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Slovakia producer prices fall for second month in May

Slovakia’s producer price declined for the second straight month in May, the latest figures from the Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR)...

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Bosnia’s retail sales down on year up on month in May

Bosnia’s retail sales shrank by a real 10.7% on the year in May, after decreasing by an annual 34.6% in...

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Bosnia’s annual deflation deepens in May

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s consumer price index (CPI) decreased by 2.1% year-on-year in May, after dropping by 1.2% a month earlier,...

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Magyar Suzukiʼs net revenue grows by 23% in 2019

Magyar Suzuki sold 194,447 vehicles in 123 countries around the globe in 2019, while growing its net revenue to nearly...

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Lithuania industrial production falls in May

Lithuania’s industrial production declined in May, according to the latest figures from Statistics Lithuania (LS). Industrial production decreased a working-day...

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Estonia producer prices continue to fall in May

Estonia’s producer prices continued to fall in May, the latest data from Statistics Estonia (SE) shows. The producer price index...

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Poland retail sales decline in May

Poland’s retail sales dropped in May, the latest figures from the Warsaw-based Central Statistical Office (GUS) show. Retail sales fell...

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Industry Endures Unprecedented Collapse in April

The coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on all economies: in the EU, the average setback in industrial output was...

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Croatia jobless rate climbs in May

Croatia’s registered unemployment rate edged up to 9.5% in May, from 9.4% at the end of April, the Croatian Bureau...

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Poland industrial production, producer prices fall

Poland’s industrial production declined at a faster-than-expected rate in May, and producer prices decreased for the third straight month, figures...

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New car market fell 54.5% in May

Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the number of new passenger cars placed on the market in the European Union fell...

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Polish automotive sector to see mass layoffs, report claims

Before the world went into a lockdown, the automotive sector was already reducing headcount due to growing automization. Now, down...

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Age of used car imports increases

The volume of used car imports has fallen by more than 40% due to the emergency measures introduced to deal...

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New vehicle registrations continue to plunge in May

New passenger car registrations in Hungary fell 54.5% year-on-year to 6,472 in May, the second full month of the restrictions...

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Romania has fewest cars per 1,000 inhabitants in EU

Romania has the lowest motorization rate among European Union countries, with 332 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants as of 2018,...

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Budapest Cuts EV Parking Discounts but Keeps Benefits Until 2030

Budapest's City Assembly voted to reduce the parking discount for electric and hydrogen vehicles to 50%, keeping the benefit in...

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Wallis Builds Next Growth Phase on Local Knowledge and Leadership

Gyula Mező, CEO of Wallis Asset Management, tells the BBJ how the group is allocating capital, managing an increasingly int'l...

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Navigating the Hungarian Auto Market: What Expats Need to Know

After years of hands-on experience advising expat friends and colleagues on 2nd-hand vehicle purchases, Christopher Csizmár founded CarSherpa, a pre-purchase...

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Bosch Pushes AI Deeper Into Vehicle Safety and Automated Driving

Bosch used its recent AI Symposium 2026 in Budapest to show how artificial intelligence is becoming a more concrete part...

Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 Takes Top Honors in European Tests

As winter approaches, drivers face a familiar question: which tires can provide dependable performance when road conditions start to change?...

Michelin Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Presence in Hungary

Michelin celebrated the 30th anniversary of its presence in Hungary at an anniversary event at its Nyíregyháza facility (231 km...

Geely Leads Interest in Chinese Car Brands Newly Launched in Hungary

Geely attracted the most interest among Chinese car brands entering Hungary this year, according to January-September data from used car...

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,...

Hungarian EV Market Continues to Grow, Leading CEE

Electromobility in Hungary continues to grow. In the first half of the year, 7,497 new all-electric passenger cars were registered,...

Budapest Cuts EV Parking Discounts but Keeps Benefits Until 2030

Budapest's City Assembly voted to reduce the parking discount for electric and hydrogen vehicles to 50%, keeping the benefit in...

Wallis Builds Next Growth Phase on Local Knowledge and Leadership

Gyula Mező, CEO of Wallis Asset Management, tells the BBJ how the group is allocating capital, managing an increasingly int'l...

BMW Debrecen Adds Third Shift to Meet Strong iX3 Demand

BMW is introducing a third shift at its Debrecen factory and moving to 24-hour operations to accelerate production of its...

AutoWallis to Launch Zeekr in Austria and Poland

AutoWallis Group will launch Zeekr, the premium electric mobility brand of Geely Auto Group, in Austria and Poland under a...

AutoWallis Remains Profitable in H1 Despite Challenging Auto Market

AutoWallis Group remained profitable in H1 2026 despite a challenging automotive market, weaker performance from traditional brands, one-off costs related...

Navigating the Hungarian Auto Market: What Expats Need to Know

After years of hands-on experience advising expat friends and colleagues on 2nd-hand vehicle purchases, Christopher Csizmár founded CarSherpa, a pre-purchase...

Hungarian Engineers to Contribute Expertise to Formula 1 Cars

Hungarian engineers will contribute their expertise to Formula 1 cars, Economy and Energy Minister István Kapitány said in a social...

Hybrid Listings Hit Record High on Used Car Market in June

Demand strengthened on Hungary’s used car market in June, while the average age of vehicles declined, according to the latest...

Bosch Pushes AI Deeper Into Vehicle Safety and Automated Driving

Bosch used its recent AI Symposium 2026 in Budapest to show how artificial intelligence is becoming a more concrete part...

AutoWallis to Use 2025 Profit to Support its Regional Growth Strategy Going Forward

AutoWallis Group has said it will retain its 2025 after-tax profit of nearly HUF 5 billion to support the implementation...