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Coca-Cola music for the Olympic Games

Coca‑Cola and Grammy award-winning music producer Mark Ronson have travelled the world, capturing the sounds of five different Olympic sports and blending them into one song that brings the spirit...

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Tesco supports the paralympic team with 35 million HUF

The CEO of Tesco has given a total of 35 million HUF support to the president of the Hungarian Paralympic Committee, within the compass of the official farewell-party of the...

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EC is not willing to get involved in the issues of the milk-market

Since the beginning of 2012, a drop in the demand for dairy products on world markets has led to a significant decrease in market prices for these products between January...

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Black grain trade decreased by more than 50 percent

Black grain trade in Hungary decreased by more than 50 percent, following the 1 July introduction of the  reverse VAT – Vancsura József, Chairman of the National Association of Cereal...

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Magazine: Preferential Sourcing System: economising and market opportunities

VOSZ-BESZ Zrt. was founded by the National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ). It worked out a Preferential Sourcing System (KBSZ): those companies that join the system provide SMEs with...

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In Europe we are the champions in price increases

In the EU Member States, the harmonized consumer price index was 2.6 percent, in the euro zone it was lower: 2.4 percent. The EU’s statistics show that in Hungary this...

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Company establishments are weakening due to coupon offers

The demand for company establishments are weakening for years: while before 2008 the number of businesses increased generally by 5-6 percent annually, it has fallen below 2 percent nowadays –...

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Melon exports started in Eastern Hungary

Melon exports have started from the East-Hungarian region. The region's largest exporter company, the Nyíregyháza-based Rádium Kft. has shipped about 50 trucks of melons to the Northern European countries until...

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Tesco bought a hypermarket in Komárom

The Tesco chain will will take over the Hypernova hypermarket and its petrol station  on 17 September in Pozsonyi Road in Komárom – TASR Slovak state news agency informs. The...

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Lidl does not increase prices due to the telecommunications tax

Similar to Tesco Mobile, Lidl’s Blue Mobile will not increase its minute fees and SMS tariffs, due to the telecommunications tax introduced from 1 July. Lidl launched its own branded...

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Wine and guitar in the wineries and winehotel of Farkasmály

The wineries and winehotel of Farkasmály, Gyöngyös was the home to the closing night and gala of the 4th Guitar Days of Gyöngyös from 14th to 16th July 2011, the...

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More than a week of pancake frying in Derekegyháza

Pancakes were prepared for more than a week in Derekegyháza, Csongrád county. During this time, more than 35 thousand pieces of pankakes were made. Sárai Zsolt, organizer of the festival,...

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U.S. retail sales further declined in June

Instead of the expected rise, the U.S. retail sales continued to decline in June – announced the United States Department of Commerce. After the 0.2 percent drop in May, sales...

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Is wine really the new energy drink?

The active ingredient of red wine, the resveratrol increases physical performance, so Canadian researchers hope to use the ingredient in the form of stamina tablets. Resveratrol discovered long time ago...

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TV Eaters – IPTV on the Rise

In Hungary leisure time at home has become synonymous with television viewing in the last 25-30 years. Watching TV is a typically passive activity for which content providers found no...

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Human Telex is into glass

Guardian, one of the world's greatest manufacturers of float glass and fabricated glass products has signed a contract with Human Telex Creative Agency in order to carry out their new...

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VM: the chamber of agriculture will be the interest reconciliation forum of the entire agri-food industry

The most important aim of the law on the Hungarian Agriculture, Food and Rural Economic Development Chamber is to create a unified agricultural chamber, in which farmers, processors and traders...

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Agricultural producer prices have increased by 1.8 percent

In May, the producer price level of agricultural products rose by 1.8 percent, compared to the level of the previous year. The price of crop products fell by 1.7 percent,...

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The food industry increased beside declining industrial production

In May, industrial production fell by 0.4 percent, compared to the previous year – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Friday. The working-days adjusted index shows a 1.9 percent...

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The promotion of Hungarian watermelon has started

The promotion campaign of the Hungarian watermelon has started. The campaign aims to increase the consumption of watermelon, produced in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs counties – said Budai Gyula Secretary of...

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Chamber of Agriculture: significant yield loss can occur in case of corn

This year corn was cultivated on a record-size area on 1.262 million hectares in Hungary, and in early June, the experts expected a good harvest. According to the report of...

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Magazine: There are few strong cheese brands

The 1-percent drop in volume sales and the 7-percent rise in value sales measured by Nielsen mean that despite growing cheese prices households try to maintain their consumption. Quality cheese...

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The Hungarian commercial real estate rents remained unchanged

While the commercial real estate rents in Hong Kong increased by 19, in New York by 15 percent in the second quarter, and in Western Europe a shortage occurred of...

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Tesco undertakes home delivery in Poland

In Poland, Tesco has launched an online sales system, through which customers can order for even  67 HUF worth home delivery fee. Tesco launched its webshop in Poland. The service...

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Mihály Varga: We shall not yield ground on property tax and asset tax

roperty tax and asset tax may be put on the table at IMF-EU talks, but Hungary will not yield ground on these”, Mihály Varga Minister without portfolio responsible for the...

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GMO corn seed found

Several sources of Népszabadság have confirmed that GM seed has been planted in the ground this year, despite the modified controls and administrative practices, that aimed to avoid last year’s...

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The Podmaniczky Winery’s Rhine Riesling became the wine of Somogy

The best wines of Somogy were competing in Balatonlelle. The professional jury selected the best wine of Somogy from 25 wines of 10 wineries. 12 white, 11 red and 2...

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Hungary plans to hold World Conference on Water

“Water is a priority issue for Hungary, and so the country has undertaken to provide the venue for a World Conference on water in autumn 2013”, announced Deputy State Secretary...

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Chinese product-problems -again

Another milk scandal has begun in China: this time alkaline water mingled into the product of a Chinese manufacturer – announced the quality control office in  Shanghai. The case affects...

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Summer fair against heatstroke

It seems that the heat wave of July brings a discount wave as well. Traders attract customers with larger discounts than usual. The different stores are beginning the summer sales...

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