The southeastern Hungarian town of Hévíz has received international professional recognition for the development of a sustainable tourism destination; alongside winners from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil and Taiwan, it has earned the Green Destinations bronze certification, the city’s mayor, Péter Naszádos has announced. In his statement, the mayor noted that the Green Destinations Standard […]

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) stock index fell this week amid rising trading volume; the BUX closed at 143,453.78 points on Friday, down 1,803.56 points, or 1.24%, from the previous week. Weekly trading volume totaled HUF 133.5 billion, up from HUF 126.9 billion the previous week, with leading stocks – with the exception of Magyar […]

The Hungarian government will allocate nearly HUF 60 billion (EUR 165 million) over the coming years to the National Afforestation and Urban Greening Program, the minister for the living environment, László Gajdos, said on social media on Saturday. Under the program, 12 million saplings will be planted, at least 1,320 hectares of new state-owned forest […]

Retail sales in Hungary rose 4.3% year-on-year in September, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) show. Retail sales rose at the same pace when adjusted for calendar year effects. Adjusted food sales edged down 0.1%, non-food sales rose 8.7% and turnover at petrol stations increased 6.2%. Online and mail-order sales volume, which accounted […]

The mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony, and the representatives of UNICEF Hungary signed a cooperation agreement on Friday, regarding a series of programs to be launched next year under the name Cities Turning Green (‘Zöldülő városok’), aimed at involving young people in sustainability planning. Antónia Meszaros, the executive director of UNICEF Hungary, said a priority […]

International reserves of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) stood at EUR 62.217 billion at the end of October, up EUR 156 million from a month earlier, preliminary data released by the central bank on Friday show. Stock of cash, deposits and securities in the reserves rose by EUR 501m to EUR 46.025 billion, while […]

Hungarians reported HUF 3,048bn of investment income on their tax returns in 2025, National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV) data compiled by economic research institute GKI show. The investment income, including interest, dividends and capital gains, rose 7% from a year earlier. The data show 366,000 Hungarians – around 3.9% of the population – reported […]

Investor confidence in Hungary has solidified in recent months; the coming period will be about building credibility, implementing next year’s and the medium-term fiscal path, which could lead to the adoption of the euro by 2032, the chief economist at ING Bank, Péter Virovácz, at a press event in Budapest this week. As he noted, […]

The government has developed Hungary's National Water Retention Concept and Action Plan, defining the future tasks of Hungarian water management in some 600 pages, László Gajdos, the minister for the living environment, said at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest on Thursday. László Gajdos presented the document at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) […]

After-tax profit of Zwack Unicum, Hungary's biggest spirits maker, edged up 1% year-on-year to HUF 1.6 billion in the first half of its business year started April 1, an earnings report published on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange on Thursday shows. Sales, net of excise tax and a DRS deposit fee for bottles, […]

One of Budapest’s most iconic landmarks will be illuminated in red and white on the evening of November 5 to mark the 80th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Hungary. A statement by the Swiss Embassy in Budapest highlights that the special illumination will celebrate the strong and multifaceted connections between […]

Three-fourths of the shared services centers (SSCs) in Hungary plan to add more higher value-added activities, the head of the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA), Bence Buday said at an industry conference on Wednesday. Outlining the results of a recent survey at the HIPA Business Services Hungary 2026 conference, Bence Buday added that 42% of […]

The names and details of tens of thousands of Communist-era informants have been made public, with the documents now available in Hungary on the nyitottaktak.hu website. Three of the several types of secret service documents have now been made freely available to the public: the so-called "No. 6" files, the "B" (i.e. recruitment) logs and […]

Output of Hungary's industrial sector rose 8.2% year-on-year in September, a first reading of data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Wednesday shows. Output rose at the same pace when adjusted for the number of workdays. Output was lifted by the automotive industry, the computer, electronics and optical products segment, and production of […]

A total of 46 applications were submitted by 37 parties in a tender for the establishment and expansion of wind power capacity in Hungary, the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH) said on Tuesday. Applications were submitted for eight grid nodes across six districts for feed-in capacity of 1,834 MVA. The applications are […]

Hungarian Parliament elected Dr. Péter Fejes Chief Public Prosecutor at Tuesday's session. The former Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Vas County, who retired in 2025, was elected in a secret ballot with 139 votes in favour and six against, effective November 4. Péter Fejes took the oath of office after his election. Péter Fejes, a lawyer, […]