Business

Telco

Lessons learned in the ICT sector during the pandemic

The Budapest Business Journal asks László Marton, COO for corporate sales, marketing and customer care at Invitech, about how the...

Residential

Preferential VAT rate phaseout to hit pre-fabricated home sales

The phaseout of a preferential VAT rate on home construction is expected to reduce pre-fabricated home sales by "at least...

Retail

Online shopping jumped 34% y.o.y. in H1

As a result of the coronavirus epidemic, the desire to shop online increased significantly and the growth of the online...

Manufacturing

Dongwha Electrolyte to set up HUF 11 bln plant in Hungary

Dongwha Electrolyte Hungary will set up an HUF 11 billion electrolyte plant in Sóskút, on the outskirts of Budapest, Minister...

Telco

System Integration can Help Businesses Work Smarter

Although the economic effects of COVID-19 shook the financial performance of system integrators in some cases in the country, the...

Telco

CryptTalk Takes White-label Strategy as it Waits for Quantum-computing

CryptTalk first burst onto the domestic news scene in the spring of 2016 when the Hungarian Ministry of Interior said...

Interview

New President to Bring Fresh Outlook to IVSZ

Following 10 years as leader of the ICT Association of Hungary (IVSZ), Tamás Laufer, its president, stepped down in early...

Interview

Navigating the Path of Least Resistance to Future Growth

NNG is a local success story, the personal navigation startup that went big. Still a successful company, it has been...

Industrial

Industrial Market Continues to Provide Development Opportunities

Cushman & Wakefield expect low industrial vacancy and reasonably stable demand levels for Hungary going forward, with a focus on...

Appointments

Kapolyi Law Firm announces new partner

Kapolyi Law Firm announced the appointment of József Antal as a new partner, responsible for the firmʼs dispute resolution and...

Industrial

Businesses awarded pandemic stimulus

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó on Wednesday presented certificates to a number of companies in the northeast...

Office Market

Skanska completes Nordic Light Trio

Skanska Hungary announced the successful delivery of the third and final part of its already operating Nordic Light complex in...

Transport

Ferenc Liszt Intʼl passenger numbers fall to 3,000 a day as borders close

Ferenc Liszt International operator Budapest Airport expects daily passenger numbers to reach "3,000 at most" after a ban on entry...

Office Market

CPI formally opens Balance Hall, completes renewal of Office Park

Developer CPI Hungary formally opened its 16,000 sqm Balance Hall office building in Budapestʼs Váci Corridor, while also announcing the...

Retail

CyBERG to launch ʼFood For Free Anywhereʼ business model in Q4

CyBERG, a company listed on the Budapest Stock Exchangeʼs Xtend platform which runs Kajahu, a "social digital restaurant chain", has...

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...