Environment

Recycling

Polish Alumetal establishes plant in Hungary

Poland-based aluminium alloy manufacturer Alumetal yesterday finished building its first plant outside Poland, in the Hungarian city of Komárom, according...

Initiatives

Central bank governor proposes audit of foundations

György Matolcsy (pictured), the governor of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), yesterday proposed the involvement of the State Audit...

Initiatives

Report: Government decides to lower VAT on raw milk

The Hungarian government decided to lower the VAT rate of raw milk from the current 27% to 5% as of...

Initiatives

Lawmakers clear way for financial firms to assume postal services in small towns

Hungaryʼs Parliament today approved amendments to the postal act that will allow financial institutions to offer postal services in settlements...

Recycling

ContiTech Rubber Industrial completes €8 mln plant expansion

ContiTech Rubber Industrial, the Hungarian unit of German automotive industry supplier Continental, presented its new €8 million production hall in...

Initiatives

Geography could be dropped as subject in 900 Hungarian high schools

The new so-called “vocational high schools”, which prepare students to become skilled workers, will have a condensed science curriculum and...

Initiatives

More than 1,000 schools join day-long strike

The day-long strike held by Hungarian teachers today was joined by approximately 25,000 people and 1,185 educational institutions, head of...

Recycling

Siemens-Valeo JV to have facility in Hungary

A joint venture planned by Germanyʼs Siemens and Franceʼs Valeo to make powertrains for electric cars will have a facility...

Recycling

Italian Datalogic opens €9 mln plant in Hungary

Italian-owned electronics producer Datalogic opened its €9 million plant on Friday in Balatonboglár, Hungary, near Lake Balaton, according to reports....

Initiatives

Official says Hungary will raise education spending in 2017

The Hungarian government is considering raising spending for higher education to approximately HUF 240 billion in the 2017 budget from...

Initiatives

Hungarian-South African Joint Committee meets again

The Hungarian-South African Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation met for the second time today, this time in Budapest, according to...

Initiatives

AmCham language program reaches 10,000 students

The Language Ambassador Program of the American Chamber Of Commerce In Hungary launched five years ago now features the involvement...

Recycling

Tetra Pak Hungary units close successful year in 2015

The Hungarian sales unit of Swedish packaging company Tetra Pak had revenue of HUF 15.12 billion last year, up 16%...

Recycling

Javipa Nyomdaipari receives EU grant for HUF 500 mln printer

Hungarian printing firm Javipa Nyomdaipari won a HUF 252 million European Union grant for its investment to purchase a HUF...

Initiatives

ECB continues to probe MNB programs

The European Central Bank is continuing to monitor a number of programs launched by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB)...

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...