Hungary Begins Construction of Sovereign Port in Northern Italy

Landlocked Hungary’s quest for access to the sea is nearing completion with the launch of construction of a new seaport in Trieste, Italy, 140 miles and two nations away from Hungary’s border. Hungarian Deputy Foreign Minister Levente Magyar attended the groundbreaking ceremony last week in the company of the Italian Deputy Minister for Infrastructure, Edoardo Rixi.

Hungary announced the port project back in 2019 after the purchase of an 80-acre seafront site in Trieste. At the time, the transacti…