Environment

Initiatives

MFB to become financial services center

The Hungarian government is planning to transform the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) into a kind of financial services center in...

Recycling

HUF 6.1 bln invested in cow and pig farm

The Mezort Group yesterday inaugurated a HUF 6.1. bln investment at the Lajta-Hansag dairy farm in Karolyháza, north-western Hungary, said...

Initiatives

Hungarian startups show in Tel Aviv

Ten Hungarian startups were presented to Israeli business leaders in Tel Aviv, Hungarian news agency MTI reported today....

Recycling

Govt signs strategic pact with Takata

The Hungarian government signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Japanese automotive industry supplier Takata in Budapest today, Hungarian news agency...

Initiatives

Norway criticizes police raids on NGOs

Norway strongly criticized Hungary today, saying the country is distancing itself from European democratic norms. Yesterday the Hungarian police raided...

Recycling

EU approves regional aid to Apollo Tyres

Hungary got the green light from the European Union to grant €95.7 mln in aid to India-based Apollo Tyres. The...

Recycling

BAT launches production at HUF 9 bln plant

British American Tobacco (BAT) launched test production at a HUF 9bn plant in Pécs, southwest Hungary, yesterday....

Recycling

Dalkia to buy two Hungarian district heating plants from E.ON

Dalkia Energia announce today that it reached an agreement with E.ON Hungaria to buy two district heating plants in the...

Recycling

RZBC to build HUF 31 bln citric acid plant in Hungary

China's RZBC group will build a HUF 31 bln citric acid plant in Kazincbarcika, government and company officials announced yesterday....

Initiatives

MNB withdraws license of Alba Takarék bank

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) has withdrawn the operating license of savings cooperative Alba Takarékszövetkezet after an investigation revealed...

Recycling

Should Japan restart its nuclear reactors?

Only luck and real courage at 14 nuclear reactors on Japan’s Pacific coast overcame the technical failures of nuclear power...

Recycling

Dozens of companies ready to hire laid off Nokia workers

Dozens of companies are willing to recruit Nokia workers after the Hungarian plant closes, Hungarian daily Népszabadság reported today....

Initiatives

State to buy Hungary-Slovak gas transit company from state-owned shareholder

The state will take direct ownership in Magyar Gáz Tranzit, a Hungarian company responsible for the Slovak-Hungarian gas interconnector, currently...

Initiatives

Sale of TakarékBank stake closed

With Magyar posta’s transfer of its TakarékBank shares on August 6th to Magyar Takarék Befektetési és Vagyongazdálkodási Zrt., the sale...

Initiatives

MOL to acquire LUKOIL stations

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has bought 44 service stations from the Russian oil company LUKOIL in the Czech...

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...