Environment

Initiatives

EBRD: Hungary’s growth decelerating but manageable

Hungaryʼs economic growth is likely to decelerate further from the 3.6% achieved last year, to what is being dubbed "a...

Recycling

Active Fiber Systems to deliver HUF 895 mln laser equipment to ELI-HU

Germany’s Active Fiber Systems will supply a HUF 895 mln laser system for the superlaser center in Szeged, southeastern Hungary,...

Initiatives

EC: Hungaryʼs GDP expected to rise by 2.8% in 2015

Hungaryʼs real GDP grew by 3.6% in 2014, but that growth is expected to slow to 2.8% this year and...

Recycling

Putin: Abandoning Paks deal would hurt Hungary

Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that it would hurt Hungary’s national interests if the country backed out of the...

Initiatives

Hungary plans cooperation with Mexico, Brazil

After returning from Mexico and Brazil, state secretary for economic diplomacy Levente Magyar said on Hungarian state-owned news channel M1...

Recycling

Indiaʼs Motherson Sumi Systems to build plant in Hungary

Indian automotive industry supplier Motherson Sumi Systems (MSSL) announced last week that it will build a plant in Hungary to...

Initiatives

Gov’t raises 2015 GDP growth projection to 3.1%

The Hungarian government has raised its projection for GDP growth this year from 2.5% to 3.1%, state secretary Péter Benő...

Recycling

Wuppermann lays cornerstone of €100 mln steel plant in Hungary

Germanyʼs Wuppermann laid the cornerstone of a €100 mln steel pickling and hot-dip galvanizing plant at the port of Gönyű,...

Recycling

Takata signs cooperation with University of Miskolc

Hungary’s University of Miskolc and Japanese automotive industry supplier Takata yesterday signed a cooperation agreement, under which the company will...

Initiatives

Gov’t could limit energy drink consumption

Lajos Oláh, the MP of opposition Democratic Coalition, sent a letter to Zoltán Balog, Minister of Human Capacities, to find...

Recycling

Head of Paks upgrade general contractor visits site

The head of Russiaʼs Atomstroyexport, Nizhny Novgorod Engineering Company (ASE-NIAEP), the general contractor for the upgrade of Hungaryʼs Paks nuclear...

Recycling

Carl Zeiss wins tender to supply Szeged superlaser with research microscope

Carl Zeiss Technika has won a tender to supply a fluorescence microscope for a European Union-funded superlaser center in Szeged,...

Initiatives

Training spots in dual education system set to reach 20,000

The number of training positions with companies in Hungaryʼs dual education system could rise from 8,000 to 20,000 by 2018,...

Initiatives

3,000 sign in for Sunday demo on changes to higher education

More than 3,000 people had signed up by today for a demonstration scheduled for 4 pm Sunday against proposed and...

Initiatives

University students protest to save courses

Students of the Faculty for Social Sciences at ELTE, Hungaryʼs largest and best-rated university, gathered for a demonstration yesterday in...

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...