A recent survey found that most people living in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia (collectively known as the Visegrád Group or the V4), are happy with tighter cooperation, and they also tend to agree on key issues such as immigration or the way Western Europe treats the region.

The presentation of Open Studios is among the programs of Budapest Design Week, running this year from October 6-15. Visitors to the selected 17 workshops can gain an insight into design and often even manufacturing processes.

Retail chain Tesco sold a total of 944,556 tons of food in its Hungarian stores in its 2016-2017 financial year, while donating some 29% of its unsold but still edible food surplus to charitable causes, says a report by online business news portal vg.hu.

Budapest City Council will consider a proposal to sell the "Whale" (Bálna), a cultural, recreational and commercial center on the Pest bank of the Danube, for no less than net HUF 11 billion, a proposal on the agenda for a meeting of city leaders scheduled for Wednesday shows, as reported by state news wire MTI.

The Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) on Thursday launched an "ICT export academy" targeted at SMEs in the information and communications technology sector. The training course is aimed at improving the chances of Hungarian ICT companies of entering foreign markets.

The Hungarian Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) and Hungarian Export Credit Insurance, which share a single corporate identity under the name EXIM, organized the first Export Credit and Insurance Conference for Visegrád Group countries in Budapest on Thursday, state news agency MTI reported.

German car maker Daimler Thursday laid the cornerstone of a more than HUF 3 billion training center at its base in Kecskemét, central Hungary, state news agency MTI reported. Hungaryʼs government is supporting the investment with a HUF 622 million grant.

Hungarian dietary supplements maker Béres Gyógyszergyár inaugurated a HUF 3.2 billion capacity expansion Thursday at its base in Szolnok, east-central Hungary, in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, state news wire MTI reported.

Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas have sold their shares in Hungarian oil and gas company MOL, their partner in the Pearl consortium operating in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and started arbitration proceedings over a recent settlement with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), disputing the validity of a default notice MOL has served.

Hungary has made progress in scaling back the bureaucracy businesses must deal with, but there is still room for improvement, Dale A. Martin, President-CEO of Siemens Zrt. and head of the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK), said in an interview in Thursdayʼs issue of business daily Világgazdaság.

Hungaryʼs cash flow-based general government, excluding local councils, ran a HUF 979.9 billion deficit at the end of August, 84% of the full-year target, a second reading of data from the Ministry for National Economy confirmed Thursday. The ministry stated that the deficit target of 2.4% of GDP can still be safely achieved.

Luggage manufacturer and retailer Samsonite is opening its second assembly plant in Hungary, creating some 100 new jobs and manufacturing for export, according to a report in economic daily Világgazdaság.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold a combined HUF 25 billion of securities at auction on Thursday, higher than its original offer, according to state news wire MTI.

The demographic perspectives are gloomy for Hungary, as its population continues to decrease due to a low birth rate and emigration. And the trend shows no sign of stalling, according to figures from Eurostat, the EUʼs statistical office.

During the first eight months of 2017, traffic at Budapestʼs Liszt Ferenc International Airport increased by 7.8% compared to the corresponding period of 2016, with delays significantly reduced, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Starting from this fall, we will make our self-developed software accessible to all fleet management enterprises or firms that operate a larger fleet. Our software is based on more than a decade of experience and offers the widest range of services amongst similar systems. Our team at CallTec believes that our fleet management system is not only comfortable but also cost-efficient: the cost returns in the case of a fleet of 100 vehicles.

Hungaryʼs net external financing capacity - the combined surplus of the current and capital accounts - rose to EUR 3.122 billion in the second quarter on a high inflow of European Union funding and a rising surplus in the foreign trade of goods, a report released by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) on Wednesday shows.

Hungaryʼs government launched a HUF 20 billion fund to support listings on the Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) at a meeting of mid-sized companies organized by the bourse on Wednesday.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) exchanged bonds maturing in 2020 for HUF 20.0 billion of bonds maturing in 2026 at a switch auction on Wednesday, state news wire MTI reported.

UniCredit Bank Hungary has been certified with immediate effect to offer "consumer-friendly" home loans, state news wire MTI cited the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) as saying on Monday.