Government - Ministry of Human Resources

Ministry of Human Resources, May 16, 2012 3:41 PM

Cutback on designer drugs

Besides the slow increase in illicit drug use, the consumption of designer drugs dramatically increased in Hungary between 2009 and 2011. These psychoactive substances with more or less unpredictable effects are spreading apace especially among the youth. Due to their rapidly changing composition, prohibiting and penalizing them presented serious problems. The Government has implemented new instruments against the distribution of drugs, and the early results have already been achieved.

Ministry of Human Resources, May 15, 2012 11:22 AM

Dutch cultural diplomat Mr. Jan Kennis received the Hungarian “Pro Cultura Hungarica” award

The Hungarian Minister for National Resources decorated Mr. Jan Kennis, Dutch cultural diplomat – current vice president of SICA – with the award Pro Cultura Hungarica. The decoration was handed over, in the name of the Minister by H.E. Gyula Sümeghy, Ambassador of Hungary to the Netherlands during a short ceremony at the Embassy on 11 May 2012.

Ministry of Human Resources, May 11, 2012 11:51 AM

Summary

At the beginning of the week, Dr Miklós Szócska, Minister of State for Health attended the annual major eHealth Conference which took place in Copenhagen. During the event, one of the EU’s high level advisory bodies responsible for developing the EU’s electronic healthcare strategy, the eHealth Task Force also held a meeting.

Ministry of Human Resources, May 10, 2012 11:54 AM

The new National Core Curriculum in the finishing straight

The National Core Curriculum (NAT) is the second most important document straight after the National Public Education Act that had been completed before the given deadline – Rózsa Hoffmann pointed out at the Tuesday’s press conference in Budapest.

Ministry of Human Resources, May 10, 2012 8:13 AM

Géza Szőcs attended Europeana Ceremony in Brussels

On 9 May 2012, the European Commission, Europeana and the Danish presidency raised awareness of developments of the European digital library with a major event in Brussels. Hungary was represented by Minister of State for Culture Géza Szőcs.

Ministry of Human Resources, May 9, 2012 4:30 PM

The first phase of the development of the Esterházy Palace in Fertőd reached its completion

In the presence of government commissioner Dr. Ferenc Zumbok the completion of the first phase of the touristic development of the Esterházy Palace in Fertőd has been announced. The costs comprising a total of 1,56 billion HUF were covered by the New Széchenyi Plan.