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Poland average wages rise, employment falls in April

Poland’s average gross wages and salaries increased 1.9% year-on-year to PLN 5,285 in April, easing from a 6.3% increase in...

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Croatia jobless rate jumps in April

Croatia’s registered unemployment rate rose to 9.4% in April, from 8.6% at the end of March, the Croatian Statistical Bureau...

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Hungary new vehicle registrations halve in April

New passenger car registrations in Hungary fell 50.3% year-on-year to 6,170 in April, the first full month of the restrictions...

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Romanian Q1 GDP growth weakest in near 6 years

Romania’s economic growth decelerated to 2.4% year-on-year in the first three month of 2020, compared to 5% annual increase in...

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GDP grows by 2.2% y.o.y. in Q1 2020

Hungaryʼs GDP grew by 2.2% according to raw data in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period...

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Hungarian electric car use grew most in EU

Amid declining total market sales by a quarter, the share of electric vehicles among new cars launched in the European...

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Poland adds 236 MW of solar in two months

Polish grid operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) says the country reached 1.83 gigawatt (GW) of solar installations last month, pv-magazine...

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Automotive sector output drops almost one-fifth on pandemic shutdowns

Output of Hungaryʼs automotive sector, normally an engine of industrial growth, dropped by 19.8% year-on-year in March as factories shut...

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Slovakia industrial production nose-dives in March

Slovakia industrial production declined at the fastest pace in nearly 11 years in March, data from the Slovak Statistical Office...

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Bulgaria retail sales drop in March

Bulgaria’s retail sales decreased by an annual 14.6% in March, after adding 5.5% in the previous month, the National Statistical...

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Slovak retail sales fall in March

Slovakia’s retail trade dropped 3.6% from a year earlier in March, following a 3.9% growth in the previous month, as...

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Croatia retail sales drop in March

Croatia’s retail sales decreased by an annual 7% in real terms of volume in March, after growing 4.9% in February,...

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Ford Romania to gradually resume production next week

The Romanian unit of U.S. auto maker Ford Motor Company has said on Tuesday that its plant in Craiova, southwestern...

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Slovakia producer price inflation slows in March

Slovakia’s producer price inflation eased in March, latest figures from the Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) show. The producer price index...

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Latvia producer prices fall in March

Latvia’s producer prices fell for the sixth month in a row in March, the latest figures from the Riga-based Central...

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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...