Business

Office Market

SSCs Operating at top end of Office Market

Shared services centers and business process outsourcing, now often referred to as the business services sector, have become one of...

HR

ExxonMobil’s Budapest Global Business Center Proving ‘Part of the Solution’

Lead country manager Jeroen Kirschbaum tells the Budapest Business Journal what it is that makes Hungary such a great location...

Innovation

U.S. Financial Services in Budapest Drive Collaborative Competition

Among the most valuable treasures of what Hungary’s government calls its “human capacities”, there has never been much doubt that...

HR

COVID Highlights the Power of Personal Relationships

The most important learnings BT (British Telecommunications) has drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic are that some functions that it never...

Innovation

Business Service Centers in Hungary

An investment-friendly business environment, a highly educated workforce and developed infrastructure: these are the factors that have contributed to the...

Transport

Turkish Cargo to make Budapest Airport its Eastern European hub

Turkish Cargo announced that it is increasing the frequency of its dedicated cargo flights on the Budapest route to four...

Construction

Construction output volume down 14.7% y.o.y. in September

The volume of construction output based on raw data was 14.7% lower in September 2020 compared to the previous year,...

Pharma

Hungary to get Sputnik V samples soon

Hungary will get samples of Russiaʼs Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine within a week and a half, Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Pharma

Govʼt streamlines licensing procedure for COVID-19 vaccines

Hungaryʼs government streamlined the licensing procedure for COVID-19 medicines and vaccines from countries outside of the European Economic Area in...

Retail

Don’t let the Curfew Grind you Down

Manufacturing

Slovenian industrial output shrinks in September

Sloveniaʼs industrial production in terms of value fell by 0.4% month-on-month in September, following a 1.9% increase in August, the...

Residential

Fall rental market deflated by epidemic

The Hungarian rental market closed September with mixed results, according to the latest analysis by specialist ingatlan.com, writes Világgazdaság....

Transport

MÁV disinfecting transport vehicles daily nationwide

In view of the increasing epidemiological situation, the fleet of Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) once again started to be disinfected...

Appointments

Baker McKenzieʼs Budapest office announces promotions

Baker McKenzie has promoted senior associates to counsel position in the fields of industrial and intellectual property rights, data protection...

Innovation

Innovative Hungarian anti-COVID solution arrives in Czechia

Hungarian company Resysten is bringing its protective coating, which stops the spread of COVID-19 on any surface for up to...

Pharma

From Youth-led Ideas to Decision-Makers’ Table: A Day Revolving Around the Future of Hungarian Science and Healthcare

How can Hungary become a regional hub for clinical trials? Young physicians, researchers, and biotech innovators spent a morning tackling...

Business

Finding the Circularity Hotspot – The Latest Issue of the BBJ

Irén Márta, managing director of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary, says “circularity has outgrown its role as...

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....

From Youth-led Ideas to Decision-Makers’ Table: A Day Revolving Around the Future of Hungarian Science and Healthcare

How can Hungary become a regional hub for clinical trials? Young physicians, researchers, and biotech innovators spent a morning tackling...

Finding the Circularity Hotspot – The Latest Issue of the BBJ

Irén Márta, managing director of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary, says “circularity has outgrown its role as...

Hungary Among EU’s Most Expensive Countries for Mobile Services

A European Commission study comparing 2024 consumer telecom prices across the EU found that Hungary is among the most expensive...

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...