Environment

Initiatives

Official: Health care reform to include more screenings

The government is planning major health care reforms, which will include increased funding as well as more screenings as a...

Recycling

Indian embassy in Budapest hosts investment promotion event

The Indian embassy in Budapest hosted an event designed to draw Hungarian investors to the country yesterday. India would welcome...

Recycling

Administrative hurdles cleared for Apollo Tyre plant

The government has declared a HUF 146 bln plant owned by India's Apollo Tyres will be built in Gyöngyöshalász (northern...

Initiatives

HUF 15.5 bln motorway stretch inaugurated

Government officials inaugurated a stretch of the M3 motorway worth of HUF 15.5 bln in northeast Hungary. The 11.9 km...

Recycling

New Alumetal plant in Hungary to employ 150

Polish automotive industry supplier Alumetal launched the construction of a €28.5 mln plant in Komárom in northwestern Hungary. The project...

Recycling

Patec to build plant in Hungary

Singapore-based Patec will build its first plant in Europe, to make car components, in the Hungarian city of Miskolc, Hungarian...

Initiatives

Development bank MFB privately sells bonds to savings coops

State-owned Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) said it privately placed HUF 10 bln in two-year bonds on Wednesday, Budapest news agency...

Recycling

Pannon Fine Food completes HUF 1.6 bln upgrade

Hungarian poultry processing company Pannon Fine Food wound up a HUF 1.6 bln upgrade at its duck and goose plant...

Recycling

Lázár to oversee Paks expansion project

The Prime Minister's Office is expected take control over the entire Paks nuclear plant expansion project from state-owned Hungarian Electricity...

Initiatives

Gov’t inviting EU tenders before final OK

The Hungarian government is expected to invite tenders worth HUF 500 bln-HUF 1 trillion for the 2014-2020 European Union funding...

Recycling

Marklin expands model train factory

German model train producer Marklin wound up an investment of €9.4 mln (approximately HUF 3 bln) to expand production capacity...

Initiatives

National asset company buys HUF 3.75 bln stake in gas line

A shareholders' meeting of the state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM) has decided to sell the company's 49.98% stake in Magyar...

Recycling

Daimler marks production milestone in Hungary

German car manufacturer, Daimler turned out a quarter of a million cars at its Hungarian plant, which was inaugurated in...

Recycling

Bonbonetti to close factory in Nagykanizsa

Hungarian sweets maker Bonbonetti might be forced to lay off 60 workers at its production facility in Nagykanizsa, southwest Hungary,...

Recycling

Bridgestone to start test production in Q4

Test production at Japanese tyre producer Bridgestone's expanded unit in Tatabánya, northwest Hungary, is expected to start in in Q4...

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...