Environment

Initiatives

OBA starts compensating Tisza depositors

Hungary's National Deposit Insurance Fund (OBA) said it started paying compensation to account holders of failed Tisza Savings Cooperative on...

Recycling

Hungary, Russia sign nuclear partnership

Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority and Russian Rostekhnadzor signed an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation in Moscow yesterday, enabling an...

Initiatives

Voucher companies look to restructure Hungary’s voucher system

Voucher companies Sodexo, Le Cheque Dejeuner and Edenred are seeking compensation from the Hungarian state at the International Centre for...

Initiatives

Hungary and Russia sign agreements on Paks

Hungarian and Russian companies MVM Paks II Nuclear Power Plant Development Company and Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Engineering Company Atomenergoproekt signed...

Initiatives

PM’s office: Savings cooperatives’ cross-guarantee pool complete

The changes made to the savings cooperative system were completed as another 39 savings cooperatives joined a cross-guarantee pool on...

Recycling

Lafarge Cement opens waste storage warehouse

Lafarge Cement Magyarország opened a warehouse for waste that will be incinerated at its plant in Királyegyháza in southwestern Hungary....

Recycling

Russia supplies richer nuclear fuel to Paks until 2034

Russian nuclear fuel producer TVEL is expected to continue supplying nuclear fuel to Hungary's sole nuclear power plant located in...

Recycling

Bonbonetti to close production at Nagykanizsa unit early December

Hungarian sweets maker Bonbonetti Choco is scheduled to close production after laying off 64 workers at its production unit, entitled...

Initiatives

Hungarian govʼt wants to convince EC to approve SME grants

The Hungarian government intends to give non-refundable support (grants) to small and medium-size businesses (SMEs) operating in the field of...

Recycling

Block 2 of Hungary’s Paks NPP licensed to operate until end-2034

Hungary’s National Atomic Energy Office (OAH) issued a license to extend the lifespan of the number 2 block of the...

Recycling

Continental winds up HUF 1.4 bln investment in Budapest

German automotive industry supplier Continental wound up a HUF 1.4 bln investment at its base in Budapest, plant head Tamás...

Initiatives

MOL and ING to settle share option agreement in cash, enter new one

Hungarian oil and gas company and Netherlands-based financial services company ING will cash-settle a share option agreement regarding 5,220,000 MOL...

Initiatives

Another 27 savings coops join cross-guarantee pool

Accordingh to recent reports, another 27 savings cooperatives joined a cross-guarantee pool, raising the total number of participants to 78,...

Recycling

Get-Energy Magyarország winds up HUF 394 mln R&D project

Get-Energy Magyarország today wound up a HUF 394 mln research and development project designed to find the best tree species,...

Recycling

Amplitude Technologies to deliver HUF 5.9 bln laser to ELI-HU

France's Amplitude Technologies has won a tender to build a HUF 5.9 bln laser system at a superlaser center 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...