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NGM: the structure of industrial production is getting more and more balanced
The structure of industrial production is getting more and more balanced. In addition to the automotive industry, the pharmaceutical and food industries also helped the foreign trade in August –...
Read moreFM: the administrative burden on grape growers and the mountain judges to be reduced
Due to the regulation amendment of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM), the administrative burden on grape growers and the mountain judges will be reduced from mid-October. The Ministry of Agriculture...
Read moreA Pálinka order was founded in Transylvania
The inaugural meeting of the Transylvanian Pálinka Knight Order will take place in Haller castle in Marosugra, near Marosvásárhely. Domokos István, one of the founders of the Knight Order told...
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The Future of Food photo exhibition opens in Budapest
‘The Future of FOOD’ looks at food from all angles and on all continents. It includes portraits of food producers – a potato farmer in the Peruvian Andes, a cabbage...
Read moreSuccessful TAB information forum in Szabadszállás
The Bács-Kiskun County branch of NAK organised an information forum for members of the management of various local agricultural committees (TAB). TAB leaders were informed about changes in the chamber’s...
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Increase in the size of Hungary’s livestock population
According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary’s pig stock grew by 64,000 to 3.1 million. By 1 June 2015 the size of the cattle population increased by...
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Changes in the system of agricultural higher education
NAK opines that the system of agricultural higher education needs a restructuring, in order to give students more complex and practical knowledge. The chamber has also stressed that it is...
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Magazine: Uncertainty in the financial markets
InthesecondhalfofAugust the world’s leading stock exchanges suffered a 10-20 percent drop. The reason behind this was the Chinese economy’s fear of slowing down, which resultedinthe government imposing measures to avoid...
Read moreProcessed meats rank alongside smoking as cancer causes
Bacon, ham and sausages rank alongside cigarettes as a major cause of cancer, the World Health Organisation has said, placing cured and processed meats in the same category as asbestos,...
Read moreOptimising our fast-paced world
Head of IT Zoltán Gulácsi told us that Kőröstej products are present in more than 30 countries, so for the group it was important to introduce cloud computing-based solutions, in...
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GKI: mobile payments in Hungary
The first solution that helps to manage our finances on mobile phone appeared in Hungary in 2002. Over the past 13 years several mobile payment solutions have appeared, but except...
Read moreAccording to analysts, the negative inflation is temporary
The September inflation data of minus 0.4 percent is lower than the market expectations, but analysts considered the slip into negative territory only temporary and they expect an annual average...
Read moreThe payment of the withheld agricultural subsidies has started
The payment of the withheld agricultural subsidies started on Friday. Czerván György, Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI, that the 8.4 billion HUF support comes...
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The Tokaj Trading House is expanding in the hospitality sector
The wine offerings of the Tokaj Trading House will be available in more than 2,200 catering, after the Tokaj Trading House signed an agreement with the HoReCa sector’s market-leading Veritas...
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A baby-mom shop has become the Shop of the Country in 2015
The Árukereső.hu online price-comparison site launched the Shop of the Country competition for the fifth time. The Árukereső.hu online price-comparison site launched the Shop of the Country competition in July....
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KSH: exports and imports equally increased by 6.2 percent in August
In August the euro-denominated value of exports and imports increased by 6.2 percent compared to the same month of last year. The trade surplus was 459 million euros, 25 million...
Read moreHungarian business service centers plan staff increases
The almost 30 Hungarian service centers (SSC) plan a 9 percent staff increase in the following year, that took part in the survey of the Hungarian Service Industry and Outsourcing...
Read moreThe Dr. Bata Zrt. developed a feed additive prototype
The consortium, led by the Ócsa-based Dr. Bata Zrt. has developed a feed additive prototype with a 480 million HUF investment. For the development of the new kind of feed...
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Exotic flavors at this year's Kürtőskalács Festival
Chili, ginger, poppy seed, raisin, raspberry and countless other flavors and even gluten and lactose-free Kürtőskalács (chimney-cake) products can be also tasted at the Kürtőskalács Festival that takes place from...
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The Vértesi Erdő Zrt. inaugurated a forest delicatessen shop and a lookout tower
The shop in Tatabánya is offering the products of the state-owned forestries. The Vértesi Erdő Zrt also handed over the renewed lookout tower in Vértessomló. The third delicatessen store in...
Read moreInvitel makes high-speed Internet available in additional 40 thousand households
By the end of the year, the Invitel makes 100 Mbit bandwidth Internet services available in additional 40 thousand households – the company announced on Wednesday at a press conference....
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Alexandra Béres is Caola’s new ambassador
Fitness world champion and mother of two Alexandra Béres is the new face of Caola cosmetics. She told that it is very important to her and her children to use...
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Expanding TCC
Customer loyalty programme specialist TCC has acquired Denmark-based mobile marketing firm Gametation. Gametation develops game software campaigns designed for mobile devices that can help companies get new customers and increase...
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Magazine: Wiener: they are buying it!
Wiener and frankfurter sales are growing but the main driver of this growth are private label products. According to Zoltán Szántó, senior product manager of Pick Szeged Zrt. the volume...
Read moreAmazon enters the Italian FMCG market
Amazon started selling FMCG products in Italy: in the online shop customers can choose from nearly 20,000 products, including brands such as Barilla, Valfrutta, Knorr, Rio Mare, San Benedetto, Mulino...
Read moreFAO: global food prices are low
Agricultural commodities are going through a period of lower and less volatile prices, according to the FAO Food Outlook released today. After several dramatic upward price spikes from 2007 through...
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The retail sales of household chemical goods and cosmetics increased by six percent
The revenues of the stores from household chemicals and cosmetics grew by 6 percent this year to about 230 billion HUF from January to August. In volume, a 1 percent...
Read moreFood prices increased despite declining inflation
The average level of consumer prices was 0.4 percent lower in September 2015, than a year before, while compared with August, prices decreased by 0.6 percent – the Central Statistics...
Read moreMLSZKSZ: the migratory crisis made the transportation of goods more expensive
The intense migratory wave and the related actions of the EU member states have posed serious challenges to the logistics and supply chain companies: due to the unplanned, temporary closures...
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