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Enlightenment against AIDS
Date: 2012-12-04 12:00:27
On the occasion of the AIDS International World Day, the A-HA! National Sexual and Mental Health Awareness Program and the Durex held a sexuality education lesson at a Budapest high...
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METRO: lunch from change!
Date: 2012-12-04 11:32:36
The METRO Kereskedelmi Kft. organizes a fundraising campaign for the National Association of Large Families in all of its stores across the country. It has become a tradition that the...
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Hungary lags behind the EU average in the collection of beverage cartons
Date: 2012-12-04 11:20:00
Although there is a growing range of those in Hungary who collect beverage cartons separately, the volume is still below the average of EU member states – shows the survey...
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Budai Gyula: GMO-free Hungary is a competitive advantage
Date: 2012-12-04 11:18:35
GMO-free is competitive advantage for Hungary, and for the Hungarian agriculture – Budai Gyula said on Tuesday in Eger. Budai Gyula pointed out that agriculture is a strategic sector in...
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Nearly six thousand high school students will play soccer at the Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Date: 2012-12-04 11:10:28
329 schools, 617 teams, 5,674 players. The two-month registration period of the Coca-Cola CUP, the first amateur high school soccer league was closed with incredible success. A total of 617...
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The Badacsonyi Kör raises a Wine Christmas Tree at the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest
Date: 2012-12-04 10:25:48
The country's first wine Christmas tree will be raised on Thursday by the Badacsonyi Kör in the Grand Hall of the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest – the event...
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METRO does its best to promote fish consumption
Date: 2012-12-03 19:15:26
The sales by METRO keep growing, thanks to the constantly changing selection of products and prices following market trends – we learn from METRO Hungary’s communications director Yvette Krubl. They...
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Canned fish: swimming upstream
Date: 2012-12-03 19:08:30
Although fish consumption in Hungary is still way below the European average, the slow conquest of health trends had a favourable effect on fish and canned fish sales in the...
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KPMG: the importance of consumer taxes increases worldwide
Date: 2012-12-03 13:00:52
The governments around the world are planning to collect more revenues from VAT, after the corporate tax rates are decreasing together with the profits of the companies and the corporate...
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Hungary's greatest toystore is open now
Date: 2012-12-03 12:21:28
Hungary's greatest toy outlet has opened a new, giant store. It is located at the Fót-gateway of M3 high way at the place of the former Gulliver store, and is...
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The Agrana-Juice Kft. has completed this year's apple juice-processing
Date: 2012-12-03 12:02:25
The Austrian owned company produced about 240 tons of fruit concentrate – Szigeti Zoltán, Managing Director told MTI on Monday. The Managing Director told that the company’s Vásárosnamény, Anarcs and...
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Analysts: trade surplus remains high next year
Date: 2012-12-03 12:00:26
No significant recovery is expected in internal demand next year, so trade surplus may remain high in 2013 – analysts told MTI. Calculating in euros exports declined by 4.2, while...
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The denomination of certain milk products will be clarified in the Hungarian Food Codex
Date: 2012-12-03 12:00:12
The denomination of certain milk products would be clarified in the Hungarian Food Codex. The ministerial decree on this draft was published on Thursday in the government news portal. Under...
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Illegally distributed cooking oil and granulated sugar was found by Nébih
Date: 2012-12-03 11:58:15
More than 250 thousand liters of imported and illegally sold cooking oil and more than 70 thousand kilograms of granulated sugar was found in two Székesfehérvár warehouse – the National...
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This year's CSR Hungary Awards were handed over
Date: 2012-12-03 11:55:56
On 30 November 2012, the CSR Hungary Awards were handed over for the fifth time, in various categories. Awards were handed over in 6 categories: “Leading CSR practices – C(S)R...
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Sales promotion on a higher level
Date: 2012-12-03 11:51:02
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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The cherry pálinka of the year is being prepared
Date: 2012-12-03 11:29:19
Twelve premium pálinkas will be included to the special blend of 2013. Hungary once again jointly prepares the pálinka of the year, this time with sour cherries. The experts of...
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Gyenes András became the new CEO of Unilever Hungary
Date: 2012-12-03 11:20:47
From 1 December 2012 Gyenes András holds the CEO post of Unilever Hungary. The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer was the Managing Director of Unilever Magyarország Kft. Now he will...
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Schlecker drugstore chain to be resurrected?
Date: 2012-12-03 11:10:19
An Austrian investor plans to restart 600 former Schlecker units on the German market next year. Haberleitner has experience in the field of company reorganization, and in August 2012 the...
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The wine of the Magistrate will be selected again in Eger
Date: 2012-12-03 10:58:15
Properly with the traditions, the wine of the Magistrate will be selected again in Eger. The local government will order 500 – 500 bottles from both Bull’s Blood and from...
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3 new flavours by Jim Beamtől!
Date: 2012-12-03 01:44:09
3 new flavours from Jim Beam! Red Stag is the black cherry version of Jim Beam. Jim Beam Honey is made with 4-year-old Jim Beam, with the addition of a...
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New Year’s Eve-period buyers rule the sparkling wine market
Date: 2012-12-01 22:11:51
In the 12-month period between September 2011 and August 2012 44 percent of Hungarian households purchased sparkling wine. This represents a small drop from the previous such period. Sparkling wine...
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Business Days inventory
Date: 2012-12-01 22:03:31
Since 2007 I have been there at every Business Days conference, together with everyone who matters in the FMCG sector or is interested in the latest trends. Networking opportunities at...
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Travels around FMCG – Business Days 2012 – part 2
Date: 2012-12-01 21:50:01
On Thursday the second section focused on the labour market and human resources. The moderator and first presenter was Randstad managing director Sándor Baja, who analysed challenges on the labour...
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Changing demand is reshaping production as well
Date: 2012-12-01 21:49:55
Budapest was the host of the COPA and COGECA congress between 1 and 3 October in 2012. One of the topics discussed was better utilisation of opportunities in bioeconomics. Participants...
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Tobacco products: the black market is growing again
Date: 2012-12-01 21:43:27
GfK Hungária’s latest study reveals that illegal tobacco product trade is becoming more and more widespread. According to official data, in 2011 total revenue from tobacco product sales was HUF...
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There will be no Hungarian potato left by spring
Date: 2012-12-01 21:36:57
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) reveal that the production price of potato in July-October 2012 was 28 percent higher than...
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Their plan goes up in e-smoke
Date: 2012-12-01 21:34:54
In 2010 the state budget’s revenue from the excise duty and VAT on tobacco products amounted to HUF 360 billion. Hungary’s parliament passed the new ‘tobacco shop law’ in September....
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Retail – the artery of the economy
Date: 2012-12-01 21:30:42
Tesco invited its media partners to a press meeting on 14 November, where the company shared with participants the results of the study conducted by Századvég Economic Research Institute, which...
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