anywhere else in Europe.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed in his letter to President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder that it is an honour for Hungary to host the 14th Plenary Assembly of the WJC in Budapest between 5-7 May, 2013.
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