News and articles

The performance of agricultural exports is outstanding for years

The driving force behind the Hungarian economy was agriculture in 2016, the performance of agricultural exports is high for many years – Czerván György, Minister of State for the Ministry...

Read more

The Pécsi Sör Premium Lager Beer Pécs became the Product of the Year in the beer category

Hungary’s oldest operating brewery is the Pécsi Sörfőzde. The company has nearly 170 years of open brewing experience. The Pécsi Sör is truly unique and innovative, not only in terms...

Read more

A new era of eating problems has begun

Overweight and obesity are more frequent and a whole range of diseases will comewith them – the new FAO report on the European and Central Asian region reveals. Due to...

Read more

Good crop prospects in orchards, despite the harsh winter

The unusually cold winter frost did not cause significant damage to the orchards – the Hungarian Horticultural Propagation Management Company (MKSZ) states on the basis of laboratory tests of fourteen...

Read more

VinCE Budapest: the Torres, Taittinger and the Roederer houses among the guests

Miguel Torres, Clovis Taittinger and the cellar master of the Roederer Champagne house will held master courses at the 8th VinCE Budapest Wine Show, during which a number of specialties,...

Read more

Cooperation agreement between the NÉBIH and the Association of Excise Services

The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) and the Customs, Excise and Taxation Service Providers Association (VJASZSZ) signed a cooperation agreement to contribute to the fight against food adulteration and...

Read more

Crisis in the ostrich industry in Hungary

The ostrich industry in Hungary is in trouble. Demand declined significantly, sales prices decreased, the profit is mainly goes to the Slovak, Romanian, Italian and Czech processors, so fewer and...

Read more

The CEO of the Year was awarded

Under the 32nd CEO Summit, the awards for the the most outstanding business leaders of the year were handed over in Röjtökmuzsaj. The CEO of the Year recognition was awarded...

Read more

We spent seventeen thousand billion last year

In 2016, the consumption spending of families rose by 5 percent faster than in-store purchases. The 17 thousand billion HUF spendings roughly correspond to the level of the spendings of...

Read more

NÉBIH: 12 million investigations within five years

Since its inception, the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) initiated more than 12 million investigations and restrained approximately 10 billion HUF VAT and other tax avoidances in the past...

Read more

Analysts: foreign trade surplus is decreasing, but remains high

Foreign trade surplus is expected to decrease this year, but still remains high – according to analysts commenting the most recent data of the Central Statistical Office (KSH). According to...

Read more

The Szentkirályi-Kékkúti Ásványvíz increased its share on the market of non-flavored mineral waters

The Szentkirályi-Kékkúti Ásványvíz Kft. has maintained its leading position in the domestic mineral water market. The company reached nearly 15 billion HUF in revenues in 2016. In terms of the...

Read more

More than 6,300 tons of tobacco grown last year in Hungary

In Hungary, a total of 6343 tons of tobacco was produced in 2016 on 3366 hectares. Compared to the figures from two years ago the average yield increased, while area...

Read more

Univer is breeding red pepper with EU support

The Univer Product Zrt. and its consortium partners are breeding pepper and developing horticultural technology from the 531 million HUF grants won within the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Program...

Read more

The Chamber of Agriculture issued eighty thousand fewer farmers’ certificates

Compared to recent years, the Chamber of Agriculture issued more than eighty thousand fewer farmers’ certificates. Süle Katalin Chamber presidency spokesperson told M1 news channel on Monday that the decline...

Read more

Survey on the British spending habits

Britain is a nation of vodka drinkers who wear Nike, prefer to gamble at Ladbrokes and don’t realise Brexit will make life more expensive, according to a consumer survey by...

Read more

Hungarian companies can participate in one of the world’s largest startup festival

Five Hungarian innovative companies can participate in the world’s largest startup festival, at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive organized in Austin, USA. The Hungarian participation is carried out with...

Read more

The NAV seized twelve thousand bottles of fake perfumes

The finance guards of the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) seized twelve thousand bottles of fake perfumes hidden in a warehouse – the press officer of NAV’s Bács-Kiskun County...

Read more

Capital reduction at the Hungarian subsidiary of McDonald’s

The Hungarian subsidiary of McDonald’s decided about a significant capital reduction – Világgazdaság Online wrote. The McDonald’s Magyarországi Étterem Hálózat Kft. will reduce its equity capital from 6.5 billion HUF...

Read more

Annual market nears 30 billion forints

Combined sales of the five hair care categories Nielsen monitors realised 3 percent higher value sales between December 2015 and November 2016 than a year earlier. The 12-month market exceeded...

Read more

Chamber of agriculture joins Brussels lobby group

The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) joined Brussels-based lobbyist The Association for Better European Access to Nutrients (ABEAN). ABEAN is lobbying for the abolition of the 6.5-percent import duty on...

Read more

Consumer recognitions can bring significant sales growth

The winning of the Product of the Year Award (POY) award may bring an average of 40 percent increase in traffic for the brands, but the scope of consumers may...

Read more

Beekeepers proposed a honey data bank

There is a need to create a EU honey data bank, in order to reduce the counterfeit import products mainly from Asia – Bross Péter, president of the Hungarian National...

Read more

Fish can be cheaper in stores

The Ministry of Agriculture (FM) initiates a VAT reduction for fish, because the measure would whiten the sector and would contribute to double the consumption of fish in a few...

Read more

Energy Globe Magyarország: the best Hungarian sustainability ideas

Gastronomy, fashion and alternative energy sources. It was revealed who will receive awards for the most innovative projects at the competition of the Energy Globe Magyarország. The Hungarian competition of...

Read more

Chamber of Agriculture: sectoral cooperation should be placed on new basics

The cooperation in agriculture should be placed on new basics. Integration should be made more attractive – Győrffy Balázs, president of the National Association of Agricultural Economics (NAK) said at...

Read more

KSH: foreign trade turnover started the year well

In January, the value of export in euros increased by 14.3 percent, while the value of import increased by 15.1 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year....

Read more

Syngenta Wine Competition: Tokaj won among the wine-growing regions

The Syngenta National Wine Competition was held for the sixteenth time. This year a total of 459 entries were received from the wine-producing regions of the country. At the contest...

Read more

The tourist season begins in Gyula

The tourist season is about to start in Gyula: The 7th Sausage Muster of Gyula will take place from 31 March to 2 April – was announced at the event...

Read more

Twenty-one Hungarian companies to debut at this year’s CeBIT exhibition

This year, 21 Hungarian companies will debut at this year’s CeBIT exhibition in Hannover. In the future Hungary would like to be the partner country of Europe’s largest digital trade...

Read more
Oldal