• Only 1/4 of Companies Plan on Year-End Bonuses in Hungary

    Only 1/4 of Companies Plan on Year-End Bonuses in Hungary

    • 27 Dec 2023 7:04 AM

    A quarter (26%) of the domestic companies classified as competitive plan to distribute year-end bonuses to their employees, the Economic and Entrepreneurship Research Institute of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced its latest survey, during which 1,825 domestic companies were asked about the benefits provided to their employees.

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  • State Sells Stake In Telco Yettel to Help Buy Budapest Airport

    State Sells Stake In Telco Yettel to Help Buy Budapest Airport

    • 20 Dec 2023 7:36 AM

    State-owned Corvinus International Investment has signed agreements on the sale of its 25% stakes in Yettel Magyarország and Yettel Real Estate Hungary, and its 20% stake in CETIN Hungary to a member of Czech investment company PPF Group, the Economic Development Ministry said.

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  • EV R&D Ahead After Hungary’s Automotive Industry Set Record Last Year: HUF 12,000 Billion Sales

    EV R&D Ahead After Hungary’s Automotive Industry Set Record Last Year: HUF 12,000 Billion Sales

    • 20 Dec 2023 7:27 AM

    After securing electric car manufacturing investments in the first phase of the competition for attracting such businesses, now Hungary has a good chance of attracting R and D projects in the sector as well, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said, announcing an investment by the German-owned Schaeffler Savaria, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers.

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  • LG & Magna Investment To Create New Jobs In NE Hungary

    LG & Magna Investment To Create New Jobs In NE Hungary

    • 6 Dec 2023 6:53 AM

    A consortium of South Korea’s LG and Canada’s Magna is investing 20 billion forints (EUR 52.7m) in building its first European plant turning out parts for electric cars, in Miskolc, in north-east Hungary, the foreign minister said in Budapest.

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