Business

Telco

Vodafone launches 5G in Siófok, adds chatbot to LifeSaver app

Vodafone announced the launch of its 5G service in Siófok, as well as the addition of a chatbot function to...

Appointments

Cordia Group appoints new chief financial officer

Property developer Cordia Group announced the appointment of Péter Bódis as its new chief financial officer (CFO), replacing Tomasz Łapiński....

Science

Hungary pre-orders almost 5 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Hungary has placed advance orders for close to 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in...

Retail

Slovak retail trade falls in June

Retail sales in Slovakia decreased 1.6% from a year earlier in June, following an 8.9% tumble in the previous month,...

Automotive

Used car imports increased 13% in July

According to DataHouse, 12,196 imported second-hand cars were put on the domestic market in July, an increase of 13% from...

Transport

BKK reports HUF 4.7 bln loss in 2019

BKK, the organizer and central company of public transport in Budapest, closed 2019 with a loss of HUF 4.7 billion,...

Manufacturing

Industrial production down 7.8% y.o.y. in June

In June 2020 the volume of industrial production in Hungary dropped by 7.8% year-on-year, according to data published by the...

Telco

Magyar Telekom H1 profit down more than 40%

Magyar Telekomʼs profit before income tax was down 33% at HUF 17.02 billion and after-tax profit was down 42.3%at HUF...

Science

100,000+ diplomas issued due to language exam waiver

More than 100,000 previously withheld diplomas have already been issued by universities and colleges due to the waiver of the...

Appointments

New leasing director at Horizon Development

Kata Mazsaroff will assume the role of Leasing Director at premium Hungarian real estate developer Horizon Development from September 2020,...

Transport

Wizz Air Hungary becomes 1st airline with EASA Air Operator Certificate

At the beginning of August, Wizz Air Hungary became the first airline in Europe, to obtain an Air Operator Certificate...

Transport

Wagon Service Travel to supply sleeper cars for MÁV-Start

Slovakian Wagon Service Travel has won a tender called by MÁV-Start, the passenger unit of state-owned railway company MÁV, to...

Inside View

Timing is Everything, in Generation Change Too

Making plans is a human trait. We prepare shopping lists, holidays, meetings, budgets. While it may seem like we prefer...

Inside View

Brownfield Investments in Rust Zones, Construction After COVID-19

COVID-19 is causing major economic disruption with more severe impacts expected than had to be managed after the global financial...

Innovation

Video library software developed in Hungary now available

Microstocksolutions LLC has announced the roll out of both its VRmeta video library software and Android mobile app designed for...

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...