Business

Appointments

DVM group names new communications & marketing director

As the next step of its brand-building process, DVM group has renewed its communication and marketing department, appointing Attila Vámosi...

Manufacturing

Pannonia Bio inaugurates HUF 3.5 bln plant

Biorefinery Pannonia Bio inaugurated a HUF 3.5 billion soil improvement plant at its bioethanol base in Dunaföldvár (90 km south...

Residential

Potential homebuyers on holiday impact sales in Sept too

Home sales in Hungary fell 7% year-on-year to an estimated 11,807 in September as the impact of an uptick in...

Appointments

ConvergenCE appoints leasing manager

Judit Kolozsi recently joined real estate developer and investor ConvergenCE’s leasing department as a leasing manager, according to a press...

Transport

Volánbusz calls tenders for buses

State-owned bus company Volánbusz on Monday announced tenders for the delivery of 243 vehicles in 2021 and 2022, according to...

Transport

Flydubai begins direct flights between Dubai and Budapest

Dubai-based airline Flydubai began operating direct flights from Dubai to Budapest and Warsaw on September 30, according to a press...

Automotive

New car sales climb 5% in Jan-Sep

The number of new passenger car registrations in Hungary rose 5% to 95,541 in January-September from the same period a...

Appointments

PwC Hungary appoints new directors

PwC Hungary announced the appointment of new directors, effective October 1. András Horváth and Emőke Szántó-Kapornay will bolster PwC's assurance...

Residential

Otthon Centrum sales HUF 2.83 bln in H1

The net sales of the Otthon Centrum Group were HUF 2.83 billion in the first half of this year after...

Retail

Latvia retail sales ease in August

Latvia's retail sales increased in August, figures from the Riga-based Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) showed on Wednesday. Retail sales grew...

Automotive

VW brand dealer Autocity completes HUF 800 mln investment

VW group brand dealer P'-Autocity (Autocity) inaugurated a close to HUF 800 million investment in Pécs on Friday, according to...

Competition

KSH announces Stat Wars

The Central Statistical Office (KSH) will hold its Stat Wars Uni statistical competition for university science masters students again this...

New Projects

Delivering a Charitable, Unique Hungarian Food Portal Solution

The Budapest Business Journal talks with Gábor Végh, owner and CEO of Hungarian food delivery portal Éhenhalok.hu, about the company’s...

Residential

Renovation subsidies could raise home sales to 160,000

Home purchase and renovation subsidies have supported the real estate market and could help raise the number of home sales...

Construction

Futureal Celebrates Opening of Etele Plaza

Futureal has opened the 55,000 sqm Etele Plaza shopping mall after several postponements of the project; the developer acquired the...

Industrial

PSS Expands Hungarian Capacity Serving BMW, Mercedes and Others

Premium Sound Solutions is expanding its Hungarian manufacturing footprint with a new purpose-built plant at LogStar Park Fehérvár in Szabadbattyán...

Business

Budapest’s District VI Adopts Outdoor Advertising Ban to Protect Historic Streetscape

Budapest’s District VI council approved a ban on outdoor advertising Thursday in order to protect Terézváros’ historic streetscape and reduce...

Sustainability

Enthusiastic Visionary Optimistic About Sustainable Future

Nándor Kovács jokingly describes himself as a “revolutionary” when it comes to real estate sustainability. Spend just a little time...

Pharma

Rooftop Breakfast Offers Helicopter View of AI’s Impact on Pharma

About 50 guests began their day in the beautiful setting of the Duchess Rooftop Bar of the Matild Palace Hotel...

Interview

Rethinking Data Strategies From Storage to Recovery

As Hungarian businesses manage increasingly fragmented data and face more sophisticated cyberthreats, reliable recovery is becoming a board-level priority....

PSS Expands Hungarian Capacity Serving BMW, Mercedes and Others

Premium Sound Solutions is expanding its Hungarian manufacturing footprint with a new purpose-built plant at LogStar Park Fehérvár in Szabadbattyán...

Wizz Air Enters Winter With Fuel Hedges and Record Summer Traffic

Discount airline Wizz Air is preparing for winter with more than EUR 2.2 billion in liquidity and fuel hedges covering...

Older Small Cars Rise in Price as Hungary’s Budget Used-Car Supply Shrinks

Suzuki Swift asking prices rose 25.8% year-on-year in September as the share of used cars below HUF 2.5 mln shrank,...

Budapest’s District VI Adopts Outdoor Advertising Ban to Protect Historic Streetscape

Budapest’s District VI council approved a ban on outdoor advertising Thursday in order to protect Terézváros’ historic streetscape and reduce...

Lake Balaton Cycling Upgrades to Add Wider Paths and New Bridges

Nearly 20 km of the Lake Balaton cycling circuit will be renovated under two programs financed through EU and domestic...

Enthusiastic Visionary Optimistic About Sustainable Future

Nándor Kovács jokingly describes himself as a “revolutionary” when it comes to real estate sustainability. Spend just a little time...

Rooftop Breakfast Offers Helicopter View of AI’s Impact on Pharma

About 50 guests began their day in the beautiful setting of the Duchess Rooftop Bar of the Matild Palace Hotel...

Rethinking Data Strategies From Storage to Recovery

As Hungarian businesses manage increasingly fragmented data and face more sophisticated cyberthreats, reliable recovery is becoming a board-level priority....

Resident Evil Game Prices Rise Around Film Premiere

Physical console editions of several Resident Evil games rose in price around the film’s Sept. 17 theatrical release, according to...

FDA Accepts Richter’s Fylrevy Menopause Therapy Application for Review

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Gedeon Richter’s new drug application for Fylrevy, the Hungarian pharmaceutical company...

DUIHK Central to the German-Hungarian Bilateral Economic Relationship

Róbert Keszte became president of the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK) in 2025. In this interview with the...

Egis Opens Major Pharmaceutical Distribution Center in Fót

Egis has opened a distribution center in Fót with capacity for 30,000 pallets, expanding its finished-product logistics operations to support...

Civil Engineering Surge Masks Decline in Building Construction

Civil engineering output more than doubled in Hungary in August, while building construction declined and the volume of new contracts...

Workload Outweighs Pay as Source of Workplace Distress

Workload, lack of recognition and job insecurity drive workplace distress among Hungarian employees, while pay remains their top priority, according...

CBRE Hungary Expands China Desk as Chinese Clients Pursue European Projects

CBRE Hungary has appointed Tu Yunfeng as business development manager at its China Desk, expanding the Budapest-based team as Chinese...