The French automotive supplier specializing in metal foundry Sicta is on a roll implementing an about EUR 11 million project in Felsõzsolca, NE Hungary. The expansion, subsidized by the Hungarian government with an undisclosed amount, is to create 115 new jobs.
The latest sustainability report by HEINEKEN Hungária says the company has recycled 98% of the generated waste and covers 22% of its energy consumption from renewable sources and has reduced its specific water consumption by 13.8% since 2008.
In order to spread modern electronic payment methods, the government has decided to support the deployment of another 30,000 bank card acceptance points, State Secretary in the Ministry of National Development Ágnes Hornung has announced.
Half a year after the announcement of its 2030 strategy, Hungary's MOL Group has signed license agreements signed with Evonik and thyssenkrupp that will enable MOL to produce propylene oxide, a key component for the production of polyether polyols.
Italian actor Franco Nero has a very impressive list of movies (over 200) to his belt. Coming up from time to time in that list is the name ‘Django’. He has talked to Diplomacy&Trade in an exclusive interview at a recent visit to Budapest.
Following talks with the premiers of the V4 countries in Budapest on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that cooperation with Israel in the fight against terrorism and in innovation is in the interest of Europe and the Visegrád countries.
The Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter Plc. has announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization to Reagila (cariprazine) a novel antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia in adult patients.
Due a bomb threat, police examine all international trains in Hungary on Wednesday - the National Police Force said on its website. An unknown man made a phone call announcing that a bomb was placed on international trains on the Hungarian rail network.
The Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace in Budapest has been chosen as the Top European City Hotel by the tourism size travelandleaisure.com. It finished ahead of two hotels in the Bristsih capital, London: Hotel 41 and the Milestone Hotel.
Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas received Slovenian ambassador Ksenija ©krilec and thanked her for her work as head of the Slovenian mission since the autumn of 2013 and praised the recent successful cooperation between the two countries.
The Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH) s establishing a ‘For a Sustainable Future’ prize with the purpose of recognizing and disseminating to a wide audience the activities of leaders and companies in the field of sustainability.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu has arrived to Budapest for a four-day official visit during which he is scheduled to meet with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Presdient János Áder and other officials.
General Electric Hungary has joined the Hungarian government's supplier program that is aimed at increasing the share of Hungarian companies taking part in the development and production of high value added products and services.
More than 5,000 local government employees took part in the twp-hour warning strike organized by the Trade Union of Hungarian Civil Servants and Public Employees (MKKSZ) Monday morning in order to accentuate demands of wage increase.

