State Secretary for External Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó met with Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Xiao Qian.
On Wednesday Parliament passed new rules concerning the recognition of church organisations, following the decision of the Constitutional Court, which annulled some passages in the original church law. Most of the amended legislation's provisions will take effect on August 1, 2013.
The European Platform for Roma Inclusion will hold its next meeting on Thursday under the auspices of the European Commission focusing on the opportunities of Roma children and youth, the involvement of Roma leaders, and process monitoring on the ground in the field of Roma inclusion and integration.
The European Commission has assessed the progress made by Member States in the implementation of their national Roma integration strategies and the measures they have taken.
A new government bill seeks to protect whistleblowers who report corruption involving public funds, State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs at the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice Bence Rétvári said before the legislation was submitted to lawmakers on Tuesday.
Hungary has proposed that the European Commission consider the possibility of allowing advance payments from this year's area-based EU agriculture funds in view of flood damage, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas stated in the recess of a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Luxembourg.
The Hungarian Foreign Minister finds it encouraging that the Roma communities in Hungary are forming increasingly self-reliant associations, and this demonstrates that they are ready and able – in addition to providing assistance to those in need – to contribute to the social, economic and cultural advancement of Hungary.
Even from a European perspective, the Government has achieved outstanding results in the field of employment in general and the job prospects of women in particular. This year, the positive effects of the Job Protection Plan promote further improvement with regard to women’s employment. According to the latest data of the programme, which has been in place since January, in April job subsidies were applied for 27 thousand employees returning to work after their childcare allowance and maternity benefit period had ended. In addition, the Cabinet is planning to arrange new policies in order to improve the day-care facility network for small children and enhance the prospects of women seeking or returning to a job.
In the past two years, the employment of those living with disabilities within state-subsidised frameworks has increased to fifty-five thousand, Miklós Soltész, State Secretary for Social and Family Affairs of the Ministry for National Resources announced in Debrecen today.
The Erzsébet Programme is Hungary’s most prominent social programme of the past two decades.