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The winemakers of Szekszárd gave their blood and their Bull’s blood

Give blood and pass it! – the Hungarian Red Cross has launched its unconventional community blood donation campaign on Friday with this slogan. Fourteen winemakers of Szekszárd also joined to...

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80 percent of the Hungarian internet users have a smartphone

More than 80 percent of the Hungarian internet user population use smartphones and nearly 10 percent plan to buy smartphone in the future – the research of the Ipsos Zrt....

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New wildlife management act is needed

The old wildlife management is outdated, and therefore it is is necessary to create a new wildlife management law. Bitay Márton, the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture...

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Carrefour increased its revenue

The Carrefour, which is the world's second largest and Europe's largest retail company has announced its second-quarter performance. The French mammoth company’s revenue rose by 4.2 percent to 21.3 billion...

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A pallet manufacturing plant was built in Tiszalök with EU support

The Tiszalök-based Pellet-International Kft. built a pallet manufacturing plant in Tiszalök with a total cost of approximately 150 million HUF. Ónódi István, the managing director of the company, dealing with...

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A consumer protection mobile app helps travelers going abroad

A consumer protection mobile app will help travelers going abroad: The ECC-Net: Travel is available in 25 languages and helps in consumer protection problems that may occur abroad. Kriesch Attila...

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Hungarian Food Product Day in Brussels

On 9-10 June 2015 NAK organised a Hungarian Food Product Day at the Hungarian embassy in Brussels. The forum and trade fair’s goal was to introduce Hungarian groceries to Belgian...

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Basically, they got stronger: hair dye, lacquer and conditioner

The combined value share of the six hair care categories was 4 percent higher in January-April 2015 than in the first four months of 2014. In the 4-month period sales...

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Apricot varieties exhibited in Tordas

At the end of June NAK and the horticulture directorate of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) organised a presentation of apricot varieties in Tordas. Participants could learn about...

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Less but better quality wheat than last year

Farmers expect the wheat harvest to be around 4.5 million tons – less than the usual quantity but better quality. Experts of the Grain Producer’s Association – Hungary (GOSZ) reported...

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Magazine: Cleaning and protecting

In the washing-up category local trends are the same as global trends. Anita Boros, PR manager with Procter&Gamble told our magazine that washing-up liquid sales are dropping and dishwasher detergent...

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KSH: the cattle and pig population continued to grow

The expansion of the cattle stocks has continued. The cattle population amounted to 818 thousand on 1 June 2015, while the number of pigs increased by 64 thousand to 3.1...

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FruitVeB: good melon season is expected

“The melon season has only just started, it is lasting for approximately two weeks, however, it seems that we have all the ingredients to end this year’s maturation period with...

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The NAV checks the trade of milk as well

The National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV) will held controls in order to protect the market position of the dairy industry’s participants. The NAV will purposefully controls the trade of...

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Varga Mihály: special taxes do not conflict with the EU law

According to the Hungarian position, the food chain management fee or the health care contribution on tobacco products, do not conflict with the EU rules – Varga Mihály, Minister of...

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Summer Renewal: new look and assortment at several dm stores

Several dm stores have renewed across the country in the first months of the summer. The company awaits the customers with opening promotions and surprises. The dm drugstore is a...

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New photo studio at Brandbank in order to provide full range of services

The Brandbank company has a new office in Hungary and continues its work with an own photo studio, to offer services to its customers from one center. The main profile...

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Increased sales at Bónusz Brigád

The Bónusz Brigád (Bonus Brigade) increased its turnover by about 50 percent in the first 6 months of 2015, compared to a year ago – Világgazdaság Online wrote. The share...

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GVH: numerous complaints due to product demonstrations

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) continues to receive numerous complaints due to product demonstrations, and therefore the GVH repeatedly warns consumers of the dangers of product demonstrations – the GVH...

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FM: the TeSzedd! is Hungary's most successful voluntary movement

Nagy István, Parliamentary Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture called the TeSzedd! – Voluntary for the Clean Hungary! action as Hungary's most successful voluntary movement. The TeSzedd! (Pick...

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Fifteen thousand bottles of fake perfumes were seized in Northern Hungary

Fifteen thousand bottles of fake branded perfumes were seized by the National Tax and Customs Administration’s (NAV) finance guards on Friday night on the M3 motorway’s north-Hungarian section – the...

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The IKEA Group bought forests in Romania

The IKEA Swedish furniture producer and retailer group bought 33,600 hectares of forests in Romania, thus consolidating its investments in the country. The acquired woodlands are mainly located in central...

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Beer is popular

Hungarian brewers sold 2 percent more (in volume) beer last year and the same sales growth is expected for this year as well. According to data published by the Federation...

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A strategy is being prepared for the Tokaj wine region

András Tombor, the president of the Tokaj Wine Region Development Council (TBFT) told at a trade meeting that the draft of the strategy for renewing the wine region is ready....

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Hangya members’ 350 billion

Estimation is that the combined production output of Hangya Cooperative Association members is about HUF 300-350 billion a year. Hangya has more than 200 cooperative members and it collects more...

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Agricultural subsidies in focus

In Hungary the deadline of applying for subsidies has been extended by one week: instead of 15 May to 22 May. Good news for farmers: those working at the Agricultural...

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Magazine: The cloud is growing

The cloud is basically turning the most modern info-communication capabilities into public utilities – says Péter Budai, cloud and enterprise business group lead at Microsoft Hungary. Broadband internet connection is...

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National Agriculture and Food Exhibition: local products in the focus

2015 is the year of local products at National Agriculture and Food Exhibiton (OMÉK). The event which will take place between 23-27 September implies many significant changes – for instance,...

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NAV: road toll cameras serves EKÁER well

With using road toll cameras in EKÁER (Electronic trade and transport Control System) it is now possible to detect if trucks which – based on transport documents – should carry...

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Nébih: consuming vegetables and fruits sold by public roads do not pose risk to health

Nébih (National Food Chain Safety Office) has been testing vegatables and fruits sold by busy public roads. According to their laboratory tests the products do not or hardly contain any...

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