489 result(s) for human resources minister
Hungarian Parties To Discuss Nominations For Next President In February
- 12 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s parliamentary parties will start negotiations concerning the election of the country’s next president in February next year, Lajos Kósa, group leader of ruling Fidesz, told a press conference on Friday. The mandate of János Áder, Hungary’s incumbent president, will terminate in May 2017. Kósa called “unfounded” allegations that Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog could follow Áder in ...
Hungary To Host World Congress For Families In 2017
- 12 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary will host next year’s World Congress of Families, according to an official announcement made at a conference in South Africa on Friday.
Government Office Chief Refers Pisa Results To Education Roundtable
- 9 Dec 2016 5:54 AM
- current affairs
The government has instructed the human resources minister to call an education roundtable with teachers’ unions and education organisations to review recently published results of the PISA 2015 tests, government office chief János Lázár told a weekly government news briefing.
Roma Doing Better In Hungary But More Needs To Be Done, Says Govt Official
- 9 Dec 2016 5:47 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has notched up major improvements in schooling and meals for Roma children as well as on the job market, the state secretary for social inclusion at the ministry of human resources said on Thursday after a meeting of European Union ministers in charge of employment, social affairs, health and consumer protection in Brussels.
Hungarian Students Below OECD Average In PISA Test
- 7 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian students scored worse in reading comprehension and in science in a PISA test conducted last year than in a similar test in 2012, according to an OECD report published on Tuesday.
Kodály Method Included In UNESCO World Heritage List
- 3 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
UNESCO’s intergovernmental committee for the world’s cultural heritage has included Hungarian composer, researcher and music teacher Zoltán Kodály’s method for the preservation of folk music in the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Hungary’s human resources minister told MTI on Friday.
Austria Foreign Minister Praises Cooperation With Hungary
- 28 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria has always maintained good cooperation with Hungary, especially with Péter Szijjártó, its current foreign minister, Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz told MTI.
Bill To Make Good Friday Public Holiday Submitted To Parlt
- 21 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling party lawmakers on Friday submitted a bill to parliament to make Good Friday a public holiday in Hungary. Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog and Economy Minister Mihály Varga, both of ruling Fidesz, filed a proposal to amend five laws and add Good Friday to the list of no-work days.
Xpat Opinion: The 60th Anniversary Of 1956 In Hungary
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their articles on the eve of the anniversary, commentators sharply disagreed on the message of the Hungarian revolution for contemporary generations.In Heti Világgazdaság, historian János M. Rainer writes that a feud between conservatives and left-wingers has been underway over the heritage of the 1956 revolution since the very first months of Hungary’s newly found democracy in 1990.
Hungarian Parties To Discuss Nominations For Next President In February
- 12 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s parliamentary parties will start negotiations concerning the election of the country’s next president in February next year, Lajos Kósa, group leader of ruling Fidesz, told a press conference on Friday. The mandate of János Áder, Hungary’s incumbent president, will terminate in May 2017. Kósa called “unfounded” allegations that Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog could follow Áder in ...
Hungary To Host World Congress For Families In 2017
- 12 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary will host next year’s World Congress of Families, according to an official announcement made at a conference in South Africa on Friday.
Government Office Chief Refers Pisa Results To Education Roundtable
- 9 Dec 2016 5:54 AM
- current affairs
The government has instructed the human resources minister to call an education roundtable with teachers’ unions and education organisations to review recently published results of the PISA 2015 tests, government office chief János Lázár told a weekly government news briefing.
Roma Doing Better In Hungary But More Needs To Be Done, Says Govt Official
- 9 Dec 2016 5:47 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has notched up major improvements in schooling and meals for Roma children as well as on the job market, the state secretary for social inclusion at the ministry of human resources said on Thursday after a meeting of European Union ministers in charge of employment, social affairs, health and consumer protection in Brussels.
Hungarian Students Below OECD Average In PISA Test
- 7 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian students scored worse in reading comprehension and in science in a PISA test conducted last year than in a similar test in 2012, according to an OECD report published on Tuesday.
Kodály Method Included In UNESCO World Heritage List
- 3 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
UNESCO’s intergovernmental committee for the world’s cultural heritage has included Hungarian composer, researcher and music teacher Zoltán Kodály’s method for the preservation of folk music in the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Hungary’s human resources minister told MTI on Friday.
Austria Foreign Minister Praises Cooperation With Hungary
- 28 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria has always maintained good cooperation with Hungary, especially with Péter Szijjártó, its current foreign minister, Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz told MTI.
Bill To Make Good Friday Public Holiday Submitted To Parlt
- 21 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling party lawmakers on Friday submitted a bill to parliament to make Good Friday a public holiday in Hungary. Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog and Economy Minister Mihály Varga, both of ruling Fidesz, filed a proposal to amend five laws and add Good Friday to the list of no-work days.
Xpat Opinion: The 60th Anniversary Of 1956 In Hungary
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their articles on the eve of the anniversary, commentators sharply disagreed on the message of the Hungarian revolution for contemporary generations.In Heti Világgazdaság, historian János M. Rainer writes that a feud between conservatives and left-wingers has been underway over the heritage of the 1956 revolution since the very first months of Hungary’s newly found democracy in 1990.