Environment

Initiatives

MNB fines savings cooperative Rum és Vidéke

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) yesterday said it had fined savings cooperative Rum és Vidéke just over HUF 3...

Recycling

Hungary to submit nuclear fuel management plan

Under a European Union directive to regulate the management of spent fuel, Hungary is required to submit a plan of...

Recycling

Lázár: EC approved Paks fuel supply contract

The European Commission has approved Hungaryʼs contract with Russia regarding the delivery of fuel during the upgraded Hungary’s sole nuclear...

Initiatives

MTA: Hungarian shale gas reserves may stay underground

Although unconventional natural gas reserves are six times larger than conventional gas reserves, geological circumstances would make their exploitation costly...

Recycling

Hungary’s superlaser begins planning of new center

Hungaryʼs superlaser center ELI-ALPs signed contracts on the planning and construction of four secondary source beam lines on Friday, ELI-HU...

Initiatives

TakarékBank total assets rise by two-thirds in 2014

Magyar Takarékszövetkezeti Bank (TakarékBank) yesterday said its total assets rose 66% to HUF 800 bln last year. TakarékBank said its...

Initiatives

Employment in Hungaryʼs banking sector falls 2%

The headcount in Hungary’s banking sector declined by 2% last year, down to 37,816, Hungarian economic daily Világgazdaság said today,...

Initiatives

Liget Project welcomes two top finishers

The plans of two separate designers Snøhetta and Sanaa (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates), both Pritzker prize awarded firms, were...

Recycling

Hungarian drywall plant sees revenue of HUF 6.5 bln in 2014

The Hungarian plant of French drywall company Saint-Gobain Group saw a revenue of HUF 6.5 bln last year, Attila Piros,...

Initiatives

Reach for the Stars: Favela Children to Control NASA Mars Mission

The following article was written by Wladimir Lyra is a Research Associate at NASAʼs Jet Propulsion Laboratory....

Recycling

Radioactive waste manager dismisses speculation on cost of disposal facility

Hungaryʼs state-owned company for managing radioactive waste, RHK, on Friday dismissed speculation in a report in daily Népszabadság a day...

Initiatives

Government revamps education system to accommodate labor market

Hungaryʼs state secretary for workforce training yesterday announced the revisions the government will make to the education system in order...

Recycling

Paks expansion commissioner consults IAEA

A Hungarian delegation held a consultation in Vienna yesterday with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the planned expansion...

Recycling

Lawmakers debate spent nuclear fuel facility

The Hungarian Parliament is debating a resolution on the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel in the country, Hungarian daily...

Initiatives

Government signs agreement with Japanese auto industry supplier

The Hungarian government yesterday signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Japanese-owned manufacturer of diesel particulate filters, Ibiden Hungary, according to...

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...