Budapest

City

Hévíz Airport plans HUF 5 bln renovation

The Hévíz-Sármellék airport, near Lake Balaton, is expected to undergo a HUF 5 billion renovation and could be connected to...

Hotels

Hotel Yacht Wellness and Business to open in Siófok in January

Hungarian owned financing firm SH-Fejlesztő inaugurated a HUF 1.7 billion four-star hotel in Siófok, western Hungary, near Lake Balaton, yesterday,...

History

Embassy blasts mayorʼs claim that Israel backs Paris attacks

The Israeli Embassy in Budapest issued strong condemnation of Szentgotthárd Mayor Gábor Huszárʼs claim yesterday that “it is highly probable that the Jewish...

In Hungary

Report: Healthcare workers receive no pay

Tens of thousands of healthcare workers have yet to receive their pay from previous months, a delay that has chiefly...

Tourism

Editorial: Refugees are victims, not a threat

The following is the Editorial from the November 27 biweekly edition of the Budapest Business Journal....

History

Government plans to move Interior and Economy ministries

The Hungarian government announced it will relocate the offices of the Interior and Economy ministries from central Pest to Castle...

Tourism

KSH: Hungary’s jobless rate down to 6.4% in Aug-Oct

The unemployment rate in Hungary was down 0.7 percentage points to 6.4% in the period of August - October compared...

Food

Forint still drifts in thin trade

The forint was trading at 311.84 to the euro late Friday on the interbank forex market, slightly up from final...

Hotels

Let Araz Restaurant and Continental Hotel Budapest make your holiday season wonderful!

PROMOTION: Araz Restaurant, on the corner of Dohány utca and Nyár utca, home to absolute masterpieces in Hungarian and French cuisine...

Tourism

Siemens eyes Paks upgrade turbine contract

Chairman-CEO Dale A. Martin of Germany’s Siemens expressed intentions to sign a  €1 billion contract with the Hungarian government to...

Awards

Lázár proposes doubling credit for farmland buyers

As local farmers showed “strong” interest in the auctions of state-owned farmland, and almost the entire HUF 150 bln preferential...

Hotels

Polish Orbis to buy two hotels in Budapest

Polish Orbis and its Hungarian unit Accor-Pannonia Hotels reportedly signed a preliminary contract for the purchase of two hotels in...

Food

KSH: Hungary’s retail sales up 5.1% in September

Retail sales in Hungary saw a year-on-year increase of 5.1% in September, according to both raw and calendar-adjusted data, Hungary’s...

History

TEK’s ‘terrorists’ turn out to be WWII memorabilia collectors

People labeled “terrorists” and arrested this weekend by Hungaryʼs secret service and counter-terrorism unit (TEK) turned out to be collectors...

Food

Philip Morris, Imperial Tobacco products stay on shelves

Despite reports a week ago suggesting the tobacco products of retailers Philip Morris and Imperial Tobacco could vanish from store...

Budapest

MGYOSZ Backs Preparations for Budapest 2036 Olympics Bid

The Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ) has endorsed preparations for a Budapest bid to host the 2036 Summer...

Art

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

In Hungary

3-day Kerekdomb Festival Returns to Tállya

The historic village of Tállya is in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, part of the UNESCO World Heritage, nestled among the...

Culture

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Budapest Reaches 100 Short CAF Trams as Fleet Expansion Continues

Budapest’s 100th short CAF tram has entered service, marking a milestone in the capital’s fleet renewal program, the Budapest Transport...

Margrethe Vestager to Deliver Keynote at ABSL Forum in Budapest

Margrethe Vestager, former European Commission Executive Vice President and EU Competition Commissioner, will deliver a keynote at the ABSL Forum...

MGYOSZ Backs Preparations for Budapest 2036 Olympics Bid

The Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ) has endorsed preparations for a Budapest bid to host the 2036 Summer...

Pizza Hut to Expand Hungarian Network to 31 Restaurants

Pizza Hut plans to open restaurants in Nagykanizsa and Budapest in 2027, expanding its Hungarian network to 31 locations, local...

Budapest Hotels Outperform Regional Rivals Despite Lower Guest Numbers

Budapest’s hotels delivered some of the strongest results in CEE, posting an 81.3% occupancy rate, and leading the region with...

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

Budapest’s Déli Station to Close for Weekend Repairs Ahead of Major Upgrade

Budapest’s Déli railway station will close entirely on Oct. 10-11 for maintenance aimed at eliminating several speed restrictions, Transport and...

Kissmiklos Marks Shift to Fine Art With ‘Lobbyism’ Exhibition at Hotel Clark

Hungarian artist kissmiklos is shifting his creative focus entirely to fine art, marking the transition with “Lobbyism,” an exhibition that...

Tourism Agency Consults 70 Industry Groups on Strategy Through 2036

The Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) is drawing on recommendations from 70 professional organizations to develop a sector strategy through 2036,...

Renewing the Spirit of Countryside Wellness Hospitality

More than a year after taking over Sárvár’s Spirit Hotel Thermal Spa, Zoltán Árvai is balancing the traditions of an...

State and City to Renew Budapest’s Danube Waterfront

The gov't and Budapest will form a new 50–50 joint company to develop the Budapest section of the Danube, resolving...

WWII Munitions Removed From Two Budapest Riverside Locations

Military bomb disposal experts removed World War II munitions discovered near Szabadság Bridge and on Margaret Island on Saturday, prompting...

3-day Kerekdomb Festival Returns to Tállya

The historic village of Tállya is in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, part of the UNESCO World Heritage, nestled among the...

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Wizz Air Ranks Second Among Central European Airlines at Skytrax Awards

Wizz Air has been named the second-best airline in Central Europe at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, based on...