Environment

Initiatives

Proton makes fuel-cell powered bus to run in Prague

Proton Power Systems, a German developer of hydrogen fuel-cell technology, will make a fuel-cell powered bus to operate in Prague...

Recycling

Total says drive for energy mix could include nuclear energy

Total SA, Europe's third-largest oil company, may invest more in nuclear energy in a bid to broaden its energy mix,...

Initiatives

Deadly H5N1 avian flu strikes poultry farm in UK

An outbreak of avian influenza among turkeys at a farm near Lowestoft, England, has been confirmed to be that of...

Recycling

Nokia plans €10 mln addition to Hungarian plant

Nokia plans to build a €10 mln addition onto its plant in the Hungarian city of Komárom in order to...

Recycling

Coca-Cola HBC seeks water acquisitions in Russia

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co., the world's second-largest bottler of Coke beverages, aims to buy Russian and Ukrainian water companies to...

Recycling

Shell, Gazprom will consider adding more LNG units in Sakhalin

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's largest oil company, will build more liquefied-natural-gas processing units at its Sakhalin-2 project in Russia...

Recycling

Renault to raise capacity at Moscow car plant on Logan demand

Renault SA, the second-biggest French carmaker, said it will increase capacity at its production plant in Moscow as demand for...

Recycling

Hungarian bottled gas trader KEG to build €14 mln terminal

Közép-Európai Gázterminál Zrt, a Hungarian trader of bottled liquid propane-butane gas, plans to spend Ft 3.5 billion (€13.5 million) to...

Initiatives

Deadly H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Hungarian geese by EU

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu infected fowl in Hungary, marking the first infection in Europe since the disease...

Initiatives

Hungary’s new bird flu cases made Romania, Serbia suspend poultry imports – extended

European Union member countries must not introduce a full ban on poultry imports from Hungary in the wake of an...

Initiatives

Egis Q1 pretax profit declines on Russia – extended

Egis Nyrt, the Hungarian generic-drug maker owned by France's Les Laboratoires Servier, said fiscal Q1 pretax profit will be lower...

Recycling

Grundfos to open factory in May

Grundfos A/S, the world's largest maker of circulator pumps, plans to open its second plant in Hungary in May, Világgazdaság...

Initiatives

Bird flu reappears in Europe as Hungary finds virus

Bird flu infected poultry in Hungary, marking the re-emergence of the virus in Europe since the disease was last reported...

Initiatives

State-owned KVFP invests Ft 858 mln in small businesses in 2006

The Small Business Development Financial Company (KVFP), a state-owned company which invests in small Hungarian companies, invested Ft 858 million...

Recycling

Ex-Swissair chief Corti had „green light” court told

Ex-Swissair Group CEO Mario Corti testified that he didn't mislead shareholders in April 2001, six months before the company collapsed,...

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...