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KDNP: marketing conditions of foodstuffs may be tightened

According to the Christian Democratic Party (KDNP), the National Assembly can acept the bill on the rules of food marketing with consensus. Tarnai Richárd, Member of Parliament highlighted at a...

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Euro area’s industrial production increased in January

Industrial production of the Euro area and the EU increased in January on a monthly comparision – announced the European Union's statistical office, Eurostat, on Wednesday. In January, the industrial...

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The new rules of the agri damage mitigation

The first pillar of new agricultural risk management system was published in the Magyar Közlöny. Those producers who were hit by agricultural damages between the 1st November 2011 and 10th...

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An annual 11 million tons of food is thrown out by the Germans

According to new study presented on Tuesday, in Germany, an annual 11 million tons of food is thrown away, 81 kilograms per person. Most of the food that ends in...

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Bee Festival to debut

The Méhecske Fesztivál (Bee Festival) will be organized for the first time this year on March 17 on Saturday, in Ukk, Veszprém county. The free all-day series of events will...

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Innovation at PayPal

PayPal’s management has unveiled the plans for the transformation of the portal. The popular site becomes a device and platform free electronic payment site. PayPal’s management plans that the fully...

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Szenna-Pack would continue production after bankruptcy arrangement

Szenna-Pack’s new owner, the Irish Ardagh Group is already preparing for the production and in addition to the previous 120 workers, they are calculating with the recruitment of 180 new...

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CBA opening a restaurant

CBA is opening a self-service restaurant, cofeehouse and bakery in the Castle. “Our goal is to adapt to the new, freshly changed eating habits, and offer our customers an easy...

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Wizz Air has a new destinatin from Budapest

Wizz Air announced it would add direct flights between Budapest and Varna (Bulgaria), Palma de Mallorca and Milan to its summer timetable. Wizz Air will fly to the destinations from...

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Magnum, from sustainable source only

Magnum, one of the world’s most popular ice-cream brands, has launched two new chocolate ice-creams made with cocoa from Rainforest Alliance certified™ farms in Ecuador and Ghana. Called Magnum Ecuador...

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Fresh and easy to work with – the advantages of vegetable boxes

The vegetables are seriously checked at all stages of the production process. Between harvesting and processing only a few hours tahe place, so the finished product retains the flavor and...

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GfK: Costumers spend the most on food in hyper-and supermarkets

The GfK Market Research Institute conducted its GfK Shopping Monitor Research 2011-2012 in December 2011. The goal of the annually prepared study is the mapping of the motivations and purchasing...

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KSH: mainly energy and food prices moved inflation in February

Consumer prices in February were 5.9 percent higher than a year earlier. In a month, prices rose by 0.8 percent, due to the significant jump of household energy and food...

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Online purchase on the podium of online activities

MasterCard's latest research shows that online shopping and the associated browsing are the third most popular online activity in Hungary, only preceded by reading news and e-mailing. 38 percent of...

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The price of eggs increasing dynamically

In January, the increase of agricultural producer prices has stopped, the producer price level of agricultural products was only 0.3 percent hiigher, compared to the previous year's level – the...

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Manpower: fewer employers planning redundancies

According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, 17 percent of Hungarian employers intend to reduce their workforces during the second quarter of 2012 while only 14 percent of employers plan...

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U.S. retail sales increased

U.S. retail sales increased the fastest extent in February in the last five months; a 1.1 percent increase occurred, compared to January. As analysts expected U.S. retail sales increased seasonally...

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Chips are not responsible for the salt intake

How is it possible that in Hungary, salt intake is twice twice as much per capita than in the U.S., despite Americans consume 23 times more chips than the Hungarians?...

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Frost damage is around twenty percent in the Tokaj Wine Region

On average, 20 percent of buds has damaged, due to this year’s hard frost in the Tokaj Wine Region – states the researchers of the Vine and Wine Research Institute...

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Germans eat forty kilograms of pork annually

Last year, the revenues of the German meat distribution and event services increased by 3.2 percent. According to the Tuesday published datas of the German Meat Processors Association, consumption of...

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Agárdi Pálinkafőzde's number one expert receives state award

Tibor Véres from Agárdi Pélinkahouse has received a special state award (the Silver Cross) from Sr. Sándor Fazekas, minister of rural development. The expert was also the brewer of the...

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NIVEA Tour is about to start!

NIVEA Tour is about to open its gates for the sixth time, and will go on for more than a month with a serious of various sport-events for free in...

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Weak domestic consumption continues to hold back imports

According to the preliminary datas, the foreign trade value, calculated in euros, slightly increased by 2 percent in January, compared to the previous year's high levels – the Central Statistical...

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Increasing risk of bankruptcy

According to Hungarian companies, the number of bankrupt businesses will slightly rise this year as well, following an all-time high of last year. They expect a particularly strong wave of...

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Costumers travel for special flavor vegetables and fruits

The old Hungarian fruit and vegetable varieties will reappear probably on the local and regional markets, which establish the reputation of the Hungarian horticulture. In recent decades, the old, local,...

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Hungarian distilleries are preparing the apricot pálinka of the year together

After last year's joint success Hungarian distilleries will prepare the pálinka of the year jointly again, this time from apricot. The special brew will debut in the spring, at the...

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Warsaw is the second most attractive commercial real estate market in Europe

According to CBRE international consulting firm, Warsaw is the second most attractive commercial real estate market in Europe. The survey’s results were published in the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper. In 2012,...

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Rézangyal acquires Ördögi

Rézangyal has purchased its greatest Budapest-based competitor Ördögi. The company now owns both the pálinkabrand Ördögi and Györkönyi, but the right to produce is still at Raiker td....

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Attendance record at the third Hungarian Artisan Flavours Fair

About 17 thousand visitors supported the Hungarian producers with tens of millions of forints at the third Hungarian Artisan Flavours Fair. According to their votes, the Mézmúzeum (Honey Museum) became...

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Visegrádi mineral water to conquer in “diamond bottles”

After several months of planning and development work, one of the oldest mineral water of Hungary will be distributed on the markets with new design in February 2012. The new...

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