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NÉBIH: Farmers have to use protection against the US grape cicada in time
The golden jaundice disease carried by the US grape cicada may destroy even the entire grape plantation. The insect is difficult to be identified at first because it is similar...
Read moreFive million HUF worth cigarettes were seized in Heves county
In a value of five million HUF four thousand boxes of cigarettes without Hungarian tax stamps and thirteen kilograms cut tobacco were seized by the National Tax and Customs Office...
Read moreFundraising to cover the funeral expenses for Czubor János
Dear MVI Members, Dear Colleagues! The Hungarian Caterers Guild organizes fundraising to cover the funeral expenses of Czubor János, former Director of the Gundel Károly Vocational School Director. The collected...
Read moreMasterCard is launching a new competition: Businessperson of the year 2016
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Read moreA slight decrease occured in global food prices in July
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations announced (FAO), on Thursday, said food prices have seen a slight decrease in July, noting that the decline was the result of...
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Arbitration Board: Customers are more and more conscious
The consumers are becoming more conscious, more and more people know and live their rights, while the businesses are more cooperative, compared to the previous years – Baranovszky György, president...
Read moreAnalysts: the trade surplus exceeded the expectations
The growth of trade surplus far exceeded the expectations of macroeconomic analysts interviewed by MTI. According to the latest reports of the Central Statistical Office (KSH), the value of exports...
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Latest forecast: economic recovery continues in 2016, but in 2017 GDP growth rate may decline in the EU
The BUSINESSEUROPE predicts that in 2016 at EU level a 2.0 percent GDP growth is expected, but the competitiveness of the continent may decrease in 2017. According to the latest...
Read moreA pint of beer is the best after a tough day
On hot summer evenings, after a tough day it is the best to sit with friends and a pint of beer. Despite the fact that beer is one of the...
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The Zwack Unicum Nyrt. increased its profit and revenue
The Zwack Unicum Nyrt. achieved 532 million HUF after tax profit during the first quarter of the 2016-2017 business year, 49.7 percent more than a year ago – according flash...
Read moreWWF: a lot of waste in production and delivery processes
A lot of the waste occurs in production and delivery processes – the Hungarian director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) told M1 news channel on Monday. Sipos Katalin said...
Read moreGlobal air cargo and passenger traffic increased in the first half of the year
Global air passenger traffic growth is up 6 percent year-over-year in the first half of the year, according to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) latest Air Passenger Market Analysis....
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Tisza fish soup was added to the National Depository
The Tisza fish soup was added to the National Depository specified by the Hungarikum Commission – the Minister of Agriculture announced. (by our colleauge)...
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Freight forwarding companies: offering more services is the only way to go
Members of the supply chain expect logistic service providers to keep developing and offering new services. Bálint Varga, the head of Gebrüder Weiss Transport and Logistics Kft.’s sales and marketing...
Read moreOpten: signs of stabilization in the retail sector
The retail sector's revenue declined slightly, but its profitability increased significantly, while the number of employees has not returned to previous levels after the abolition of Sunday store closure –...
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FruitVeB: despite the capricious weather the fruit and vegetable sector may close an average year
The capricious weather caused far smaller than estimated damages to the fruit and vegetable producers. The amount of vegetables will be more than last year’s, while an average quantity of...
Read moreKSH export increased by 5 and import grew by 1.3 percent in June
The value of exports in euros increased by 5 percent, while imports grew by 1.3 percent in June compared with a year before, so the trade surplus increased by 302...
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The Sárospatak confectionery company is expanding its capacity
The Sárospatak-Hungária Édesipari Kft. increases its capacity. The company won 262 million HUF non-refundable EU subsidy to the nearly 525 million HUF investment within the “Széchenyi 2020 micro, small and...
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The SPAR is looking for barbecue heroes across the country!
The time of party princes, star celebrities, bad guys and kings in cabrios has expired. This summer, the real cool people will be those will not smoke their neighbor's garden...
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The Baptist Charity Service is distributing mineral water thanks to Theodora
During scorcher days, everyone please remember to consume adequate fluids to prevent dehydration. Theodora would like to help, therefore the company offered nearly three thousand bottles of non-carbonated natural mineral...
Read moreBread of the Hungarians – 44 tons of wheat was gathered in Transcarpathia
Among a ceremony, the wheat gathered by the Hungarian-inhabited settlements in Transcarpathia was symbolically spilled together on Saturday in Nagydobrony, Ungvár district. In his ceremony opening speech Őrhidi László, president...
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In one year more than 7,500 tons of banned import foods were destroyed in Russia
More than 7,500 tons of food has been destroyed in Russia since the Kremlin's introduction of a ban on Western imports in August last year – the Russian Agricultural Supervision...
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Melon Day to be held in Ópusztaszer
A Melon Day will be held on Saturday in the National Historical Park in Ópusztaszer. The guests can taste the luscious fruit there. Kodácz Csengele, the institution's chief marketing officer...
Read moreRomanian retail sales increased by 18 percent in the first half of the year
The volume of Romanian retail sales increased by 18 percent in the first half of the year, compared to the same period of last year – the Romanian national statistical...
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Food products were the most frequently advertised in May
In May 2016 television commercials for groceries reached the most 18-49 year old viewers, as their GRP was 30,813 points, 6 percent higher than in last May. The GRP shows...
Read moreAnalysts: retail sales growth remains in the long-term
Among other things, due the growth of real wages, the increase in employment and the strengthening of consumption, retail sales growth may remain long-lasting for the remainding part of the...
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Watermelon floods Europe
The purchase price of watermelon is low not only in Hungary, but all over Europe. There is an oversupply on the markets – the National Association of Agricultural Economics (NAK)...
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ALDI expands in Hungary with two new stores
ALDI also opens a store in Kecskemét, thus the supermarket chain increases the number of its stores in Hungary to 113 – ALDI told MTI on Thursday. According to the...
Read moreFM: conscious management and control in the wine sector
The Hungarian wine sector needs conscious management and control, this could be a long-term guarantee of success – the Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture announced on...
Read moreThe number of employees continued to increase in the agricultural sector
The number of employees continued to increase in the agricultural sector this year; in the first three months, the sector has employed more than 211 thousand people – the Minister...
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