Budapest

Lukas Bay
Age: 29 Workplace: Online magazine Handelsblatt Online, Düsseldorf Topics Business and Markets Host Workplace: Online magazine Hvg.hu, Budapest Duration of stay: 19 January until 2 February 2013 What I want to report on: What does reality look like at the outer borders of the EU? Why doesn’t Hungary profit as much from the economic revival in Eastern Europe as its neighbours? How I have seen Hungary up to now: My image of Hungary is limited to those reported on in the western media about revitalized nationalism and the restricted press.

His Hungarian exchange partner Andrea Lukács has been reporting from Düsseldorf in November 2012.

Budapest, 29.1.2013: “We Want to Be the Cradle”

Quite a number of foreign companies complain about Hungary’s policy being unpredictable. In this interview, Frank Klein, head of Daimler’s plant at Kecskemét, explains how he has experienced Hungarian politics and speaks about the future of Germany’s dual training system in Hungary. more ...

Budapest, 29.1.2013: Where the Mercedes at the Super Bowl came from

Daimler advertised the CLA with lots of skin at the US Super Bowl. The car is produced in Hungary. Daimler built one of the group’s largest plants on a vast estate in the Puszta plains. more ...

Budapest, 28.1.2013: “Hungary Does Not Have to Keep Its People”

Production of the new A3 will be launched at Audi’s Győr plant in June. In this interview, Managing Director Thomas Faustmann dismisses quality concerns and criticizes Hungary’s university reform. more ...

Budapest, 28.1.2013: Risen from Ruins

Győr in western Hungary is already home to VW’s largest engine plant. In June, production launch of the new A3 will give further drive to the location’s importance. A visit to a revitalised industrial city. more ...

Budapest, 25.1.2013: Hungary, Where is Your Luxury?

The boutiques in Budapest are empty and still. Salespeople stand solitary in the glittering world behind the shop windows. Hungary’s luxury shops are losing customers. “Budapest has lost its identity,” says expert Oliver Petcu more ...

Budapest, 22.1.2013: Washing Off a Bad Rep

The Gellért Thermal Baths in Budapest have acquired a somewhat infamous reputation since it became known that Ergo Insurance Group agents had a sex party there. Does this image stand up to reality? Lukas Bay tread the paths of the sex tourists in Budapest. more ...