Environment

Initiatives

Russian poultry may have caught H5N1 flu from migrating birds

Chickens that died from the H5N1 avian influenza in Russia may have caught the disease from migratory birds that traveled...

Recycling

Samsung invests €320 mln in Slovak LCD factory

Samsung Electronics Inc., the world's largest liquid-crystal display maker, will invest €320 million ($423 million) to build an LCD factory...

Recycling

EGL targets 40% to 50% stake in Adriatic gas pipeline

Elektrizitaets-Gesellschaft Laufenburg AG, Switzerland's third-largest power company, plans to keep 40 to 50% of the equity in a natural-gas pipeline...

Initiatives

Lockheed Martin awarded $400 mln F-16 equipment contract

Lockheed Martin Corp., the world's largest defense company, won a $400 million US Air Force contract to supply equipment to...

Initiatives

China, Russia see sanctions punishing Iranian people

China and Russia expressed concern today, that proposals to restrict Iran's arms sales and commercial trade would punish the Iranian...

Initiatives

Microsoft agrees to first data license after EU antitrust case

Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software company, signed its first technology licensing agreement with a competitor almost three years after...

Recycling

Samsung picks Slovakia for LCD plant investment, officials say

Samsung Electronics Inc. will invest almost €400 million ($525 million) to build a liquid-crystal display factory in Slovakia, said two...

Recycling

Stora to spend €46 mln on cardboard units in East Europe

Stora Enso Oyj, Europe's biggest papermaker, will add factories in Russia and Hungary and a production line in Poland to...

Initiatives

Ford revamp set to cost it $11 bln

US car giant Ford says its current restructuring program is set to cost $11 bln (£5.6 bln), with more than...

Recycling

Gazprom to finish Sakhalin-2 share purchase in March

OAO Gazprom plans to complete the acquisition of shares in Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Sakhalin-2 oil and gas venture next...

Initiatives

Putin says foreign drugmakers earn too much on Russian program

Russian President Vladimir Putin said drugmakers such as Johnson & Johnson and Novartis AG are making too much money on...

Initiatives

Russia alarmed over Iran dispute amid reports US mulls attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister today expressed alarm that the dispute over Iran's nuclear program is escalating...

Recycling

Enel to complete Slovak nuclear plant as demand grows

Enel SpA, Italy's largest utility and the owner of Slovakia's biggest power company, will finish building two nuclear reactors at...

Initiatives

UPS threat to cancel A380 order

United Parcel Service (UPS) has signed a new agreement with Airbus that changes the delivery dates for the ten A380...

Recycling

Nitrokémia signs lactic acid factory deal

Hungarian chemicals company Nitrokémia signed an agreement with Estonian peer NordBioChem to build a Ft 80 bln lactic acid factory...

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...