András Zsámboki

Retail

On Hungary’s ailing home improvement market

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Hungarian-owned MPF Holding is considering buying and recapitalizing the Hungarian subsidiary of German...

Competition

No room for competition among Hungary’s cable providers?

The public utility tax introduced by the government in January 2013 is anything but a stimulation to the cable providers...

Sights

Conquering the Hungarian castle estate market

It raises hackles in the real estate business that country manor houses have become so inexpensive in Hungary that one...

Sights

Fine vision, seismic shift for National Gallery

László Baán, General Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, has been entrusted with the management of a project to...

Museums

Bubi pedaling into the home straight

At the end of the summer, the Budapest Center for Public Transportation (BKK) signed a contract with T-Systems Hungary to...

Incubators

Tempting life science: Jeremie 3 launches in October

The first two Jeremie Funds’ running time has not even ended yet, and the European Union is already launching a...

Deals

Libri-Shopline merger: Is Amazon on the horizon?

In July, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) launched a prior authorization process concerning a possible merger of two major Hungarian...

MNB

Haggling or juggling?

News about the amendment of the central bank act is frequently updated nowadays. The government is seemingly doing its best...

MNB

Haggling or juggling?

Since 2011 December Hungarian government has permanently been reinforced its willingness to negotiate about loan with the International Monetary Fund....

Analysis

Rare diseases, abundant resources

Big Pharma and angel investors turn to small patient groups....

Analysis

Rare diseases, abundant resources

Big Pharma and angel investors turn to small patient groups....

Incubators

Hungarian startups begin to smart up

Technological research and financial investment form two separate worlds. Making a match between them, however, can yield huge benefits. To...

Incubators

Hungarian startups begin to smart up

Technological research and financial investment form two separate worlds. Making a match between them, however, can yield huge benefits. To...

Office Market

Green rental fees – sustainable operational costs

On the Budapest office market, rental fees are so depressed that owners of sustainable office buildings are unable to pass...

Office Market

Green rental fees – sustainable operational costs

On the Budapest office market, rental fees are so depressed that owners of sustainable office buildings are unable to pass...

Initiatives

German-style vocational education course completed in Kispest

Kispest-based Kontiki Vocational Center in Budapest’s District XIX completed its first dual training courses on July 12, László Kajos, president...

Conferences

Choir of Disadvantaged Angels

Utcaszak, a drama group committed to social issues and working with Roma children is looking for corporate sponsorship to continue...

MNB

Interview: Bad bank for a good cause

In an exclusive interview originally published in the April 10-23 print edition of the BBJ, Csaba Kandrács, CEO of the...

Deals

New tolls temporarily block congestion charge

The following story is from the February 13-February 26 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal....

Competition

Another player eyes the mobile market

The following story originally appeared in the October 17-30 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal....

Sights

A capital plan: Budapest chief architect talks development funding

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: The long-term development strategy of Budapest, valid until 2030, was approved by the...

Conferences

Interview: Hungarian Academy of Science president Lovász László

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Among scientists, a hotly debated question has always been whether managers specialized in...

Issues

On how new Civil Code affects liability

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: The new Civil Code of Hungary came into effect on March 15 this...

City

The Beijing-Belgrade-Budapest axis

During his visit to Beijing this February, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concluded an agreement on the construction of a...

Analysis

Could unorthodox measures cripple drug market?

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Since 2011, the Hungarian healthcare administration has introduced several unorthodox methods in order...

Social

In Hungary, winter festivals never end…

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Festivals are flourishing in Hungary today, with seemingly every Hungarian settlement of more...

Int'l Relations

Magnit attracts Hungarian foodstuffs

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Russia’s biggest FMCG retailer Magnit has tripled its purchases in Hungary over the...

Food

VAT reduction: From red meat to white market

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Agriculture Minister Sándor Fazekas announced on November 20 that the government will lower...

Retail

On the state of Andrássy, Hungary’s Champs-Élysées

Andrássy Avenue has always been a major thoroughfare of luxury and elegance in Budapest, with spectacular neo-Renaissance town houses, palazzos...

Initiatives

Gov’t to reopen retrofitting subsidy scheme

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: The government has announced the re-launch of a suspended retrofitting program that is...

German-style vocational education course completed in Kispest

Kispest-based Kontiki Vocational Center in Budapest’s District XIX completed its first dual training courses on July 12, László Kajos, president...

Choir of Disadvantaged Angels

Utcaszak, a drama group committed to social issues and working with Roma children is looking for corporate sponsorship to continue...

Interview: Bad bank for a good cause

In an exclusive interview originally published in the April 10-23 print edition of the BBJ, Csaba Kandrács, CEO of the...

New tolls temporarily block congestion charge

The following story is from the February 13-February 26 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal....

Another player eyes the mobile market

The following story originally appeared in the October 17-30 print edition of the Budapest Business Journal....

A capital plan: Budapest chief architect talks development funding

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: The long-term development strategy of Budapest, valid until 2030, was approved by the...

Interview: Hungarian Academy of Science president Lovász László

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Among scientists, a hotly debated question has always been whether managers specialized in...

On how new Civil Code affects liability

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: The new Civil Code of Hungary came into effect on March 15 this...

The Beijing-Belgrade-Budapest axis

During his visit to Beijing this February, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concluded an agreement on the construction of a...

Could unorthodox measures cripple drug market?

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Since 2011, the Hungarian healthcare administration has introduced several unorthodox methods in order...

In Hungary, winter festivals never end…

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Festivals are flourishing in Hungary today, with seemingly every Hungarian settlement of more...

Magnit attracts Hungarian foodstuffs

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Russia’s biggest FMCG retailer Magnit has tripled its purchases in Hungary over the...

VAT reduction: From red meat to white market

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: Agriculture Minister Sándor Fazekas announced on November 20 that the government will lower...

On the state of Andrássy, Hungary’s Champs-Élysées

Andrássy Avenue has always been a major thoroughfare of luxury and elegance in Budapest, with spectacular neo-Renaissance town houses, palazzos...

Gov’t to reopen retrofitting subsidy scheme

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: The government has announced the re-launch of a suspended retrofitting program that is...