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FM: Italy becomes Hungary’s sixth largest trade partner
Italian companies had shown loyalty to Hungary during the pandemic, with 28 Italian companies investing HUF 12 billion (EUR 33m), creating 3,400 jobs.
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PM Orbán congratulates Mario Draghi on his appointment as Italy’s next prime minister
PM Orbán assured Draghi that the Hungarian government remained dedicated to “enhancing bilateral ties and strengthening European cooperation based on mutual respect”.
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Salvini thanks "friend" PM Orbán for encouraging message
Salvini is facing legal proceedings because he, when interior minister, banned a ship of illegal migrants from docking.
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Adolfo Urso: V4 countries are Italy’s best allies against the Netherlands’ “shameful arrogance”
Urso said on Facebook that “Italy and Hungary, together with Spain and Portugal, could lead an alliance of southern and central Europe, saving the EU from the northern, Dutch pirates,...
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Hungary and Italian allies agree on protection of European borders
Katalin Novák said the Hungarian government could not accept the distribution quota for migrants, adding that “we do not agree with the distribution mechanism included in the Malta agreement and we will not support any form of mandatory settlement quota.”
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PM Orbán attends Italian FdI party meeting in Rome
”Hungary is prepared to help Italy, where it can; thus, if the country finally commits to protecting its borders, we will help to that end as well as to return migrants already in Italy back home,” PM Orbán said.
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PM Orbán: “We have built a Christian democratic state” and “we are a majority among the people”
“In Hungary, in recent years, we have developed a new model of political and state theory, and a Christian-democratic state has been built,” said Prime Minister Orbán, addressing an event organized by Fratelli d’Italia in Rome, adding that proof of the model’s success is demonstrated in three parliamentary election victories that delivered a two-thirds majority.
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Hungary and Italy in agreement over EC budget, migration and Brussels' "attacks"
The Hungarian and Italian governments agree that the outgoing EU administration “cannot be a negotiating partner in issues impacting the bloc’s future”
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Hungary in agreement with Italy on migrant crisis
Hungary's FM said it should be made clear that if someone gets on a human smuggler’s boat in Africa, it does not automatically mean that he or she can get off in Europe
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Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini attends revolution commemoration event in Rome
“In Italy and Hungary, we are eager to change Europe for living a better life in Europe," Salvini said
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PM Orbán: Europe’s security depends on Salvini’s “historic mission”
It is Matteo Salvini’s mission to prove that migration can be stopped not only on land but also at sea, said Prime Minister Orbán, adding that even though Hungary has already shown the world that immigrants can be stopped at the border, Brussels’ migration policy still focuses on “managing” the crisis instead of putting an end to the influx of intruders.
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PM Orbán: Illegal migrants should not be distributed among member states but turned back to their homelands
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said the Italian interior minister is “the first Mediterranean politician that seeks to stop migrants
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Foreign Minister: The EU should again assert its ability to protect its own borders
Hungary maintains its standpoint that migrants should not be distributed among EU countries but should be prevented from coming to Europe