News and articles
Illegal meat packaging plant was found in Kőbánya
Date: 2012-07-30 11:00:06
The experts of the Pest county animal health authority found an illegal meat packaging plant in Kőbánya on Monday – announced Bognár Lajos, Deputy Secretary of State at the Ministry...
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Whiskey barrels from Jack Daniel's
Date: 2012-07-30 10:55:38
Jack Daniel's opens a new barrel factory. The company producing characteristic whiskeys opens the new plant in Alabama. “The barrels are not just storage devices for us. They are really...
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Hungarian-Irish Agreement on Future of CAP
Date: 2012-07-30 10:31:14
“We have held extremely successful talks with the Irish Minister on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy; the two countries are in agreement on most issues”, said Minister for...
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GKI: Stop-go policies
Date: 2012-07-30 09:24:39
GKI Economic Research Co. forecasts that a recession can be expected in Hungary in 2012, a decline of about 1.5 per cent just like in the first quarter of the...
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A boost in local farmers' markets
Date: 2012-07-27 13:21:34
The Ministry of Agriculture helps the establishment of farmers' markets, by simplifying the bureaucracy, with the financial support of operation and with the amendments of laws. As a result, farmers'...
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The population of caged laying hens is not expected to be reduced due to EU standards
Date: 2012-07-27 13:20:23
The population of the 4.2 million caged laying hens is not expected to be reduced in Hungary next year. More than 90 percent of the farmers have started to expand...
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Now the French goose breeders may suffer because of animal right organizations
Date: 2012-07-27 13:10:12
The foie gras trade is fined in California since July. The decision hurts the French producers, Hungarian producers are not directly affected by it now, not like a few years...
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Big Mac index: forint is undervalued
Date: 2012-07-27 12:52:52
The currency of Venezuela is almost 80 percent overvalued, while the yen is undervalued by 40 percent, at least when we consider how much a Big Mac costs in these...
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Prices on the Hungaroring
Date: 2012-07-27 11:07:25
It seems that this year the prices became higher near the Hungaroring: neither eating nor transport not became cheaper than last year's Hungarian Grand Prix – penzcentrum.hu reports. A hot...
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The METRO wholesale presents: Chill'n'Grill
Date: 2012-07-27 10:30:32
The METRO Kereskedelmi Kft. awaits its customers with new, unusual action: to all of the barbecue tool bought in METRO stores the customers will be given Hungary’s most popular web...
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Master Good builds a dog food-manufacturing plant in Kisvárda
Date: 2012-07-27 10:29:56
The Master Szolg. Kft. that belongs to the Master Good company group builds its dog food-manufacturing plant in Kisvárda from a more than 204 million HUF non-repayable support. The relevant...
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Food safety informations on the website of Nébih
Date: 2012-07-27 10:28:29
Food safety informations in connection to preservation were published by the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) on its website. In the document that can be read on the website...
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Gingerbread Festival in Debrecen
Date: 2012-07-27 10:18:42
The fifth Gingerbread Festival of Debrecen will be held on Saturday, where the participants can taste several honey-based products – drinks, gingerbread and honey preserved fruits. Vajda Mária, main museologist...
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Country risk assessments review : The crisis worsens
Date: 2012-07-26 12:57:56
Because of the worsening economic situation in Southern Europe, Coface has placed the A4 assessments of Spain and Italy under negative watch and downgraded that of Cyprus, where the situation...
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Hungarian poultry trademark in the network of Spar
Date: 2012-07-26 12:25:49
The Spar Magyarország Kft. and the Poultry Product Council (BTT) signed an agreement in early July, that Spar Hungary will sell only goods that has Hungarian poultry trademark. The Spar...
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Unilever: delivers consistent first-half 2012 results
Date: 2012-07-26 12:13:28
oday (26 July), Unilever released its results for the half year and second quarter 2012. Solid and consistent first half results provide further evidence that we are making progress in...
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The Coop stores will indicate the food chain safety hot line
Date: 2012-07-26 12:12:27
The Coop was the first among the retail chains which agreed to indicate the toll-free number of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) in all of its stores. The...
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Ipsos: We are looking forward to the Olympics
Date: 2012-07-26 12:07:29
Almost three-quarters (72 percent) of the international public and two-thirds of the Hungarians will take a glimpse to the Olympic broadcasts. Most people (65 percent) will follow the events by...
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Lidl Hungary donated 5 million HUF to the Child Nutrition Foundation
Date: 2012-07-26 11:20:06
Lidl Hungary, in the spirit of social responsibility, organized a fundraising campaign: between March 29 and April 7 the costumers of Lidl collected 2.5 million HUF, which was doubled by...
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Dreher: a great creation – new light sources in pubs
Date: 2012-07-26 11:15:08
A great creation deserves special lighting, so Dreher can be consumed from luminous jugs at the emphasized pubs – the brand’s new campaign was built on this concept. An image...
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Mt Zrt: tourism race to the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix
Date: 2012-07-26 10:12:46
The Hungarian National Tourist Office (Magyar Turizmus Zrt.) prepares with a “tourism race” again this year to the Formula 1TM ENI Hungarian Grand Prix. Between July 27-29. Hungary will be...
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St. James's Day in Sümeg in honor of mature wine and hunting
Date: 2012-07-26 10:12:16
Mature wine and hunting is celebrated on Saturday in Sümeg: on the the eighth St. James day guests are awaited with wild stew cooking competition, the march of the wine...
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DHL: Formula 1 packed into trucks
Date: 2012-07-26 10:10:18
The Formula 1 is arriving to Hungary in these days, from the Hockenheimring, Germany. The teams have to deliver a total of 100 trucks of goods to Hungary, in the...
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Test costumers in online shops
Date: 2012-07-26 08:54:23
The olcsobbat.hu price comparison page tested 117 Hungarian webshops recently with secret test costumers. At the end of the research, despite the strict criterias encouraging results have born: almost 89...
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This year, Hungary will need wine imports
Date: 2012-07-25 12:52:23
The spring frosts caused large destruction almost everywhere in the orchards. Only the wine-growers can hope in a good yield, but the 22 wine regions are not uniformly observed in...
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EBRD: Hungarian recession could be over 1 percent
Date: 2012-07-25 12:50:31
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) forecasts a larger than expected recession for Hungary this year. According to the bank's latest forecast for the region the whole region's...
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Magazine: Discount stores are pushing forward on the grill product market
Date: 2012-07-25 12:42:35
Last year grill sausage sales were given a boost – but let’s not forget that this happened after a considerable decline in previous years. This sales decline was so big...
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MOSZ: the dairy sector is in difficult situation due to the extreme heat
Date: 2012-07-25 12:40:52
The extremely warm weather of the recent weeks brought a difficult situation to the dairy industry. Due to the heat, domestic milk production decreased by daily one million liter –...
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The MSZP urges to reduce the VAT on food
Date: 2012-07-25 12:12:53
The MSZP urges to reduce the VAT on food as soon as possible, after the Romanian government announced to plan the introduction of a 9 percent VAT on agricultural food...
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Hungarian companies are lagging behind in new applications
Date: 2012-07-25 12:11:39
Only a portion of the latest IT trends reaches Hungary. A few of the innovations that are being used by the companies of the Western countries, are used by Hungarian...
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