environment
In Hungary, environmental protection is crippled so as not to hinder economic development
There are only four countries in the world that do not have an independent Ministry of the Environment: Saudi Arabia,...
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Leaked ministerial proposal recommends nationalization and concession of waste management in Hungary
According to a ministerial proposal which was leaked to Atlatszo, waste management would eventually become an exclusively central-government controlled practice...
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Mészáros Group acquires lucrative toxic waste processing site after the state renewed its permit
Environmental license of the Tatai Environmental Protection Ltd.’s hazardous waste processing plant at the Almásfüzitő red mud reservoirs was renewed in December 2019....
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Lőrinc Mészáros’ starch factory polluted the water reservoir of the Mátra Power Plant
Visonta-based Viresol filed a lawsuit against Atlatszo when we first reported about their pollution in November, which caused toxic gas...
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Hazardous waste deposit at the red sludge reservoirs in Almásfüzitő was issued a new permit
After several years of waiting, a new environmental permit was granted in December 2019 to Tatai Environmental Protection Ltd. (TKV)’s...
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Stench, fire, flies & rats – billions of forints disappearing from waste facility near Balatonfűzfő
After one hot summer day, residents of Balatonfűzfő would open their windows to ventilate their homes, but instead of the...
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Authorities are overlooking construction works in protected area near Budakeszi
Brutal destruction of a protected natural area is taking place outside the town of Budakeszi according to local activists who...
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Toxic gases released at Mátra Power Plant, locals blame Lőrinc Mészáros’s starch factory
Hydrogen sulfide and nitrogen monoxide have been found in concentrations above the health limit and phosphine has also been detected...
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Lake Fertő closed for construction – locals protest the tourism megaproject in the protected area
Hungary is going to spend HUF 23 billion (70.7 million EUR) on the construction of a new visitor center on...
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Ash dieback: native Hungarian tree species endangered on thousands of hectares
A parasite of the ash trees has become one of the most important forest protection problems in Europe today. Althougt...