In a months’ time, the Ministry of Human Resources will call another tender for the integration and social support of the homeless, the State Secretary for Social, Family and Youth Affairs stated on Wednesday.
Implementation is continuing on the Public Administration Anti-Corruption Programme, which was adopted by the Government in March, and for which the next stage is strengthening of protection for whistle-blowers. On Wednesday an expert forum is taking place in the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice entitled ’How Can We Break Down the Walls of Silence in Cases of Corruption?’ Representatives from Hungarian public administration and experts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are taking part and sharing their experience from Hungarian and international contexts.
According to press information, the European Court of Human Rights has amerced Hungary in two cases in connection with taking three foreign asylum seekers into custody.
Following an initiative from the Hungarian Red Cross, the Government has drafted new legislation to regulate the operational environment of the humanitarian organisation, as an acknowledgement of the exemplary activities the NGO has carried out in Hungary for very many years. The social debate on the proposal began on 27 October.
The Office of the Minister of State for Church, Civil Society and Nationalty Affairs at the Ministry of Human Resources has condemned the vandalizing of Serbian monuments in Szentendre.
By the end of the year the government will have spent 8.5 billion forints (EUR 30m) on services to homeless people, Miklós Soltész, State Secretary for Social, Family and Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Human Resources said on Saturday.
On Friday, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog represented Hungary at the opening of a Wallenberg travelling exhibition in Helsinki. The main message of the exhibition, the Minister said, was that if we want future generations to respect human rights and human dignity, then we must respect their rights and dignity as well.
On Thursday in Luxembourg at the meeting of EU Ministers of Interior so far there has been no consensus reached on when Romania and Bulgaria could join the Schengen zone.
Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog visited Germany to participate in the unveiling of the Roma Holocaust memorial in Berlin, where German President Joachim Gauck was also present. They agreed that before the end of the year the Hungarian minister will visit Germany to meet President Gauck in his office.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary declares – in response to the verbal and physical insult committed by extremists with anti-Semitic intentions in Budapest on October 23 – that it is unacceptable to disparage and insult our fellow citizens of Jewish identity and it is equally unacceptable to defile the national flag of the State of Israel.