News and articles
MNB: the performance of the Hungarian economy is significantly lagging behind the region
Date: 2012-11-05 12:00:00
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) revised down this year’s and next year's GDP expectations. This year, the Hungarian economy can shrink by 1.4 percent, next year an only 0.7...
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Online shopping day comes on Thursday with significant discounts
Date: 2012-11-05 11:59:24
This year, the online shopping day will be held on 8 November on Thursday. The event involving hundreds of webstores will provide significant discounts for online buyers. In 2011, almost...
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A Fornetti Milk bar has been opened in the capital
Date: 2012-11-05 11:15:22
An unconventional satisfactory catering unit has been opened on 16 October in the 6th district of Budapest. The Fornetti Milk bar can be found on the Grand Boulevard between the...
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Portuguese company would build Romanian malls
Date: 2012-11-05 11:12:45
The Portuguese property developer Sonae Sierra considers Romania as one of the most promising real estate market in Central and Eastern Europe. The company would build shopping malls in Bucharest...
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Urbanization brings an increase in consumption in China
Date: 2012-11-05 11:10:39
By the end of the decade, the number of the Chinese middle class will reach 600 million. They are the key driver of economic development – predicted the Chinese Reform...
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Drought and fungal diseases affecting the chestnut crop badly
Date: 2012-11-05 11:07:25
Chestnuts almost cannot be purchased in the country due to the drought, ten percent of the usual amount has grown this year. In Zengővárkony, at the country's largest production area,...
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How whisky is being made?
Date: 2012-11-05 09:45:13
Nestled at the foothills of the Highlands near the scenic town of Crieff, Glenturret is the spiritual home of The Famous Grouse whisky. After seeing the age old process of...
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Eastern opening is reasonable in foreign trade
Date: 2012-11-05 08:00:02
Eastern opening is reasonable in the Hungarian foreign trade, as the driving force of the world economy is now outside Europe – told Hídvégi Balázs, Deputy Secretary of State at...
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KSH: the volume of exports increased by 1.7 percent in August
Date: 2012-11-02 12:50:45
The volume of imports in August decreased by 0.3 percent, while the volume of exports increased by 1.7 percent compared to the same period of last year. Calculating in euro,...
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More and more Hungarians turn to the European Consumer Centre
Date: 2012-11-02 11:45:04
A growing number of Hungarian citizens are turning to the European Consumer Centre (ECC), and the returned amount also increases – Kriesch Attila director of ECC told at a press...
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Hell Nominated For World-Class Manufacturing Award Hell Nominated For World-Class Manufacturing Award
Date: 2012-11-02 10:33:30
Hell Energy is among the nominees for the prestigious Strategic Manufacturing Awards to be awarded later this month in Dusseldorf. The Hungarian energy drink manufacturer’s bottling factory in Szikszó has...
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Hipercom: The best offers for All Saint's Day
Date: 2012-11-01 10:34:53
The period prior to All Saint's Day is always linked to a wide range of promotions highlighted in special offer leaflets. With Hipercom's Monitoring System, this years offers have been...
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NGM: the public health product tax does not conflict with with the EU law
Date: 2012-10-31 13:50:53
The European Commission accepted the government's argumentation and answers and closed the legal process that investigated the legal harmonization of public health product tax and EU law. The EU proposer-Executive...
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Mountain villages: this year's wine volume is under two million hectoliters
Date: 2012-10-31 12:00:09
This year, about 1.8 million hectoliters of wine was transported into the cellars in Hungary, compared to the 2.5 million hectoliters of last year – Horváth Csaba, Secretary General of...
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Workania: 19 percent of the Slovaks and 34 percent of the Czechs earn more than the Hungarians
Date: 2012-10-31 11:11:09
The Hungarian workers' gross monthly average wage is 221400 thousand HUF, while the Slovaks earned 19 more and the Czechs 34 percent more the last year – shows the Fizetesek.hu...
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The “Together for the babies” CSR campaign to be restarted
Date: 2012-10-31 11:01:55
The dm drogerie markt launches its second “Together for the babies” CSR campaign on 2 November. The campaign aims to support children and their families among different conditions. The partners...
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Aquarius-Aqua Kft. inaugurated a new bottling plant in Albertirsa
Date: 2012-10-31 11:00:49
The new production hall of the bottling plant of the Aquarius-Aqua Kft. mineral water and soft drink manufacturer has been completed in Albertirsa. The production hall, which was implemented with...
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There are not enough boxes and bags in the Santa Claus Factory
Date: 2012-10-31 10:59:50
There are not enough boxes and bags in Santa's factory, in which the volunteers of the charity action could pack the gifts in – the organization told MTI on Saturday....
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Decreasing profits at Avon
Date: 2012-10-31 10:39:03
Avon's profits fell significantly in the third quarter, because of the increase in production costs, and due to the unfavorable foreign exchange rates. The market leader in direct selling of...
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Nielsen: Consumer Confidence in Hungary is in depths
Date: 2012-10-30 13:00:22
Hungary has the lowest consumer confidence index for five consecutive quarters, among the worldwide tested fifty-eight countries. Although a slight improvement occurred, tthird-quarter index is 37 points, which is 7...
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Fazekas Sándor: the pig sector has future
Date: 2012-10-30 12:55:21
The Hungarian pig sector can be reneved with the involvement of market participants, and can reach the production level of ten years ago in terms of employment and production –...
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Pork industry: big changes on an international level
Date: 2012-10-30 12:38:58
A striking feature of thehog industry has been the rapid shift to fewer and larger operations, associated with technological change and evolving industry structure. The United States is the world's...
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Hungarian flavors at the world's most important food exhibition
Date: 2012-10-30 11:25:30
The Magyar Ízek Kereskedelmi Szövetség Zrt. (Trade Association of Hungarian Flavours Ltd.) successfully represented the Hungarian craft producers in France, The Trade Association of Hungarian Flavours Ltd. promoted gray-cattle meeat,...
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More and more international companies expect Chinese consumers
Date: 2012-10-30 11:23:25
If we want the global business to flourish, we should win in China first – WARC writes after consulting several international companies. More and more brand owners consider China in...
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Visa’s contactless cards enters the Hungarian market
Date: 2012-10-30 11:10:41
Erste Bank introduces payWave-enabled cards of Visa on the domestic market. Thes Visa can compete with Mastercard for market shares on the domestic market, with this step. Visa Electron’s student...
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A Hungarian agency expands in Romania
Date: 2012-10-30 11:03:45
The Innovative Solutions (IS) Agency opened a its own office in Romania. The company is dealing with communications Innovative POS Solutions. The regional TTL agency is present on the Romanian...
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Economic confidence in the euro zone has slipped back to its three-year low
Date: 2012-10-30 11:00:15
In October, the consumer and business sentiment index has slipped back to its three-year low, after in Germany and in France economic expectations became bad. According to the Tuesday communication...
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The results of the Cégér wine label competition was announced
Date: 2012-10-30 10:20:35
The first prize and the additional one million HUF of the Cégér – Jó bornak tervezz címkét! (Sign – Design a label for a good wine!) competition was won by...
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The Italian red wine received a Smart Phone application
Date: 2012-10-30 10:18:10
Tasting cannot be carried out virtually, but the free smartphone application gives every information about the Brunello di Montalcina one of the most famous Italian red wine. The iBrunelloHD application...
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The SME sector may be the key to the economic growth in Hungary
Date: 2012-10-29 11:40:08
According to the recently published a report of the European Commission, the stuation of the Hungarian enterprises in most of the 10 indicators of the Small Business Act (SBA) are...
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