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Red Nose Clown Doctors bring healing laughter to even more cities
Date: 2014-12-05 11:20:46
In the scope of the joint charitable action of teh Red Nose Clown Doctors and Henkel, teh cheerful clowns can conjure a smiles on the faces of sick children in...
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Dúzsi Tamás was chosen as the winemaker of the year
Date: 2014-12-05 11:18:19
The winner of the “Winemaker of the Year 2014” title was announced on 5 December 2014, at 12 o'clock, in the scope of a press conference kept by the Hungarian...
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The guiness record of apple eating has been broken
Date: 2014-12-05 11:15:38
Hungarians broke the previous Guinness record for eating apples in Budapest. MTI Photos: Balazs Mohai At the Minden nap! (Every Day!) event more than one thousand people were eating apples...
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The price of buckwheat, eggs and vegetables increased the most in Russia
Date: 2014-12-05 11:10:08
Consumer prices increased by 0.3 percent in Russia between 25 November and 1 December. The prices rose by 8.5 percent erom the beginning of the year until 1 December. In...
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EXIM representations opening all over Hungary
Date: 2014-12-05 10:36:00
This autumn nine EXIM offices open in Hungary, in Győr, Nagykanizsa, Miskolc, Debrecen, Kecskemét, Pécs, Szeged, Székesfehérvár and Veszprém. The state-owned financial institution’s goal is provide financing and insurance schemes...
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Where are you going, world economy?
Date: 2014-12-05 10:29:53
The world is afraid that the Fed will increase interest rates. In the Ukraine everything is the same. Europe is suffering because of the Russian sanctions. Europe’s flagship, the German...
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Vodka sales grew, pálinka sales dropped
Date: 2014-12-05 10:26:29
Combined retail sales of the nine spirit categories amounted to more than HUF 40 billion in the December 2013-July 2014 period. Compared with the same period a year before, liqueur...
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Break the silence!
Date: 2014-12-04 12:10:33
Oláh Gergő, the winner of the third season of X-Factor sang in front of 112 children who will eat ho food every day for half a year, thanks to the...
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The Christmas gift packages reached a nearly four billion HUF turnover at the end of 2013
Date: 2014-12-04 11:50:35
The retail sales of Christmas gift packages containing medicinal products lotions, nonprescription medicines and health care products increased in value and in amount of in November and December last year,...
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The performance of agriculture has steadily expanded this year
Date: 2014-12-04 11:45:46
The performance of agriculture has expanded this year even in spite of last year's high base. In 2013 the role of agriculture was determining in the economic growth, and this...
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The COOP won the Superbrands award again
Date: 2014-12-04 11:40:30
The COOP this year received a Superbrands award again, which proves tfat in addition to the daily one and a half million customers, the profession also recognizes the results of...
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The ALDI has opened its 100th store in Hungary
Date: 2014-12-04 11:39:20
The ALDI’s operation in Hungary has arrived to an another significant milestone: the ALDI Magyarország Élelmiszer Bt. opened its newest store today, which is the 100th unit of the chain....
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KSH: the foreign trade surplus was 939 million euros in September
Date: 2014-12-04 11:37:09
In September, the export value increased by 6.0 percent, while the value of imports increased by 5.5 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. The trade surplus...
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The love.hunger campaign had a positive start in the Tesco stores
Date: 2014-12-04 11:35:28
The customers donated more than one and a half times more for the benefit of the Hungarian Ecumenical Aid Foundation than in the same period of 2013 and the gingerbread...
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GFK: The fifth of the innovations becomes a successful mass-market product
Date: 2014-12-04 11:34:53
Over the past three years, a total of 41 products and services won the “Product of the Year Award.” Most of the winners came from the fast moving consumer goods...
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eMAG: more than 1.7 billion forints worth shopping on Black Friday
Date: 2014-12-04 11:32:11
Via the website of the EMAG online webshop the customers purchased goods for more than 1.7 billion HUF on the Black Friday held at the end of November. It is...
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How to be cautious when using the internet to buy for Christmas?
Date: 2014-12-04 11:30:12
The popularity of online shopping is slowly but surely growing in Hungary. Most of these transactions are taking place during the Christmas shopping, due to the more and more appreciating...
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The average purchase price of corn and wheat decreased in November
Date: 2014-12-04 11:14:25
In November, the Magro Grain Index (MGX) fell by 14 percent compared to the previous month. The inex that is showing the joint price movement of the Hungarian grains was...
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Better expectations after the summer worsening
Date: 2014-12-04 09:11:40
In September the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index grew a little. Both consumer and business expectations improved a little. After a 3-month decline the industrial confidence index has been rising a...
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Complex solutions for the industrial sector
Date: 2014-12-03 13:00:55
What is the most important for you during the production? The quality of the final product, teh maximizing of the amount, the seamless session or the security of the employees?...
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Hungarians consume 25 percent more pork in December
Date: 2014-12-03 12:45:31
Hungarian people spend more on pork In December; instead of the usual 2 kilogrammes, they consume 25 percent more, approximately 2.5 kilograms per person – the Livestock and Meat Marketing...
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KSH: the detailed data also showed a GDP growth of 3.2 percent
Date: 2014-12-03 12:20:21
The gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.2 percent higher than a year earlier in this year's third quarter. According to the seasonally and calendar adjusted data the GDP increased by...
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The confectionery market expects the same turnover as in 2013
Date: 2014-12-03 12:00:16
The turnover of the Hungarian confectionery market last year was a little more than 180 billion HUF. The market players expect a similar amount this year is for the industry...
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The economic committee's proposals for tobacco retail act
Date: 2014-12-03 11:45:58
In the future, the tobacco retail supplier can be selected by the relevant minister in three ways, the concession fee fows to thestate treasury – the the tobacco retail law’s...
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The consumer protection authority has started the Christmas controls
Date: 2014-12-03 11:40:45
The consumer protection authority has started the controls associated with the Christmas season – Koszorús László, Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of National Development (NFH), announced on Tuesday...
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An increase in retail sales in the EU
Date: 2014-12-03 11:37:07
According to the Wednesday statement of Eurostat, the monthly retail sales grew by 0.7 percent in the European Union (EU) in October, after the 1.2 percent decrease of September. The...
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The Auchan introduces unique, special shopping carts in all of its stores in Hungary
Date: 2014-12-03 11:35:32
The Auchan announced to introduce specifically designed shopping carts on the International Day of Disabled Persons. The shopping carts were developed for the proposal of a father, whose daughter has...
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry: offensive behavior to keep the level of Russian exports
Date: 2014-12-03 11:35:16
The Hungarian-Russian branch of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – MKIKI – suggests to the Hungarian government that with offensive behavior the level of exports to Russia can...
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Claessens Group-Agrár protects pigs with a lift
Date: 2014-12-03 10:11:57
With support from the European Union, Claessens Group-Agrár Kft. invested HUF 2.3 billion in expanding its pig farm and stock in Kisbarátipuszta. Somogy County’s biggest livestock farmer spent HUF 1.7...
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The online cash machines have brought fifty billion HUF VAT
Date: 2014-12-02 11:48:29
Roughly fifty billion HUF more VAT was received from those areas of trade, where black market trade was typical before – the Magyar Nemzet wrote. Pankucsi Zoltán, Deputy Minister of...
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