Events

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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...

Conferences

Jobs becoming extinct due to technology

The advent of ever developing technology is forcing more and more jobs to become extinct. As automation has risen, several...

Conferences

Strong professional know-how is our greatest asset

Leading Hungarian IT firm evosoft Hungary Kft is a member of Siemens AG, the largest European engineering and technology concern....

Conferences

K&H CEO: Predictable economic policy expected

The management of K&H Bank expects Hungary’s new government to follow a stable, predictable economic policy, hopeful that the financial...

City

Budapest bike-sharing system: Hype on two wheels?

From the Budapest Business Journal print edition: The winds of bike sharing change have finally reached the Hungarian capital. The...

Music

Average earnings up 1.3% y.o.y. through February

In a round of figures released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH), in the national economy (defined as those corporations...

Music

MNB operating costs to double in 2014

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) targets operating costs of HUF 29.4 billion this year, the first full year following...

Music

Budapest Bank reports 30% y.o.y. rise in profit for 2013

Budapest Bank, a unit of US-based GE Capital, had after-tax profit of HUF 14 billion in 2013, up 30% from...

Music

Gránit Bank reports losses; Varga promises profit in 2014

Through the state’s minority-owned Gránit Bank reported total assets of HUF 72.9 billion while taking a loss for 2013 at...

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...

City

Metro line 4 opens in Budapest

After nine years and a run of bureaucratic and/or political snags truly epic in scale from the planning stages first...

City

Budapest Airport woos Saudi investors, announces runway renovation

Representatives of Budapest Airport, operator of Liszt Ferenc International Airport, met with Saudi investors in Riyadh as part of Prime...

Music

MNB fines 35 banks HUF 1.2 billion

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) has reported the levying of some HUF 1.2 billion in fines on 35 Hungary-based...

Music

Banking sector forint liquidity down in February

After increasing for several months, forint liquidity of the Hungarian banking sector fell in February, a monthly report by the...

Music

Erste Bank Hungary loss widens on taxes, risk costs

Erste Bank Hungary’s consolidated loss widened to HUF 24.9 billion in 2013 because of high taxes and risk costs, chairman/CEO...

Music

Budapest’s BluesSteel Band Keeps the Flame Burning

My musical tastes are pretty eclectic, and I’m always happy to watch live music because, well, it’s live. But there...

Energy, Conferences, Green Energy

2nd Budapest Biogas Summit: Stable Investment Environment Needed to Unlock Future Growth

The second Budapest Biogas Summit, hosted by White Paper Consulting, brought together representatives of more than 100 organizations from 18...

Music

‘The Lion King’ Comes to Margaret Island With Live Music

The Margaret Island Open-Air Theater will mark Children’s Day (officially celebrated on the last Sunday of May, which falls on...

Music

Sex Pistols’ ‘50 Years of Punk’ Tour Comes to Budapest

The week before my wife and I watched the “System-Breaker” concert live online from Heroes’ Square, we were strolling down...

Politics, Events, Government, Parliament

Packed Crowds Hail ‘Regime Change’ Outside Parliament on May 9

Following the inaugural sitting of the new National Assembly, Prime Minister Péter Magyar, many of his MPs, and his sons...

Energy, Business, Conferences

7th Budapest LNG Summit Urges Europe to Rethink Energy Mix

The seventh Budapest LNG Summit, organized by White Paper Consulting, brought together top energy leaders from 24 countries, representing more...

Investing in a Functioning Economy

About 90 guests attended an Economy CEO Breakfast and Executive Leadership Forum at the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest on Thursday...

Debrecen to Host Europe’s Battery Leaders at Hungarian Battery Days in November

Leading policymakers, industry executives, international organizations and experts will gather in Debrecen on Nov. 4-5 for the sixth Hungarian Battery...

Business Chambers Bring Rugby Leadership Experience to Budapest

Confindustria Ungheria, the British Chamber of Commerce Hungary and CCI France Hongrie will host an executive development event with Italy’s...

Budapest Geothermal Summit Highlights Hungary’s Potential and Investment Hurdles

Expanding geothermal energy in Hungary requires predictable regulation and infrastructure upgrades, speakers said at the fourth Budapest Geothermal Energy Summit....

BFO Takes Classical Music Beyond the Concert Hall

The BFO is opening its new season with a focus on accessibility, from its free Heroes’ Square concert and new...

New Vision Needed: Addressing the Challenges in Hungary’s Everyday Musical Life

For this mini interview, the Budapest Business Journal speaks with Dávid Zsoldos, president of the Magyar Zenei Tanács (Hungarian Music...

Budapest’s BluesSteel Band Keeps the Flame Burning

My musical tastes are pretty eclectic, and I’m always happy to watch live music because, well, it’s live. But there...

Heineken to Raffle Champions League Final Tickets at Heroes’ Square Festival

Heineken will raffle five tickets to the UEFA Champions League final in Budapest during the Champions Festival at Heroes’ Square...

2nd Budapest Biogas Summit: Stable Investment Environment Needed to Unlock Future Growth

The second Budapest Biogas Summit, hosted by White Paper Consulting, brought together representatives of more than 100 organizations from 18...

‘The Lion King’ Comes to Margaret Island With Live Music

The Margaret Island Open-Air Theater will mark Children’s Day (officially celebrated on the last Sunday of May, which falls on...

Sex Pistols’ ‘50 Years of Punk’ Tour Comes to Budapest

The week before my wife and I watched the “System-Breaker” concert live online from Heroes’ Square, we were strolling down...

Packed Crowds Hail ‘Regime Change’ Outside Parliament on May 9

Following the inaugural sitting of the new National Assembly, Prime Minister Péter Magyar, many of his MPs, and his sons...

7th Budapest LNG Summit Urges Europe to Rethink Energy Mix

The seventh Budapest LNG Summit, organized by White Paper Consulting, brought together top energy leaders from 24 countries, representing more...

Gábor Farkas: Tradition, Innovation and Eastward Outreach

Gábor Farkas, described as one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation, became the rector of the Liszt Ferenc...

Female Business Leaders Stand for Roma Equality in an HBLF Initiative

Talent is evenly distributed across society: in every town and in families of all social and economic backgrounds, there are...