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Palkovics meets leaders of Germany’s health industry
The Hungarian minister and leaders of Karl Storz and B.Braun/Aesculap discussed a number of opportunities for cooperation.
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Brace yourselves: Soros-affiliated think tank finds Hungary twice as free as Germany
Yes, you read it right.
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Foreign Minister asks Bavarian interior minister to brief him on Euro 2020 flag incident
Minister Szijjártó said the Hungarian national team had been subjected to an “unprecedented insult” before the kick-off.
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Kulturkampf? State-funded Germany TV launches… Hungarian-language programming
Considering recent forays by another German public broadcaster into Hungary’s domestic affairs, we’re super excited about Deutsche Welle’s new, Hungarian-language programs.
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PM Orbán marks 75th anniversary of expulsion of ethnic Germans from Hungary
Zoltán Kovács, State Secretary for International Communications and Relations, said on Facebook that the deportation of Swabians had caused Hungary an “irreparable loss”.
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PM Orbán congratulates Armin Laschet on his election as leader of CDU
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has congratulated Armin Laschet on his election as the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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Foreign Minister secures hundreds of jobs following Germany visit
The government has signed new investment agreements with Rosenberger and Knaus Tabber. BMW will also use its plant in Debrecen to build electric vehicles.
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Head of PM’s Office criticizes German Foreign Minister for “wanting to inflict pain on Poland and Hungary"
Gergely Gulyás said that we have similar experiences from the past century. It would be advisable to avoid this imperial tone.
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Justice Minister: German EU presidency’s new proposal on rule of law mechanisim is “unacceptable”
“One cannot protect the rule of law by violating its most basic principles,” Minister Varga said on Facebook.
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The return of the good old anti-Semitism card?
Since Prime Minister Orbán’s government took power in 2010, false anti-Semitism allegations directed at Hungary have become a recurring theme in the communication tactics of our left-liberal critics. While this ploy had become a bit neglected recently, as the claims had grown more and more laughable, it now seems that the anti-Semitism card is making a woeful comeback.
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Foreign minister on the EPP, Germany, migration and preserving Christian Europe
The foreign minister said maintaining Schengen is critical for the EU’s competitiveness and the effective protection of external borders is necessary for this to work.
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Ungarn hat bedeutend zu der deutschen und europäischen Geschichte beigetragen
Horst Seehofer, der Bundesminister des Inneren der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, hat Viktor Orbán, dem Ministerpräsidenten Ungarns, einen Brief aus Anlass der Feiern zum 30. Jubiläum der historischen Öffnung der Grenze für DDR-Bürger durch Ungarn geschrieben.
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FM: German companies have created over 300,000 jobs in Hungary
The FM pointed out that the Hungarian and German economies are mutually dependent on one another, and that 30 percent of Hungary’s foreign investments come from Germany.