Environment

Initiatives

Iran and Belarus plan €100 mln hydro-electric project

Energy officials from Iran and Belarus are in discussions on a €100 million ($137 million) hydro-electric project, the Belapan news...

Recycling

Richter invests in biotech

The listed pharmaceutical company Richter Gedeon Nyrt and the Hamburg-based Helm AG have jointly bought the Strathmann Biotec GmbH for...

Recycling

E.ON to launch power plant construction in Hungary

Germany’s E.ON Kraft-Werke GmbH is to launch the ground works at the site of its planned combined-cycle power plant in...

Recycling

Dow Chemical seeking partner to build plant in Russia

Dow Chemical, the world’s second largest chemicals company, is looking for a partner to build its own petrochemicals plant in...

Initiatives

Portuguese Lena to increase investments in Romania

Portuguese construction group Lena, present on the Romanian market with Lena Construcoes, plans to increase its investments in Romania by...

Initiatives

Belarus to pay $460 mln gas bill to Gazprom soon

Belarus will pay $460 million to Russian energy giant Gazprom to cover its accumulated debt for natural gas debt supplies...

Recycling

Law signed allowing security guards for energy firms to be armed

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law permitting energy companies’ security personnel to carry weapons, the Kremlin press office said...

Recycling

Greenline Industries and ULEROM formally open first Romanian biodiesel plant

US Greenline Industries, the EPA Award winning leader in the design and construction of biodiesel production facilities, and ULEROM, one...

Recycling

Fletcher Building opts for Hungary

Taking advantage of beneficial government and local offers, New Zealand’s Fletcher Building is to construct its regional production facility and...

Initiatives

France: bird flu in deaths of 2 swans

Two swans found dead in eastern France died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Agriculture Ministry said in...

Initiatives

Belarus PM arrives in Moscow for $1.5 bln gas loan

Belarus’s premier is arriving in Moscow Monday to secure a $1.5 billion loan to cover a $450 million debt for...

Recycling

Petrol Bonus JV launched in Montenegro

After winning the tender to establish a joint venture with Montenegro´s state-owned oil firm MontenegroBonus, Slovenian player Petrol has officially...

Initiatives

US bill could keep some European countries from joining visa-free travel program

Congress is close to approving legislation to expand a program that allows citizens of some countries to travel to the...

Initiatives

Hungary to freeze public spending in 2008, except for social benefits

The Hungarian government plans to largely freeze public spending in 2008, except for some social benefits, in a bid to...

Recycling

E.ON steps up biomass drive

E.ON UK has submitted plans to construct a renewable energy plant powered by recycled wood and specially grown crops in...

Pollution

Dongwha Plant’s Environmental Permit Revoked in Hungary

The environmental permit for South Korea’s Dongwha electrolyte manufacturing and NMP recycling plant in Sóskút has been revoked following an...

Environment

Hungary Introduces Water Restrictions in 629 Settlements

In response to the extreme heat and drought in Hungary, first-degree water restrictions have been introduced in 465 settlements, according...

Recycling

Alteo Starts Trial Run at New DRS Waste Processing Plant

Alteo Group will significantly increase its processing capacity for returned beverage packaging from this summer, with the launch of trial...

Environment, Business, Initiatives

BCSDH Breakfast Links Sustainability Award to Promoting Scalable Business Change

The Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary used its Sustainable Future Inspiration Breakfast on May 6 to shift the...

Environment

Meet the Hungarian Professor Working to Restore the Danube

Research professor Tibor Erős talks to the BBJ about his career as a biologist and ecologist, detailing his passion for...

Environment

Questions Arise About Toxic Exposure at Samsung Göd, Company Denies Media Reports

In 2023, Hungary’s government secretly ordered the Constitution Protection Office, the National Information Center, and intelligence agencies to investigate the...

Pollution

Air Quality Deteriorating in Several Parts of Hungary

A high concentration of airborne dust particles is further deteriorating air quality in several parts of Hungary, the National Public...

Initiatives

Gov’t Calls Tender to Support Creation of Wetland Habitats

The gov't is calling a HUF 12.8 billion tender to support the development of natural wetland habitats, contributing to long-term...

Dongwha Plant’s Environmental Permit Revoked in Hungary

The environmental permit for South Korea’s Dongwha electrolyte manufacturing and NMP recycling plant in Sóskút has been revoked following an...

CATL Hungary Fined HUF 10 mln Over Environmental Permit Violations

The Debrecen plant of Chinese battery maker CATL violated several provisions of its environmental use permit and was fined HUF...

Hungary Introduces Water Restrictions in 629 Settlements

In response to the extreme heat and drought in Hungary, first-degree water restrictions have been introduced in 465 settlements, according...

Hungary Reviews Battery Plants’ Emissions, Water Use and Waste Management

A nationwide inspection program covering the full operating chain of Hungary’s battery industry began Aug. 1, Minister of the Living...

Alteo Starts Trial Run at New DRS Waste Processing Plant

Alteo Group will significantly increase its processing capacity for returned beverage packaging from this summer, with the launch of trial...

Budapest Water Supply ‘Stable’ Amid Heatwave

The water supply of Budapest is "stable", the city is in a position to help out settlements around the capital...

Budapest Proposes Tiered Water‑fee System to Cut Waste

Budapest is calling for a reform of Hungary’s water-pricing system, proposing free basic household consumption and progressively higher rates for...

Hungarian Environmental Protection Authority Initiates Proceedings Against CATL

The environmental protection authority has initiated proceedings against Chinese-owned CATL as the company illegally discharged green-colored liquid from a sewer...

BCSDH Breakfast Links Sustainability Award to Promoting Scalable Business Change

The Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary used its Sustainable Future Inspiration Breakfast on May 6 to shift the...

Meet the Hungarian Professor Working to Restore the Danube

Research professor Tibor Erős talks to the BBJ about his career as a biologist and ecologist, detailing his passion for...

Questions Arise About Toxic Exposure at Samsung Göd, Company Denies Media Reports

In 2023, Hungary’s government secretly ordered the Constitution Protection Office, the National Information Center, and intelligence agencies to investigate the...

Hungary DRS manages More Than 3 bln Returns in 2025

Hungary's deposit-return system (DRS) managed the return of over 3 billion bottles and cans in 2025, Mohu, a unit of...

Air Quality Deteriorating in Several Parts of Hungary

A high concentration of airborne dust particles is further deteriorating air quality in several parts of Hungary, the National Public...

Gov’t Calls Tender to Support Creation of Wetland Habitats

The gov't is calling a HUF 12.8 billion tender to support the development of natural wetland habitats, contributing to long-term...

Mohu’s Recycling Success Met With Bitter Irony by Large Retail Partners

Hungary’s deposit return system (DRS) on beverage packaging is an “internationally recognized” success, according to Mohu, the monopoly operator, but...