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Cutthroat competition on the Chinese smartphone market

Smartphone sales in China increased last year, while the ranking of the manufacturers has changed. Smartphone sales in the fourth quarter increased by 7.9 percent in China year on year...

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Prologis Announces Full Year 2015 Activity in Central & Eastern Europe

Prologis, Inc., the global leader in industrial real estate, today announced full-year 2015 activity in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Operating Performance The company leased 1.75 million square metres in...

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New rules for getting the small-scale farmer ID

The new government decree on small-scale farmer IDs entered into force on 1 January 2016. With the new system farmers’ administrative burden will reduce and a ‘whitening’ process is expected...

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Magazine: More room outside?

These days when going to a grocery store or ordering a burger in a fast food restaurant we very often experience the lack of quality labour force or simply the...

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Hungarian livestock in numbers

The cattle population’s growth that lasts since 2010 has continued. The number of pigs and sheep in the last six months remained virtually unchanged. According to the flash report of...

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The Szentkirályi and the Kékkúti closed a succesful first year together

In the first year of their merger, the net revenues of the Kékkúti Ásványvíz Zrt. and the Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. achieved 15 billion HUF in 2015, 13 percent more than...

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Israel is expecting the Hungarian eggs and beef

Israel has shown interest towards the Hungarian egg and beef – was said at the working breakfast of Uri Yehuda Ariel Haconen, Israel's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and...

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KPMG: more than 174 thousand farmers claimed greening support last year

In the first year of the introduction of the greening support more than 174 thousand Hungarian farmers claimed the support after about 5 million hectares in 2015 – the KPMG...

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The Universal Leaf Tobacco is taking less tobacco from the producers this year

The ULT (Universal Leaf Tobacco) Magyarország Zrt. will significantly reduce its tobacco-producing areas, as well as the yield bought from the farmers this year – the CEO of the Nyíregyháza-based...

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FM: modern crop protection is a key to human health

Modern crop protection is a key to human health, because food safety begins at the soils and healthy plants – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM)...

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Indoor Beer Festival: hundreds of kinds of draft beer in the Gellért

More than a hundred domestic and international draft and bottled beers will be available at the Indoor Beer Festival (Indoor Sörfesztivál), which awaits the guests from Friday to Sunday with...

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Foreign trade expanded in Europe

Last year, both the euro zone and the EU increased their exports and imports, and the trade surplus increased in both regions as well – the European Union's statistical office,...

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The Wal-Mart is the world's sixth most powerful brand

The Disney is the most powerful, while the Apple is the most valuable brand in the world – according to the Global 500 list 2016 of the British Brand Finance...

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Univer24 – The Celebration of Swimming was held for the second time

The Univer24 – The Celebration of Swimming sporting event was held for the second time on 13-14 February 2016 in the sport swimming pool in Kecskemét. The “Univer24 – The...

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GfK: the sales of technical products increased by 8.7 percent in the fourth quarter

The sales of durable technical goods achieved an 8.7 percent growth in the fourth quarter of last year, compared to the same period of the previous year, The total turnover...

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AccorHotels Adds EUR22 Billion to GDP

According to AccorHotels’ first socio-economic footprint study, the company sustains around 880,000 jobs internationally and contributes EUR22 billion to the global GDP, equivalent to the input of a country like...

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Hungarian member in the European Commission’s new agricultural committee of experts

The European Commission formed a high-level committee of experts in order to help stabilise the situation in the agri-food market. On 12 January 2016 commissioner for agriculture Phil Hogan announced...

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Smarties chocolate egg is here

The real milk chocolate Smarties chocolate egg is filled with the well-known, colourful and playful Smarties candies. These candies make up for 16.6 percent of the chocolate figure. There are...

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Magazine: Optimistic start of the year in agriculture

The majority of farmers would be satisfied this year if agriculture’s output – at least in crop yield – would reach the same level as two years ago. So far...

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Financial administrative work takes up too much time

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KSH: agricultural producer prices rose by 5.2 percent in December

Agricultural producer prices were 5.2 percent higher last December, than a year before. In terms of the whole year 2015 agricultural producer prices rose by 0.4 percent. The price of...

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VAT on milk may be reduced

A five-point package of proposals is being created to support dairy farmers – Czerván György, Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture told Magyar Nemzet. The ministry will propose...

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Analysts: GDP growth beyond the expectations

The growth in gross domestic product (GDP) surpassed all analysts' expectations – according to macroeconomic analysts interviewed by MTI. In response to the Central Statistical Office’s (KSH) Friday published data,...

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Measures against honey forgers

The European Commission developed a control plan in order to eliminate industrially created import honey imported to the EU. In Hungary the fake honey have been basically eliminated. The NÉBIH-...

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We need to shift to innovation-driven economy

We need to shift to innovation-driven economy in the coming years. The industry should rely on knowledge, research and development, higher education and vocational education – the Minister of State...

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The stores that throw out food to be fined in France

France has become the first nation in the world that will ban supermarkets if wasting food – according to a new law this month. From now, the large grocery stores...

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The authorities will strictly monitor the unlawfully operating sales presentation companies

The authorities shall cooperate in the procedures relating to the sales presentations and strictly oppose against the offending companies. According to the joint statement of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH),...

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Hungary performs well in the EU export competition

According to the first approximation, the euro zone’s 19 Member States shipped 167.5 billion euros worth goods to the rest of the world in December 2015, which is a three...

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Russia may be the world's largest grain exporter

Russia's government hopes that Russia can become the world's largest grain exporter in the next agricultural year, like the former Soviet Union – Magyar Nemzet Online wrote. Russian Agriculture Minister...

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