About three out of ten employees in Hungary have already changed jobs due to workplace stress, with most preferring to deal with tense situations by smoking, gossiping, and drinking coffee, according to research by job search website Profession.hu.

Hungaryʼs government took decisions on "economic development matters" affecting 440-450 villages at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a weekly interview on public radio on Friday, state news wire MTI reports.

The European Local Energy Assistance (ELENA) facility will benefit from EUR 97 million of new funding from the European Commission for residential buildings, with the budget supporting project development of energy-efficiency investments in privately and publicly owned housing, the European Investment Bank has told the Budapest Business Journal.

Hungary’s government has decided to build a stadium that can seat more than 20,000 spectators in Budapest for the European Men’s Handball Championship in 2022, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office said at a regular press briefing, state news portal kormany.hu reported.

Icelandic architect Hildur Steinþórsdóttir holds a lecture on the architecture of her hometown, Reykjavik from a personal perspective, presenting some of her favorite buildings, in Három Holló/Drei Raben on March 13, from 6 p.m. the Facebook site of the event reported.

Germanyʼs Lufthansa Technik, a provider of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft, will set up a HUF 43 billion repair base in Miskolc (NE Hungary), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday, as reported by the Reuters agency and Hungarian news wire MTI.   

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold a combined HUF 42.0 billion of securities at auction on Thursday, raising its original offer by HUF 4.0 bln on strong demand for floating-rate bonds, state news wire MTI reported.

Hungaryʼs cash flow-based general government, excluding local councils, ran a HUF 244.5 billion surplus at the end of January, the Ministry of Finance said in a detailed reading of data on Thursday, confirming a preliminary flash report on February 8, state news agency MTI reported.

The National Pálinka Council has discovered interesting anomalies in the tax authorityʼs 2018 data about private distilleries, revealing that less than 7,000 of the more than 23,000 distilling machines were used in 2018, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Budapest Metropolitan University (METU), an accredited private institute of higher education, has announced the appointment of Ágnes Tóth as its new CEO, effective from February, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

In December 2018, average gross earnings amounted to HUF 360,000, some 10.2% higher than in December 2017. In the whole year January–December 2018, average gross earnings amounted to HUF 329,900, up by 11.3% compared to 2017.

In December 2018, the volume of sales in retail shops rose by 3.7% according to raw data, and by 4.1% adjusted for calendar effects, compared to the same month of 2017, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) confirmed in a second reading Thursday.

Construction industry association EVOSZ is urging the government to make funding for investments at SMEs available sooner, association chairman László Koji told state news agency MTI.

Tesla, the American automotive company that specializes in electric cars, plans to open a dealership salon in Budapest, near Petőfi Bridge, according to a report on current affairs news portal hvg.hu.

Hungarian electronic music festival Balaton Sound has said it will rerun its so-called “Safety First” initiative, originally launched last year to help young people become more conscious and secure, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Gránit Pólus Group has named Attila Prosits as its business development director, after he headed the capitalʼs WestEnd City Center mall successfully for nearly ten years, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Gránit Pólus Group has announced the appointment of Simona Ioana Ion as general manager of WestEnd Property Management Ltd., according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Wages at Budapest Airport and its subsidiaries are set to increase by 12.8% on average, as the airport reached an agreement with business councils and trade unions about base wages and bonus increases, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Budapestʼs Central European University (CEU) and international network Scholars at Risk have been jointly awarded the 2019 Politiken Freedom Prize for "protecting scholars and the freedom to think, question and share ideas," according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold HUF 40 billion of bonds maturing in 2026 and 2028, accepting bonds expiring in 2020 as payment at a switch auction on Wednesday, state news wire MTI reported.