Podcasts

EU Elections and Economic Trends

Podcasts

The Health of the Hungarian Healthcare System

Podcasts

Where is the Money for Hungary’s Pharma Industry?

Podcasts

Dissecting Economic Challenges From Inflation to Energy

Podcasts

A Look at the Defense Industry

Podcasts

Investigating Critical Factors Driving the Market

Podcasts

Challenges Facing the Pharma Industry From the Patients’ Perspective

Podcasts

The Challenges of Autonomous Driving and Energy Diversification

Podcasts

The Hierarchy of Values

Podcasts

Fortitude and Servant Leadership – Sister Laura Discusses Human Dignity and the Roles of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas in Business Leadership

Podcasts

Examining the Factors Driving the Markets

Podcasts

‘Agility is Crucial’ – BBJ CEO Breakfast Briefing

Podcasts

Sister Laura, Dominican Religious Sister, Economist, Author, and Co-founder of Christian Social Principles in Economy Mission Discusses Ethical Capitalism and a Human-centered Economy

Podcasts

3rd CEO Boardroom Meeting, Nov 9

Podcasts

‘The Future of Energy’ – BBJ CEO Breakfast Briefing

Analysis

Industry and Consumption: Two Hindering Factors Behind Latest Central Statistical Office GDP Data

The performance of the Hungarian economy shrank by 0.2% in the second quarter compared to the first. This is the same as the preliminary data announced at the end of July, and now we can see where the Hungarian economy performed poorly. The future outlooks are better, though.

Analysis

Chamber of Commerce Corner, September 6, 2024

This regular section of the Budapest Business Journal features news and events from various international business chambers. For further information and to register for specific events, visit the organizing chamber’s website. If you have information for inclusion on this page, send an email in English to Annamária Bálint at [email protected]

Interview

MBH Pushing Green Products and Loans to Meet ESG Commitments

András Puskás, the deputy CEO of MBH Bank responsible for ESG and sustainability (among other things), talks to the Budapest Business Journal about the bank’s drive to become a local champion of conservation, decarbonization, sustainability and near-zero emissions.

INSIDE VIEW

Navigating RED III: Opportunities and Challenges in the EU’s Renewable Energy Transition

Do not Delay in Registering the Amount of Your Pledges

Greening Your Strategy: Market Players’ Guide to Adapting to Changes in the Renewable Energy Sector

ESG Reporting for Global Competitiveness: Minimum Questionnaire to Help

Making Sustainability a Legal Obligation: the Hungarian ESG Act

Remuneration packages for satisfied and loyal employees

TOP 4 trends in taxation for 2024

Millions of HUF are at Stake if you Don’t Know Your Tax Options

Fiduciary Asset Management: Don’t Repent at Leisure From Work Done in Haste

Investment 2023 Chapter Closes, and 2024 Opens, but What Changes?

Accommodating to Changes and the Benefits of AI

Hungarian Implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive

Data Security Concerns of Smart Grids

Winds of Change: Possible Turning Point for Hungary’s Wind Energy Sector

Do Androids Dream of Biased Judges? Self-fulfilling Prophecies in AI Litigation Prediction

Analysis

Changing Weather, Turning Pages, and Realpolitik

Manufacturing

Industrial Production Drops in July Amid Sectoral Weakness

PRESENTED CONTENT

MBH Pushing Green Products and Loans to Meet ESG Commitments

Top HR Director: Introducing Schaeffler’s András Gazdag

Top HR Director: Introducing Thermo Fisher’s Tamás Jakus

Summer Recommendations From Doctors at Dr. Rose Private Hospital

Schott Pharma’s HUF 28 bln Investment Boosts Hungarian Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

FirstMed Aiming at Expansion and Introducing AI

Looking to Grow in a Healthy Manner

In Celebration of Gresham Palace, a ‘Love Letter to Budapest’

Delivering on Guest Experience and Associate Engagement

Continuously Investing in the ‘Exceptional Performance’ of Kempinski Budapest

Hoteliers Optimistic for 2024 as ‘Old Order’ Returns

Goal is to ‘Go Beyond’ as New York Palace Reaches Milestone Birthday

Three Years a Charm for Matild Palace

Bringing Scottish and Hungarian Hospitality Together

Travel the World in (Less Than) 80 Days at Balaton’s BalaLand

Science

PTE Warns Against Using Online Diabetes Products for Slimming

HR

Primary Motivation for Employees Wages, Well-being Important

BUSINESS

Appointments

Matild Palace Appoints Bálint Bakó as New Director of Sales

Business

Lidl Lays Down Cornerstone for HUF 50 bln Logistics Base

Deals

VGD Hungary Audit and HLB Hungary to Merge

Automotive

BMW to Build Corporation’s Largest Solar Plant in Hungary

Quiet Quitting Phenomenon on the Rise – Corvinus Research

BioTechUSA Becomes Official Sports Nutrition Partner of FC Barcelona

Surge in Demand for Homes and Apartments in August

Financial Loss Puts 4iG in the Red

ECONOMY

Weather

Several Heat Records Broken in September

Trade

Trade Surplus Narrows in July as Imports Outpace Exports

Figures

Acquisition Closures Boost Gloster in H1

Analysis

Domestic Companies Unaware of ESG Requirements

Economy

3,500 Students Enroll in Agricultural Vocational Training Institutions

Economy

Summer Food Inspection Campaign Successful – Ministry

Figures

Employers, Unions Hold Minimum Wage Talks

Figures

Trading Volume on the BSE up in August

POLITICS

Int'l Relations

Fugitive Inmate to be Extradited to Canada

Government

Gov’t to Raise Pensions in January, Says Varga

BUDAPEST

Music

John Malkovich to Perform at House of Music

Budapest

Fugitive From Canadian Prison Arrested at Ferenc Liszt Int’l

City

BKK Returns to School Term Schedule as Budapest Braces for Heavier Traffic

Tourism

More Guests Stay in Rural Accommodation in June-July

History

Budapest Airport Prepares for Ferenc Liszt International’s 75th Birthday

Conferences

German Chamber Seeks to Bridge Civilian and Military Innovation

Tourism

Tourism Sector Growth Continues in July

In Budapest

Georgia Guest of Honor at 2024 Budapest Wine Festival

City

Renaming of Street for Gyula Horn Nixed by Court