Environment

Recycling

OTP, MVM sign Ft 12.9 bln credit system

MVM Észak-Buda Projekt, a project company wholly owned by the Hungarian Electricity Works Zrt (MVM), signed with OTP Bank Rt...

Recycling

Közép-Európai Gázterminál to build underground LPG storage

Közép-Európai Gázterminál Zrt, a Hungarian trader of liquefied petroleum gas, plans to spend Ft 18 billion ($87 million) building storage...

Recycling

Mirae inaugurates $21.5 mln plant in Komárom

South Korean Mirae has opened its mobile handset part painting factory, built with an investment of $21.5 million (Ft 4.45...

Initiatives

Bábolna in talks of exchanging debt for stake in Zalabaromfi

State-owned agricultural company Bábolna Rt might obtain a stake in struggling poultry company Zalabaromfi Rt in a debt-for-equity swap, business...

Initiatives

New Volán tender called after previous one rejected

Hungary's long-distance bus company group Volán has called a new tender to supply buses worth Ft 9 billion after the...

Recycling

Private firm begins prison construction in Tiszalök

The construction of a prison complex with capacity to hold 700 inmates began at the town of Tiszalök, northeast Hungary,...

Recycling

Sanyo to spend Ft 1 bln at solar cell plant in Hungary

Japanese electronics giant Sanyo plans to spend Ft 1 billion to double capacity at its solar cell plant in Dorog,...

Recycling

Championships swimming pool given green light for expansion

The expansion of a swimming pool for the European Swimming Championships, planned to be held on Budapest's Margitsziget this summer,...

Initiatives

Volán tender organizer fined Ft 3 mln, ordered to call new tenders

The Public Procurement Arbitration Board (KDB) announced on Monday it had suspended two tenders for buses called by the Volán...

Initiatives

Zalabaromfi general meeting rejects liquidation

Yesterday's general meeting of debt-ridden meat producer Zalabaromfi Rt rejected a liquidation proposal put forward by Monopolis Kft, the company's...

Recycling

OTP provides €12.5 mln loan to build, operate gas network

OTP Bank Rt said on Thursday it will provide Romania's Hargita Gaz with a €12.5 million long-term credit line to...

Recycling

Capital starts Ft 138 bln sewage treatment project

Budapest Mayor Gábor Demszky and Environment Minister Miklós Persányi laid the cornerstone for a Ft 138 billion (€521 million) sewage...

Recycling

JC Neckermann plans Hungarian biodiesel plant

JC Neckermann GmbH plans to spend Ft 8 billion to build a biodiesel plant in Hungary, business daily Világgazdaság reported....

Recycling

Audi starts producing ten-cylinder engines in Győr

Audi Hungaria Motor Kft has started making ten-cylinder fuel stratified injection (FSI) engines at its plant in Győr, northwest Hungary,...

Recycling

Hungarian Epcos unit targets 20% revenue growth in 2006

German electronics parts company Epcos expects revenue of Ft 35 billion in Hungary in 2006, 20% more than a year...

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...