Business

Deals

ʼWhat the France Nightʼ at Akvárium

The Main Hall of Akvárium Klub will host three French artists on April 9 at a free event entitled "What...

Telco

Average gross earnings up 13.1% y.o.y. in December

Average gross earnings amounted to HUF 406,400 in December 2019, about 13.1% higher than in the same period of 2018,...

Sustainability

Duna House earnings drop 40% in 2019

Listed real estate broker Duna Houseʼs consolidated after-tax profit fell 40% to HUF 1 billion last year, an earnings report...

Sustainability

Dwelling construction up 20% in 2019

According to a recent report by the Central Statistical Office (KSH), some 21,127 new dwellings were built in 2019, 20%...

Interview

Polish bosses urge faster permits for foreign workers

Polish employers are becoming increasingly concerned with long waiting times for foreigners’ work permits, Polish Radio reports....

Competition

Czech gov’t supports bill to facilitate class action lawsuits

The Czech government has backed a bill to introduce class action to the law, thereby allowing people with identical or...

Incubators

X-Europe brings together key tech players to drive deeptech growth

The X-Europe project, an initiative born out of the European Commissionʼs Horizon 2020 program, brings together F6S, TNW, Design Terminal,...

Competition

All-in-one transport app available

The MaaS4EU urban mobility application is available to download for free, writes novekedes.hu. The app is the result of an...

Telco

Bosnia’s Federation approves construction of two wind plants

The government of Bosnia’s Federation entity said that it has given a preliminary approval for the launch of the Ivovik...

Incubators

Logiscool gets EUR 3.5 mln investment

Logiscool, an international leader in coding education for children, announced receiving a EUR 3.5 million investment, spearheaded by Euroventures, according...

Logistics

Business sentiment worsens, consumer confidence up

Economic research company GKIʼs combined gauge of consumer and business confidence edged down to -2.6 points in February from -2.5...

Automotive

Poland industrial production rises in January

Polandʼs industrial production rose unexpectedly in January, and producer price inflation slowed, figures from the Warsaw-based Central Statistical Office (GUS)...

Deals

City Hall calls on Praguers to report Airbnb flats to municipal police

Prague City Hall is asking Prague residents to report Airbnb flats to municipal police officers and any connected problems, the...

Industrial

Real estate discounts getting bigger

According to the latest sales data of OTP Real Estate, between November 2019 and the end of January 2020, buyers...

Office Market

OTP acquires 2nd phase of Corvin Technology Park

OTP Prime Real Estate Investment Fund has fully acquired the Corvin Technology Park office building, with the current acquisition of...

Appointments

Hera Cuku Named Managing Director of Lilly Hungary

Eli Lilly has appointed Hera Cuku as managing director of Lilly Hungária Kft., bringing international leadership experience and a scientific...

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....

Hera Cuku Named Managing Director of Lilly Hungary

Eli Lilly has appointed Hera Cuku as managing director of Lilly Hungária Kft., bringing international leadership experience and a scientific...

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...