News and articles
Brazil is importing coffee
Date: 2017-02-21 11:14:16
Brazil’s government has authorised the country’s first-ever imports of robusta coffee, at the request of the instant coffee industry, and it should soon start taking delivery of limited amounts from...
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Newer applications for local economic and tourism development
Date: 2017-02-21 11:13:48
Another five, call for proposals were published aim to support of local economic and tourism development, energy modernization and development of sustainable urban environment. The value of the call for...
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FM: about ten thousand pheasants should be disposed in Abádszalók
Date: 2017-02-21 11:10:35
Due to avian influenza about ten thousand pheasants, the entire herd must be destroyed in Abádszalók at the Hubertus Hunting Company. The disposal began on Tuesday – the Ministry of...
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HENT: false pesticides can cause cancer and infertility
Date: 2017-02-21 11:02:32
Counterfeit pesticides can have serious adverse health effects in human beings, they may contain dangerous and toxic pollutions and uncontrolled by-products that have carcinogenic or gametes damaging effect – the...
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Invoicing with value limits
Date: 2017-02-21 10:21:37
Those businesses that don’t follow this year’s tax rule changes are risking serious fines – warn the experts of MAZARS. In the past the tax number of a product’s buyer...
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Under a supported roof
Date: 2017-02-21 09:31:04
With a sum up to HUF 5 million in a 5-year period, companies can support the real property buying (or the paying back of real property loans) of employees tax-free....
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Efficient NAV
Date: 2017-02-21 09:29:36
In 2016 the reformed, customer-oriented National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) put HUF 12,793 billion into the national budget, HUF 31 billion more than originally expected by the government. Secretary...
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Cunning merger
Date: 2017-02-21 09:27:27
Hungarian regulation on mergers has changed fundamentally. Due to the changes in competition law, in the future a transaction can be approved in 8 day instead of the present 30...
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ÉFOSZ and Branded Goods Association welcome the ministry’s decision
Date: 2017-02-20 16:54:43
The Federation of Hungarian Food Industries (ÉFOSZ) and the Branded Goods Association (BGA) welcome the announcement that Róbert Zsigó, secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture made today: in...
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Ministry of Agriculture (FM): comprehensive testing has started because of the differences in the quality of food products sold
Date: 2017-02-20 16:54:15
Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas has commissioned another comprehensive laboratory testing of similar food products sold in shops in Hungary and abroad, in order to compare their qualities – told...
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Nielsen: Europe faces slow growth
Date: 2017-02-20 11:29:16
Amid great political and economic change around the world, global consumer confidence moved modestly in 2016, rising three points between the first and fourth quarter to 101. Confidence scores in...
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KSH: gross average earnings increased to over 305 thousand HUF in December
Date: 2017-02-20 11:28:40
Last December, gross average earnings increased by 5.7 percent of gross earnings, while net average earnings were 7.3 percent higher than a year before. Excluding the wages of public employees,...
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The Financial Directive of 2018 revolutionizes mobile banking
Date: 2017-02-20 11:25:58
The online and mobile banking have become everyday part of life for the majority of users. But if the customers want to gain complete control over their financial information belongs...
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There is no powerful Hungarian economy without agriculture and food industry
Date: 2017-02-20 11:24:05
There is no powerful Hungarian economy without agriculture and food industry – the Minister of National Economy underlined at a forum in Budapest, organized for young agricultural professionals. Varga Mihály...
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Agricultural Management Exhibition will begin on Tuesday
Date: 2017-02-20 11:12:07
The 3rd Precision Agricultural Management Exhibition and Conference (Prega) begins on Tuesday this week. Milics Gábor associate professor of the University of West Hungary told M1 news channel on Monday...
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Mountain Villages: fewer grapes this year
Date: 2017-02-20 11:11:37
Fewer grapes will be harvested this year because of the frost – Brazsil Dávid, Secretary-General of the National Council of Wine Communities told M1 news channel on Saturday. The Secretary-General...
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MNB: household wealth increases continuously
Date: 2017-02-20 11:10:40
The net savings of households increased by 522 billion HUF in the fourth quarter of 2016, while in the total year by 1574 billion HUF. In the proportion of the...
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The government launches a supplier development program
Date: 2017-02-20 11:10:25
The government launches a two-year development program for suppliers: The total amount of the program for 2017-2018 will be 14 billion HUF- Varga Mihály, Minister for Economic Affairs said at...
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EU’s energy consumption fell below its 1990 level
Date: 2017-02-20 11:06:20
Energy consumption in the European Union in 2015 was below its 1990 level the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat announced on 20 February. EU dependency on imports of fossil fuel imports...
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Deterioration in consumer confidence in the euro zone
Date: 2017-02-20 11:05:24
Consumer confidence deteriorated larger-than-expected in the eurozone in February. The flash reading for Euro-zone consumer confidence indicator declined to -6.2 for February from a final -4.9 in January and compared...
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Agrárkamara: a piaci igényekhez kell igazítani az agrár-felsőoktatást
Date: 2017-02-20 11:02:38
A munkaerőpiac igényeihez kell igazítani az agrár-felsőoktatást, egyebek mellett a kereslet és a kínálat hatékony összeegyeztetésével, valamint jelentős kutatásfejlesztési tevékenység támogatásával, mert a képzési problémák már az ágazat versenyképességét veszélyeztetik...
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dm launches activebeauty Online Magazine
Date: 2017-02-20 10:57:21
In 2009 dm started the activebeauty customer loyalty programme in Hungary. The drugstore chain’s magazine plays a key role in keeping in touch with customers. From this year the activebeauty...
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Personal changes at DS Smith Packaging Hungary
Date: 2017-02-20 09:59:25
Since September 2016 Levente Szabó has been the new sales and marketing director of DS Smith Packaging. György Greksza was appointed design and innovation director in Hungary. Monika Cervenak’s new position is regional sales director...
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Magazine: A more premium ham market
Date: 2017-02-20 07:03:06
Market research data showed that less smoked and smoked-cooked meat was sold last Easter than in the same period a year before. Market players say premium quality products are pushing...
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More than 73 million forints worth of donations made in Tesco stores
Date: 2017-02-19 18:07:43
Within the framework of the Hungarian Interchurch Aid’s programme called ‘love.hunger’, last year Tesco workers and customers collected more than HUF 73 million, by buying more than 295,000 HUF 250...
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The food brands also respond to the different tastes of consumers
Date: 2017-02-17 11:40:01
The same brands are sometimes marketed with different contents – the investigations of the Hungarian Food Safety Authority (Nébih) suggest. But the manufacturers of brands mentioned in the news coverage...
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According to a processing company, poultry production in Hungary might be restored by May
Date: 2017-02-17 11:30:38
According to a processing company, poultry production in Hungary might be restored by as early as May – the CEO of the Pannon Fine Food Kft. told MTI on Wednesday....
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Pioneer: a growth of around 4 percent is expected in Hungary
Date: 2017-02-17 11:25:18
In the next two years the economic growth can be around 4 percent in Hungary and the CEE region has also have favorable prospects – Forián-Szabó Gergely, chief investment officer...
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Hungarian foie gras export has almost stopped
Date: 2017-02-17 11:25:02
The Hungarian foie gras and duck liver export has almost stopped completely, due to the avian influenza. Deliveries to the Asian-Pacific markets essentially ceased to exist, and faltering significantly in...
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Lego overtook Google
Date: 2017-02-17 11:16:29
Lego has become the most powerful brand in 2017, according to the list of Brand Finance. The toy manufacturer overtook Google, Nike and Ferrari – mfor.hu wrote. The Brand Finance...
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