Business

Interview

Producing Open-minded Talents for Debrecen and Beyond

Trina Arsenault, director and elementary school principal, talks to the Budapest Business Journal about the unique International School Debrecen (ISD),...

Industrial

Prologis Acquires new Development Plot

Leading Hungarian and regional logistic park developer and operator Prologis has acquired a 13-hectare development site adjacent to its fully...

HR

Vodafone Hungary 1 of the 1st to Switch to Permanent Remote Working

Since the start of this month, Vodafone Hungary says it has been offering customer service staff the opportunity to work...

Transport

FlixBus registers 1.4 mln passengers in Hungary in 2019

FlixBus announced that some 1.4 million passengers used the companyʼs bus services in Hungary, with Budapest becoming the 19th most...

Industrial

64,140 sqm added to Budapest modern industrial stock in Q2

In Q2 2020, 64,140 sqm of new space was added to the total modern industrial stock in Budapest and its...

HR

Symbiosy by HB Reavis to be deployed in new BP office

Symbiosy, a technology and sensorics platform developed by international workspace provider HB Reavis, signed a contract with global energy company...

Deals

Hungary to pay USD 45 mln F1 hosting fee in 2021

The state of Hungary will pay a USD 45,035,553 fee to host the 2021 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix, state...

Automotive

Toyo Tires to start building factory in N. Serbia in August

Vladimir Gak, the head of the municipality of Indjija (45 km northwest of Belgrade in northern Serbia, in the autonomous...

Deals

Volánbusz ownership transferred to MÁV

The ownership of state-owned bus company Volánbusz is being transferred on Wednesday to state-owned railway company MÁV to strengthen their...

Construction

Construction output down 20.1% y.o.y. in May

The volume of construction output, based on raw data, was 20.1% lower in May 2020 compared to the same period...

Transport

Air traffic sees 94% y.o.y. decline in June

Aviation has resumed in more countries, meaning passenger traffic has started to grow slowly again at Ferenz Liszt International, according...

Automotive

Daimler plans routine one-week shutdown at Hungary plant

German carmaker Daimler plans to shut down its plant in Kecskemét (about 82 km southeast of the capital) for one...

Transport

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announces 6 destinations

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announced that it will operate flights to six destinations from the UAE capital starting October 1....

Sustainability

Resort real estate price rises slow

The rise in the price of residential and holiday real estate in priority resort areas slowed down in the past...

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....

Revolut Users Report Disruptions to Payments, Transfers and Currency Exchange

Revolut users experienced problems with several services on Tuesday morning, including card payments, transfers and currency exchange, Hungarian fintech portal...

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...