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Horticulture Subcommittee: Hungarian apricot production is in danger
The Hungarian apricot production is at risk in, because last year, several plantations significantly damaged. At the Gönci region the destruction rate of trees amounted to 30-40 percent, and this...
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Application for Food Industrial development funds to be launched on 25 February
In order to the more thorough preparations, and taking the interests of the farmers into account, the Prime Minister's Office modified the “Mezőgazdasági termékek értéknövelése és erőforrás-hatékonyságának elősegítése a feldolgozásban”...
Read moreStill no decision on the model farms
Although Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture has already made a proposal about which private agricultural companies can become model farms on 15 January, the government has not yet decided on...
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The strong Swiss franc worsens the result of Nestlé
The Swiss food giant’s after-tax profit decreased by 39 percent to 9.1 billion Swiss francs last year – the figyelo.hu wrote. According to the communication of the Company the decline...
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More than sixty thousand visitors at this year’s FeHoVa
More than 60 thousand people visited the 23rd FeHoVa (Weapons, fishing, hunting) international exhibition ended on Sunday. Eastern and Central Europe's largest hunting and fishing exhibition was held at the...
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Thousands of ltds may come to an end
Thousands of limited liability companies may be terminated as a result of the statutory share capital increase from 15 March – Eperjesi Zoltán, deputy head of the economic college of...
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New applications in a value of 138 billion HUF
Six new call for proposals was published on 9 February in the Rural Development Programme, in a value of approximately 138 billion HUF – the Prime Minister’s Office announced. The...
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Markit: still no improvement in the euro zone
After the initial data that was worse than expected, no improvement occured in the euro zone in February. The activities of the private enterprises are struggling with the decline in...
Read moreThe spread of GMO crops is slowing
Since 2012 in terms of the sowing of GMO crops a decline can be experienced in the growth rate – the Agroinform wrote. As the benefits of GMO crops the...
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The consumer protection authority withdrew dangerous baby clothes
During the inspection of the National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) 101 kinds, nearly 800 pieces of baby clothes were found that due to inadequate drawstrings posed a serious risk to...
Read moreGerman electronics exports broke record
The foreign trade of electronic and electric products in Germany broke a record last year – according to a report published on the website of the ZVEI industrial professional organization....
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Road toll policy under non-governmental control
In mid-January an Organisation for Social Harmonisation (UTESZ) was established to control the use of revenue from road toll collection. The new organisation’s goal is to supervise the road toll...
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Auchan to train managers from the autumn
In the autumn of 2016 the Auchan Group launches its 4-year international training programme, called Auchan Graduate Programme. Talented Hungarian graduates and young Auchan employees will get the chance to...
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National Food Tracking Platform established
Dr Lajos Bognár, deputy secretary of state responsible for food chain safety opened the founding congress of the National Food Tracking Platform, where 150 participants represented Hungarian food businesses, authorities,...
Read morePork’s VAT cut: fair play by OKSZ members
From 1 January 2016 the VAT on pork became 5 percent instead of the former 27 percent. In the first month the members of the National Trade Association (OKSZ) –...
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Mondelez to sell Negro
Győri Keksz Kft., a member of the Mondelez International group, will commence negotiations in the spring with potential buyers about selling Negro and the factory that manufactures the product in...
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Cappy launches new sub-brand
Cappy helps consumers to start mornings better than before: the brand put Cappy Great Start! morning drinks on the market – Cappy Great Start! Orange Mix 100% and Cappy Great...
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The rise in real wages continues
Employers and employees are negotiating about wage increase levels that will bring real wage increases, while the continued low inflation could also contribute to the further growth of real wages...
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Lidl Magyarország won a prestigious International award for socially responsible operations
On the World Day of Social Responsibility, the Lidl Magyarország was awarded with a prestigious international awards. The professional jury of the World CSR Day awarded the supermarket chain with...
Read moreThe Savings Bank and the Association of Grain Producers are working together
The National Association of Grain Producers and the Savings Bank signed a cooperation agreement in order to the more efficient use of the endowments of the Hungarian grain production sector,...
Read moreThe climate change has drawn into the world map of pears
The cultivation of pears fell recently in Hungary due to the repeated failure experiences, therefore the domestic crop runs out quickly. In spite of the fact that crop prices are...
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Gyula Budai: the Russian embargo was bad for Hungary and Britain
The Russian embargo had a profound impact on the Hungarian economy and the British economy also faced significant negative effects because of the restrictive measures imposed on Russia – Budai...
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The HELL ENERGY invests a further 25-30 billion HUF in Hungary
It is planned that the HELL ENERGY Magyarország Kft. will invest a further 25-30 billion HUF in the next five to eight years in Hungary – the energy drink manufacturer...
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KávéBár weekend and Sommelier Championship in Budapest
The visitors of the KávéBár Bazár can taste more than two hundred products (coffees, wines, spirits, accompanying morsels) of fifty exhibitors on Saturday and Sunday at the Corinthia Hotel Budapest....
Read moreThe agricultural ministry started negotiations with the fishermen
Nagy István, Parliamentary Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) took part at a consultation with the representatives of the Hungarian natural water fishing organizations, on Thursday in...
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Consumer sentiment deteriorated in the euro zone and in the EU as well
Consumer confidence deteriorated in February in the euro zone and in the European Union – according to the European Commission's preliminary flash estimate that was published on Friday. The sentiment...
Read moreThe agricultural damages caused by migrants will be compensated partially
According to a government decision, the Ministry of Agriculture allocated 100 million HUF to mitigate the agricultural damages caused by the illegal immigrants in 2015 near Hungary's southern border. The...
Read moreCisco: In 2020, 70 percent of the world’s population will be mobile users
Smart mobile devices and connections[2] are projected to represent 72 percent of total mobile devices and connections by 2020—up from 36 percent in 2015. Smart devices are forecasted to generate...
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Oracle: the majority of companies are open to cloud services
Most of the companies think positively about cloud services, 92 percent of them like the cloud services because they accelerate innovation, 76 percent like the solution because of attracting new...
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Together for babies – for the fifth time
Drugstore chain dm organised its ‘Together for babies’ charity programme for the fifth time. The drugstore chain cooperates with the Catholic Charity to help families and children who live in...
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