Environment

Recycling

Mobile platform use on rise among e-shoppers

The ratio of mobile platform users in e-commerce has risen above 50% for the first time in 2018, with the...

Initiatives

Konzum increases its share in 4iG

Following a failed attempt earlier this month by listed holding Opus Global to acquire a majority in IT company 4iG,...

Initiatives

CEU suspends programs for refugees, asylum seekers

The Central European University (CEU) has announced the immediate suspension, with effect August 24, of its education programs for registered...

Initiatives

Corvinus University honors BCSDH’s Irén Márta

Irén Márta, managing director of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary, was awarded this year’s Pro Facultate Prize...

Initiatives

Ikarus Egyedi promises creditors their money back in 7 years

Beleaguered Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus Egyedi is offering a deal to suppliers and creditors, saying it will repay its debts...

Initiatives

Ministry partners with Siemens for vocational training

Hungary’s Ministry for Innovation and Technology has signed a four-year partnership agreement with German engineering firm Siemens to launch a...

Recycling

BMW to build giant plant in Debrecen

German car maker BMW is preparing to build a more than EUR 1 billion plant in Debrecen, eastern Hungary, Minister...

Initiatives

Volánbusz joins BKV in terminating Ikarus Egyedi contract

State-owned long-distance bus operator Volánbusz said Wednesday it has decided to withdraw from a contract with troubled bus producer Ikarus...

Initiatives

Ministry declares Ikarus Egyedi strategically important enterprise

Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus Egyedi has been declared a strategically important enterprise at the request of the company as part...

Recycling

MOL signs for EUR 555 mln revolving credit facility

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL announced on the Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) Tuesday that it entered into a EUR...

Initiatives

Ikarus Egyedi files for bankruptcy protection

Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus Egyedi Kft. has filed for bankruptcy protection in order to manage the companyʼs payment difficulties, the...

Recycling

Labor shortage major risk for automotive suppliers

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released its Hungarian Automotive Supplier Survey 2018 report, noting that a quarter of respondents reported double-digit growth...

Initiatives

LEGO to open Innovation Studio in Nyíregyháza

The University of Nyíregyháza (NE Hungary) and LEGO Education International have signed a cooperation agreement in Belgium, based on which...

Initiatives

More state support for Hungarian student summer employment

The Ministry of Finance will support municipalities and local council-owned companies employing students aged 16-25 years this summer with HUF...

Initiatives

Kalunba to organize Hungarian language classes for expats

Kalunba, an organization dedicated to providing assistance to refugees, is to organize language courses for the expat community, as its...

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...