News and articles
Food product ingredient manufacturing may take a step forward
Date: 2014-06-20 11:00:42
Minister of Rural Development Sándor Fazekas has announced that the most importance task in the next 4-5 years will be developing food product ingredient production. Other important tasks will include...
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The Finnish national cross country team starts with the Helly Hansen for the gold medal
Date: 2014-06-20 10:50:09
The Helly Hansen announced its four-year partnership with the Finnish national cross-country skiing team. Beginning June 1st 2014, the Norwegian sportswear and apparel company will officially outfit one of the...
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Farm modernisation programme continues
Date: 2014-06-20 09:24:51
Farms can apply for state funding for development purposes or to install electricity. 75-90 percent of the investment costs may come from the state budget. Those are eligible for support...
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Court rules that Szatmári Malom is entitled to receive European Union funding
Date: 2014-06-20 09:23:03
Szatmári Malom Kft. won the lawsuit against Hungarian authorities at the Luxembourg-seated European Court of Justice. The milling company wanted to close three existing mills and build a new one...
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Lipóti keeps innovating
Date: 2014-06-20 09:13:16
Lipóti Bakery invests HUF 366 million in a R+D project, from which HUF 107 million is state support. The company’s plan is to develop new technology to improve the quality...
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Magazine: New irrigation programme is already in the pipeline
Date: 2014-06-19 12:39:02
In Hungary most plant varieties can be grown without irrigation, but with a well-planned irrigation strategy yield can be made more stable even in these crops, what is more, in...
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The excellent Hungarian melons will be marketed in early July
Date: 2014-06-19 12:00:34
This year more high-quality Hungarian melons will be marketed in the first week of July – the president of the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organization and Marketing Board (FruitVeB)...
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The state would buy the dairy brands of the leaving companies
Date: 2014-06-19 11:58:56
According to some technical ideas, the state would buy the famous Hungarian dairy brands from the leaving multinational companies – the agrarszektor.hu wrote. Concerns are growing for the domestic dairy...
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Auchan plans an investmaent worth five billion HUF
Date: 2014-06-19 11:55:37
The Auchan Magyarország Kft. implements a 5 billion HUF investment this year in Hungary. Half of the money is planned to be invested in the construction of six new fuel...
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The largest office lease transaction of 2014
Date: 2014-06-19 11:25:33
According to the survey of Hays Hungary, Hungary’s property offer is still attractive destination for international service companies. In the first quarter of 2014 the largest office leasing transaction is...
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The most popular beers of the Football World Championship
Date: 2014-06-19 11:25:07
The Big Lead gives a helping hand in beer drinking during the Soccer World Cup. The Big Lead is presenting the most popular, the most selling beer brands of all...
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The Szentkirályi has strengthened its market position in the Middle East
Date: 2014-06-19 11:24:39
The delegation from Abu Dhabi visited the manufacturing plant of the Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. (Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd.) today. The delegation from Abu Dhabi arrived on Tuesday, receiving the invitation...
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A Hungarian water supply plant to export natural drinking water
Date: 2014-06-19 11:23:32
The Mosonmagyaróvár-based Aqua Szolgáltató Kft. (Aqua Service Ltd.) in addition to supplying 75 thousand consumers of 23 settlements sold 200 thousand bottles of non-carbonated water to foreign markets in the...
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Another Hungarian merchant houses were opened in Asia
Date: 2014-06-19 11:21:18
The Hungarian National Trading House Ltd. (MNKH) opened a new representations in Laos on Tuesday, and in Vietnam Thursday. The company was founded in 2013 and now has 11 trading...
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The Yves Rocher plans further expansion in Hungary
Date: 2014-06-19 11:21:10
The Yves Rocher French cosmetics company plans further expansion in Hungary. The Yves Rocher opens its 20th store in June in the center of Budapest. The company opened a store...
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Pork from the EU was labeled as Serbian
Date: 2014-06-19 11:20:50
Serbian labeled pork from EU countries was transported to Russia, although Moscow banned pork meat to be imported from the EU at the beginning of the year, due to the...
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NAK and Hungarian Seed Association start cooperation
Date: 2014-06-19 09:42:59
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) and the Hungarian Seed Association and Product Board (VSZT) drafted recommendations together, which they will submit to decision-makers. Both parties believe that the seed...
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The cereal sector faces opportunities and challenges
Date: 2014-06-19 09:35:54
K&H and Agrár Európa Kft.’s latest Agriculture Club event concentrated on trends in the cereal market. István Tresó, the head of K&H’s agricultural sector development division told that the expansion...
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Bell ring opens trading at the Budapest Stock Exchange
Date: 2014-06-19 08:45:38
Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) and NAK signed a cooperation agreement for the development of Hungary’s agriculture and produce market. On this occasion BÉT CEO Zsolt Katona and NAK president Balázs...
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Corporal trust returns to the region
Date: 2014-06-18 12:05:17
The proportion of companies that expect a revenue growth has doubled in the region as well as in Hungary. The company executives of the Central and South Eastern European region...
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Budapest Bank: the Growth Loan Program can really accelerate
Date: 2014-06-18 11:40:52
The Credit Growth Programme (NHP) of the central bank characterized the corporate credit market in the first half of 2014, despite the companies’ interest was a bit low in the...
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The Hungarian purchasing power is far below the EU average
Date: 2014-06-18 11:30:59
Based on the consumption datas, a German household living twice as well as a Hungarian – turns out from Eurostat’s statistics. The real personal consumption is closely related to the...
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Cherry marketing problems in Szabolcs county
Date: 2014-06-18 11:10:01
The Agricultural Chamber of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County turned for help to the Ministry of Agriculture Ministry, due to cherry marketing problems in the region selling – the president of the organization...
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The millerscones to be celebrated in Borsodnádasd
Date: 2014-06-18 11:08:05
The millerscone, that is on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage list is promoted in Borsodnádasd at the seventh millersconefestival, that will be held on the last weekend in June. The...
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Vegetable protein found less in cereals
Date: 2014-06-18 11:06:02
The increased carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere accelerates the development of the plants, but from grain – and thus also from the bakery products – important trace elements are...
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The Post-it has become an art product
Date: 2014-06-18 11:03:13
Everyone knows it and uses it every day. The Post-it has a success story since 1968. Its history has arrived to another milestone. The 3M introduced its Colors of the...
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Magazine: It is (still?) Chinese to us
Date: 2014-06-18 10:55:21
In the last few years Hungarian-Chinese economic relations have come to life. Today China has one of the fastest developing economies in the world, for instance China’s export performance already...
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Tomato, pepper: Hungarian instead of import
Date: 2014-06-18 10:08:35
It is of key importance for Hungarian tomato and pepper growers to use reliable technology and produce constant good quality – better than their international competitors – if they want...
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Forint getting weaker
Date: 2014-06-18 09:59:10
At the end of April the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) lowered the base rate to a record level: 2.5 percent. It seems that Hungary’s monetary policy uses the low...
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Romania: great increase in consumer confidence
Date: 2014-06-18 09:04:41
In Q1 2014 Romania was our neighbouring country where Nielsen’ consumer confidence index grew the most: at 67 points it was 5 points higher than in Q4 2013. As regards...
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