Environment

Recycling

Net 20,000-25,000 new jobs to be created in Hungary this year

A net 20,000-25,000 new jobs are expected to be created in Hungary this year, as 33,000 jobs created in the...

Recycling

Koch to invest Ft 550 mln at Hungarian plants

German automotive industry supplier Koch Prazisionsdrehteile plans to invest Ft 550 million at its units in Hungary in order to...

Initiatives

Mol confirms resumption of oil deliveries

Hungary's leading oil and gas company Mol said on Thursday that Russian crude oil shipments through the Druzhba pipeline has...

Initiatives

Russian oil blockade of Belarus continues for a third day

Russia's main oil export pipeline to Europe remained closed for a third day as the world's second-largest producer of crude...

Initiatives

Russia may cut oil output after closing main pipeline

Russia, the world's second-biggest oil exporter, may cut crude output after shutting its main export pipeline to punish neighboring Belarus,...

Recycling

Hungary’s Épker to build water park in Komi Republic

Hungarian construction company Épker Kft expects to sign a contract in January to participate in the construction of a water...

Recycling

Mustang to shut down production in Hungary

German clothing company Mustang GmbH will shut down its plant in Hungary at the end of March because of increased...

Initiatives

GVH fines Hild Life Annuity Program owners for false claims

Hungary's Competition Office (GVH) on Thursday said it had fined Örökjáradék Property Investment Zrt Ft 500,000 and Hild Property Investment...

Recycling

Coloplast awarded Ft 5 bln in subsidies on €100 mln investment

Danish medical supplies company Coloplast is receiving Ft 5 billion in state subsidies related to planned investments worth €100 million...

Recycling

Eastern Asia lays off half of staff at Hungarian plant

Eastern Asia Industries Kft, a maker of speakers for electronic entertainment units, laid off half of the 100 workers at...

Initiatives

Belarus hits Russia with oil tax

Belarus has imposed big taxes on Russian oil pumped through its pipelines to customers in Europe....

Recycling

EBRD lends Hungary’s Budapest Lízing €5 mln for leases to rural firms and farmers

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on 21 December that it is extending a €5 million loan...

Initiatives

Hungary pays out higher percentage of EU funding for 2004-2006, than most new member states

About half of the EU and state co-financing available under the National Development Plan I, Hungary's framework for disbursing EU...

Initiatives

EU calls for urgent talks on Belarus-Russia gas price dispute

A solution to a dispute between Belarus and Russia over the pricing of gas imports must be found urgently to...

Initiatives

Seventh Gripen fighter plane arrives at Hungary’s air base

The seventh Gripen jet fighter out of 14 that Hungary is leasing from Sweden, landed at the Kecskemét military airbase,...

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...