The new Chinese coronavirus has been spreading to more and more countries in recent days. By Sunday morning, the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus in Northern Italy had risen to around one hundred and three people had already been confirmed dead because of the disease. Due to the epidemic in …
Read More »Operation Budapest: Documentary on the 1983 Fine Arts Museum Heist
In November 1983, prestigious Renaissance paintings, including two Raphael artworks, were stolen by a group of Italian and Hungarian thieves from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. The case kept the whole country excited for weeks, newspapers calling it the “theft of the century.” Now, Operation Budapest, an Italian-Hungarian co-produced documentary …
Read More »Orbán in Italy: Christian Democratic State Has Been Built in Hungary
Hungary has in recent years postulated a political and state model: it has constructed a Christian democratic state, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a meeting of the national-conservative Brothers of Italy (FdI) party in Rome on Saturday. This model works and is successful, Orbán said. The political success is obvious: Hungary’s …
Read More »Is Italy following in Hungary’s footsteps?
A conservative commentator quotes earlier statements by Italian left-wing leader Matteo Renzi who used to condemn Hungary for building a fence along its southern borders and who now complains that Italy cannot cope with the inflow of migrants from Africa. On Mandiner, Gellért Rajcsányi welcomes former Italian Prime Minister Matteo …
Read More »Bus carrying Hungarian schoolchildren crashes and bursts into flames, killing at least 16
A school bus carrying Hungarian children returning from a trip to France has crashed in northern Italy, killing at least 16 people. The vehicle, which was carrying teenage students, teachers and parents, slammed into a highway barrier, then burst into flames near Verona. Emergency services said 39 people were injured, …
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