The two battery waste management companies belonging to the ALTEO group challenged the ruling, arguing that used batteries are products for sale rather than waste.
Over 25 years after Hungary’s 1990s oil scandals, crucial documents that could explse the links between criminal gangs, the police, and politicians are held back by the authorities.
Former construction minister János Lázár has been fined over 35,000 Euros by the local forestry authority for constructions in a forest without permit.
Atlatszo is rasing funds for a documentary following journalist Zsuzsa Bodnár as she investigates the costs of Hungary's "battery rush".
More than 2.75 billion Euros in assets had returned to direct Hungarian state ownership after the new parliament began dismantling Hungary’s system of public-interest asset management foundations, or KEKVAs.
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