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Magazine: GKI celebrates 25 years with a conference
Date: 2018-02-14 07:38:48
GKI Economic Research Zrt. organised a conference to celebrate its 25th birthday. Participants discussed whether Hungary should join the euro area or not. Nándor Csepreghy, secretary of state at the Prime Minister’s Office opined...
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KSH: Cigarette, alcohol and food prices have risen the most
Date: 2018-02-13 11:40:34
In January, consumer prices were 2.1 percent higher than in the previous year and were 0.3 percent higher than in December – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Tuesday....
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A new member will be added to the Central European leadership of Mars
Date: 2018-02-13 11:15:46
As a global FMCG company, the family-owned Mars greets a new board member: as part of the corporate communications strategy, Zuzana Lošáková joins the company as a director of corporate...
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Great Tokaji Wine Auction in April again
Date: 2018-02-13 11:12:09
The Tokaj Wine Order organizes the Great Tokaji Wine Auction again for the sixth time between 20 and 22 April, which can attract the attention of the world’s most committed...
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Special guided tour at the beer show
Date: 2018-02-13 11:10:11
On the occasion of the World Day of Tour Guides, the visitors can attend free guided tours at the This is Beer! exhibition of the Hungarian Museum of Trade and...
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Strategic cooperation between the Agricultural Chamber and MÉDOSZ
Date: 2018-02-13 11:05:07
The National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) concluded a strategic cooperation with the Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Water Workers’ Trade Union (MÉDOSZ) on Tuesday, in order to increase the retaining power...
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The advertiser giant warns Facebook and Google
Date: 2018-02-13 11:04:32
Unilever, one of the world’s largest advertisers, will spend less on marketing at Google and Facebook, if these platforms continue to divide, spread hate or fail to protect the child...
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German organic production is expanding
Date: 2018-02-13 11:04:21
The world’s largest organic exhibition, the BioFach opens on 14 February – agrarszektor.hu wrote. The Germans are developing their organic production continuously, but the demand seems to grow immensely. The...
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The competition commissioner named the last condition of the giant fusion
Date: 2018-02-13 11:03:52
Margrethe Vestager EU Competition Commissioner sees only one issue to be clarified before the Bayer-Monsanto fusion, and this is about future digital developments – agrarszektor.hu wrote. Bayern made a generous...
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“The long forgotten plant” has risen
Date: 2018-02-13 11:01:58
The Szarvaskerep loves the country’s rainy climate. But researchers of the University of Debrecen do not let it extinct. Seeds available in Hungary are now largely from Western Europe, where...
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A new city district can be built next to the WestEnd
Date: 2018-02-13 10:30:32
The Gránit Pólus is planning a development in the most prosperous area of Central and Eastern Europe and Budapest – Világgazdaság Online wrote. The western city center is the largest...
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Chinese-Hungarian agrarian relations may be expanded
Date: 2018-02-13 10:10:33
The delegation from the Chinese Autonomous Province of Ningxia-Huj was informed about the results of the grape wine and the grain results in Hungary and the possibilities of professional cooperation...
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Waberer’s: Growth continues in the rest of the year
Date: 2018-02-13 09:32:29
Waberer’s International Plc. expects growth to continue in the last quarter and the expected results will be fulfilled in 2017, on the basis of the favorable third quarter. Lajkó Ferenc,...
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Magazin: More land used to grow wheat on the Northern Hemisphere
Date: 2018-02-13 07:05:07
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that farmers will soon finish sowing wheat seeds on the Northern Hemisphere. According to...
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SPAR helped hundreds of thousands people
Date: 2018-02-12 11:26:46
SPAR spent about 170 million HUF on social initiatives and charitable purposes in 2017. For many years, the company has been focusing on supporting communities and organizations involved in public...
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Fraudulent webshops are suspected of offering cheap products
Date: 2018-02-12 11:10:43
Fraudulent webshops are fundamentally different from those that work regularly, that they are offering their products remarkably inexpensively, and their appearance is very simple – the Quadron Kibervédelmi Kft. told...
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Thirty Hungarian wines were included in this year’s wine selection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Date: 2018-02-12 11:10:01
This year’s wine selection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (KKM) includes 30 high quality Hungarian wines, representing the Hungarian wine culture at foreign missions and KKM diplomatic events. Wines...
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Nébih punishes with grant-deduction
Date: 2018-02-12 11:06:47
Approximately 3,000 farmers can count on the deduction of subsidy due to the fact that they have not submitted electronic business report (webGN) to the National Food Chain Safety Office...
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Employees with a changed ability to work are good for the companies
Date: 2018-02-12 11:05:41
This year, a company with more than 25 employees who does not employ a sufficient number of people with reduced working capacity has to pay 1,242,000 HUF rehabilitation allowance –...
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Heineken’s profits increased last year
Date: 2018-02-12 11:04:40
The Heineken beer company’s operating profit excluding one-off items rose 6.2 percent to 3.759 billion euros last year, which was broadly in line with the analysts’ expected 3.75 billion euros...
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New bacterial strain in organic farming
Date: 2018-02-12 11:04:34
Scientists from the University of Szeged (SZTE) found a new bacterial strain that can be used in organic farming. The patented strain is naturalized by one of the largest biocontrollers...
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Soon, whiskey can be produced by using wind power
Date: 2018-02-12 11:01:52
Brown-Forman, producer of Jack Daniel’s, has contracted an energy company in Kansas. The Solomon Forks wind farm will soon provide nearly all of the beverage manufacturer’s electricity demand from wind...
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Fake cow registrations in the Netherlands
Date: 2018-02-12 11:00:45
Signs of fraud in the registering of dairy cows were found at 2,100 cattle farms, Minister Carola Schouten of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality announced in a letter to the...
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World food prices fell in November
Date: 2018-02-12 10:48:51
World food prices declined. The food price index calculated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) dropped by 0.5 percent, to 175.8 points from the previous 176.6 points....
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The low-grade Chinese honey will be controlled more strictly
Date: 2018-02-12 10:40:22
In the future, the Hungarian National Beekeeping Association (OMME) and the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) will pay more attention to the quality control of honeys sold in Hungary...
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Magazine: Strong Swedish presence in Hungary
Date: 2018-02-12 07:43:21
At the moment there are about 180 Swedish companies present in Hungary and they employ approximately 17,000 people. Márta Böddi, the office manager of Business Sweden in Budapest told our magazine...
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Experience, personalised shopping, technological innovations
Date: 2018-02-10 23:30:26
Analysts say online sales will become 2-3 times bigger in Hungary in just 5 years’ time. In addition to technological innovations, it is also important that online retailers can now...
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Members of Generation Y use gadgets 11 hours a day
Date: 2018-02-10 23:23:54
The so-called Millennials – members of Generation Y – use various digital devices 11 hours a day, revealed a survey conducted by Nielsen in the United States. It turned out...
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Hungarian consumer confidence at a 10-year peak
Date: 2018-02-10 23:15:10
In the 3rd quarter of 2017 the Hungarian consumer confidence index reached another record height with 76 points. The European average was 87 points – revealed a 63-country online survey...
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