Environment

Initiatives

Cases handled by arbitration board up 15%

Budapest’s Arbitration Board (BBT), a forum for making decisions in consumer protection issues, handled 15% more cases in 2015, as...

Recycling

Audi’s Hungarian plant puts out 2 million engines in 2015

The Hungarian plant of German car manufacturer Audi turned out more than two million engines at its base in Győr...

Initiatives

Hungary’s first dual graduates receive degrees

Some 17 students of the first dual training program launched in Hungary received their degrees on Saturday from Kecskemét College...

Initiatives

Resolution calls to support the dairy industry

The Hungarian government issued a resolution on measures to support the countryʼs “troubled” dairy industry, Hungarian news agency MTI reported...

Initiatives

Bill submitted to raise salaries at MNB, allow more discretion

A bill submitted to Parliament yesterday by an MP of governing Fidesz would raise the pay of top officials at...

Initiatives

KSH: Hungary’s investments up 7% in Q4 in 2015

The volume of investments in the Hungarian national economy was up 7% in the fourth quarter of last year, as...

Recycling

MVM Hungarowind invests HUF 4.9 bln in solar power plant

MVM Hungarowind, a unit of the state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works, has completed a 10MW solar power plant, one of the...

Initiatives

Hungary’s Semmelweis University inks agreement with Samsung Medison

Hungary’s Semmelweis University and South-Korean medical instrument research and manufacturing company Samsung Medison recently signed a cooperation agreement, Hungary’s National...

Initiatives

Takarékbank, grain farmers association sign cooperation agreement

Hungaryʼs Takarékbank has signed a cooperation agreement with the National Association of Grain Farmers, the parties said on Friday....

Initiatives

Six Hungarian student teams invited to Shell’s Eco-Marathon Europe

One secondary school and five university teams from Hungary have been invited to participate in Shell’s Eco-Marathon Europe competition, as...

Initiatives

Miskolc public transport workers on strike

Employees of the Miskolc City Transportation Company have gone on strike, saying the company failed to provide salary increases as...

Recycling

Ministry signs contracts for eight mining licenses with tender winners

Hungaryʼs development minister has signed contracts for eight mining licenses which were awarded to four tender winners last November, the...

Initiatives

Varga: Hungary’s GDP growth balanced, stable

The fresh fourth-quarter and full-year GDP data reflect balanced, stable growth, economy minister Mihály Varga said from Brussels today during...

Initiatives

Magyar Telekom launches career orientation program

The Hungarian unit of German telco giant Deutsche Telekom has launched a career orientation program in Hungary for secondary school...

Recycling

PM’s office not suprised by Austria’s objection to Paks

The Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office said it was not surprised by Austria’s formal objection to the European Commission yesterday over plans...

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...