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Illegal meat packaging plant was found in Kőbánya

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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