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Voluntary Pension Fund Contributions up 8% in 2023

Voluntary pension fund contributions rose 8.2% to HUF 152.6 billion in 2023, data released by the National Bank of Hungary...

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Investment Company Profits up 11% in 2023

The after-tax profit of investment companies overseen by the National Bank of Hungary rose 11% to HUF 53.8 billion in...

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Insurers’ Premiums Revenue Climbs 5% in 2023

Revenue from premiums of members of the Association of Hungarian Insurance Companies (Mabisz) rose 5% to HUF 1.56 tln last...

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Average Gross Earnings Reach HUF 655,600 in December

Full-time employees’ average gross earnings reached HUF 655,600 in December 2023 up 16.4% year-on-year, according to data released by the...

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Montenegro Inflation Picks up in January

Montenegro's consumer price index (CPI) increased by 4.4% year-on-year in January, after rising by an annual 4.3% in December, the...

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Latvia Producer Prices Fall Further on Year in January

Producer prices in Latvia declined 8.1% year-on-year in January, falling for the seventh consecutive month, after an 11.3% drop in...

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Bosnia Avg Net Monthly Salary up in December

The average net monthly salary in Bosnia and Herzegovina stood at BAM 1,297 (EUR 663) in December, up by a...

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Serbia Inflation Rate Falls on Year in January

Serbia's consumer prices rose by 6.4% year-on-year in January, after increasing by an annual 7.6% in December, the Belgrade-based Central...

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Fewer Internet Users Visit Online Hungarian Media

Last year, 3.9 million internet users visited online Hungarian media every day, an analysis by the National Media and Infocommunications...

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Kosovo Inflation Rate falls in January

Kosovo's harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) advanced by 1.8% year-on-year in January, after increasing by an annual 2.3% in...

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Bulgaria Unemployment Rate Rises in Q4

Bulgaria posted a jobless rate of 4.2% in the fourth quarter of last year, or 0.5 percentage points (p.p.) higher...

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Czech Inflation Eases to 2.3% in January

The annual inflation rate in the Czech Republic eased sharply to 2.3% in January from 6.9% in the previous month,...

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MOL Q4 Earnings Climb

Fourth-quarter net income of oil and gas company MOL rose 49pc year-on-year to HUF 107 billion despite declining revenue, state...

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Bamosz Investment Fund NAV Close to HUF 14.553 tln in January

The net asset value of investment funds managed by members of the Association of Hungarian Investment Fund and Asset Management...

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Lithuania Inflation Rate Falls in January

Lithuania's annual inflation rate slowed to 0.7% in January from 1.2% in the previous month, data from the Vilnius-based Statistics...

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Hungary’s Unemployment Rate Stands at 4.6% in September

Hungary’s unemployment rate stood at 4.6% in September, with 224,000 people unemployed, according to data published by the Central Statistical...

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Hungary’s 2027 Budget Assumes 2.4% GDP Growth, 3% Inflation

Hungary’s draft 2027 budget assumes GDP growth of 2.4% and average annual inflation of 3%, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said...

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Hungary’s Gross Wages Rise 8.4% to HUF 740,600 in August

Average gross monthly earnings for full-time employees in Hungary rose 8.4% year-on-year to HUF 740,600 in August, according to the...

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Hungary’s Inflation at 1.6% in September 2026

Consumer prices in Hungary rose 1.6% year-on-year in September, while prices increased 0.2% from August, according to data from the...

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Government Opens HUF 2.2 bln in Funding for Hungarian Communities Abroad

Two funding schemes supporting ties with ethnic Hungarian communities abroad open for applications this week, offering HUF 2.2 bln for...

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Hungary’s Budget Deficit Reaches 6.2% of GDP in H1 2026

Hungary’s general government deficit reached HUF 2.810 tln, or 6.2% of GDP, in the first half of 2026, as expenditure...

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Hungary to Raise Lowest Pensions From January

Hungary will raise the minimum pension to HUF 120,000 and introduce tiered increases for other low pensions from Jan. 1,...

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Hungary Lifts Debt Issuance Plan to HUF 8.7 tln as Financing Needs Grow

Hungary’s Gov't Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) has raised its 2026 net issuance target to HUF 8.717 tln, citing a larger-than-expected...

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Hungary’s Average Gross Earnings up 7.5% in July

Average gross monthly earnings for full-time employees in Hungary rose 7.5% year-on-year to HUF 745,500 in July 2026, while average...

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O3 Partners Posts EUR 1.45 mln First-Half Profit as Revenue More Than Quadruples

Budapest-listed O3 Partners reported a EUR 1.45 mln after-tax profit for the first half of 2026, reversing a EUR 470,000...

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Hungary Annual Inflation Reaches 1.3% in August

Consumer prices in Hungary rose by 1.3% year-on-year in August 2026, and 0.2% from July, according to data published by...

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Hungary’s Industrial Output Rises 4.7% in July

The volume of industrial production in Hungary rose 4.7% year-on-year in July, according to unadjusted data published by the Central...

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BUX Hits Record High in August as Budapest Stock Exchange Trading Remains Active

The Budapest Stock Exchange’s benchmark BUX index continued to rise in August, reaching a new all-time high during the month...

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Hungary Births Fall 8.2% in July, Marriages Rise

A total of 6,197 children were born in Hungary in July, about 8.2% fewer than a year earlier, while the...