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An unlawful coffee shop and an invoice factory were closed by NAV
Date: 2013-01-03 16:32:00
The tax authority closed an illegitimate coffee shop and an invoice factory. The finance officers seized cash, property and vehicles in a total value of 820 million HUF and 23...
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Praktiker opened a small store in Komárom, Hungary
Date: 2013-01-03 16:18:15
Praktiker inagurated its twenty-first Hungarian store on Thursday in Komárom. The store offering DIY tools and equipments was made with a 50 million HUF investment On 1000 square meters more...
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Still no final decision on food VAT
Date: 2013-01-02 12:59:27
There is still no final decision on the reduction of the VAT on basic foodstuffs – the National Economy Ministry (NGM) informed Népszabadság. The government not yet answered to the...
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Fazekas Sándor: the agrarian economy this year can increase its positive export balance
Date: 2013-01-02 12:58:21
According to the preliminary datas, the Hungarian agriculture can increase its positive export balance this year, which is expected to exceed 3 billion euros, ie 800-900 billion euros – said...
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The school milk program will receive more support in 2013
Date: 2013-01-02 12:55:01
This year, the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) provides an about 1.5 billion HUF for the continuing school milk program, 300 million HUF more than in 2012 – the ministry...
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The BMI of December indicates a shrinkage
Date: 2013-01-02 12:25:42
The purchasing managers' index (BMI), indicated the shrinkage of the manufacturing industry in December. The 48.9 percent value declined by 3.2 percentage points compared with the previous month – the...
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Kassa will be the guest of honor of the Meat Jelly Festival in 2013
Date: 2013-01-02 12:15:07
Kassa will be the guest of honor of the Meat Jelly Festival in 2013 in Miskolc. In connection with the three-day-long European Capital of Culture (ECOC) 2013 event, Kassa will...
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The Várda Drink Group is not making losses
Date: 2013-01-02 12:04:33
The Kisvárda-based Várda-Drink Group, dealing with the production and distribution of alcohol reduced its annual more than 300 million HUF loss to zero at the end of last year –...
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Törley and the Magyar Bármixer Unió organized a Festive Cocktail Competition
Date: 2013-01-02 12:02:20
The Törley Festive Cocktail Competition 2012 was held on 10 December, organized by the Magyar Bármixer Unio and the Törley Pezsgőpincészet. The competitors had to use a minimum of 7...
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Russia banned beer sales at night
Date: 2013-01-02 12:01:07
In order to fight against alcoholism beer cannot be distributed in Russia in street stores under 50 square meters from Tuesday. At night beer cannot be sold in any stores....
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Stella Artois campaign for Christmas
Date: 2013-01-02 10:47:17
There are a lot of men who'd love to see Alice Eve gift wrapped under their tree on Christmas morning. And thanks to a new viral campaign by Stella Artois,...
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New year's resolution 2013: beautiful, healthy teeth
Date: 2013-01-02 10:26:37
cientists have discovered a new molecule that will make your teeth cavityproof and may change dental care forever. They have appropriately named it Keep 32—for your 32 teeth—and it can...
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Magazine: Our cocktail!
Date: 2013-01-01 20:40:15
Despite Hungary’s relatively poor cocktail culture our bartenders achieve good results in different competitions and at the annual Drinks International Boutiq’Bar (Budapest) was named one of the world’s 50 best...
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Nielsen: the Hungarian consumers would buy especially food products if they would have more money
Date: 2013-01-01 14:00:22
If the Hungarian consumers could spend 10 percent more money each month, they would spend the most part of it (2.4 percent) for food and drinks, that can be consumed...
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The fisheries are entirely using EU supports
Date: 2013-01-01 13:25:37
The 150 EU fishing projects’ support value excessed 7.8 billion HUF. Along with this the sector implements a total of 47 billion HUF investments, taking advantage of the full funding...
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GVH: consumer affairs in focus
Date: 2013-01-01 13:23:16
The Competition Authority closed about 110 cases in 2012, and launched about the same number of legal proceedings. Consumer protection issues made up the majority of cases that were initiated...
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FrieslandCampina to close its factory in Debrecen
Date: 2013-01-01 13:22:36
The FrieslandCampina dairy company will close its plant in Debrecen from September 2013 but signed a memorandum of understanding with a possible purchaser, so it is possible that the factory...
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More than one million bottles of champagne and hundreds of tons of sausage in the Tesco
Date: 2013-01-01 13:15:17
More than a million bottles of champagne, kids champagne, sparkling wine, as well as 350 tons of bulk packs and 700,000 pre-packed sausages awaited the customers before New Year's Eve...
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The local government of Pápa increases the capital in the Pápai Hús 1913 Kft.
Date: 2013-01-01 13:12:41
The local government increases its current eight percent ownership to fifty percent in the Pápai Hús 1913 Kft. – the mayor of Pépa announced, who did not disclose the exact...
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Family-owned venison meat processing plant began operation in Nógrád
Date: 2013-01-01 13:10:54
A family-owned venison meat processing plant began operation in the village of Nógrád. The company is processing 15 to 20 wild animals per week – Villányi Péter, the owner of...
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The Balatoni Crown has lived up to the expectations
Date: 2013-01-01 13:03:43
The Balatoni Crown (Balatoni Korona) can be be used in 200 places. The local currency was introduced end of March this year – Leitold László, President and Chief Executive Officer...
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Sales promotion in a cost-efficient way
Date: 2012-12-30 13:27:03
Nowadays, one of the key tasks of each marketing and trade marketing expert is sales promotion. Experts need to think in terms of complex promoting strategies, ones which are commensurate...
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Slightly improving economic expectations
Date: 2012-12-30 09:57:16
GKI-Erste economic confidence index adjusted for seasonal effects has been slightly improving since September. In December expectations have improved in the business sector for three consecutive months, whereas they have...
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MNB expects a 3.5 percent inflation and 0.5 percent economic growth for the next year
Date: 2012-12-20 12:58:20
According to MNB’s new inflation forecast, this year’s average inflation rate will be 5.7 percent. Next year it will be 3.5 percent and for 2014 a 3.2 percent is forecasted....
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The price is the most important aspect at shoes and dress
Date: 2012-12-20 12:40:20
When the Hungarian consumers choose to buy, most of them, (50 percent) considers price as the most important aspect at shoes and dress. 48 percent the Hungarian consumers considers the...
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The Arzenál Network joins Reál again
Date: 2012-12-20 11:35:29
Under the recently concluded a strategic agreement, the Arzenál store network becomes part of the Reál network again from January 2013. After one year of independent operation, the entire Arzenál...
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In third of the test purchases problems were found during the Christmas shopping inspections
Date: 2012-12-20 11:32:45
Inspectors found problems one in three cases, during this year's pre-Christmas test purchases, while last year this rate was 55 percent – Fülöp Zsuzsanna, spokesperson of the National Consumer Protection...
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Bognár Lajos: Successful Fishery Operational Program
Date: 2012-12-20 11:30:52
The Fishery Operational Program’s (HOP) commitment level is more than 68 percent, therefore Bognár Lajos, Deputy Secretary of State, of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) responsible for food chain...
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One in five people is low-paid in Hungary
Date: 2012-12-20 11:30:49
According to the datas of Eurostat, released on Thursday, the proportion of low-paid people was 17 percent in 2010 in the Member States of the EU 27. In Hungary, the...
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Czech Agrofert bought the agricultural product distibution network of IKR Zrt.
Date: 2012-12-20 11:10:35
The Czech Agrofert Holding bought the agricultural products distibution network of IKR – Agrofert announced in Prague on Thursday. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. The earnings received...
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