News and articles
The Hungarians like schnitzel and fried potatoes the most
Date: 2013-03-13 12:00:41
Cottage cheese, stew, schnitzel and fried potatoes or pancakes? These are foods that the Hungarian housewives like to prepare. But which meal is on the table of the Hungarian families...
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Agricultural Conference: irrigation could increase grain yield
Date: 2013-03-13 12:00:25
The annual 15 – 16 million domestic cereal production can be increased to 20 million tons per year with proper irrigation – Jakab István, Vice President of the National Assembly...
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Budapest Bank: 14 percent of the small businesses have loans
Date: 2013-03-13 11:59:22
Currently, only 14 percent of the micro and small enterprises have loans. 46 percent of them has overdraft loans, 19 percent have Széchenyi Card Overdraft Loan, and 10 percent have...
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The Easter egg range satisfies all requirements in the Auchan
Date: 2013-03-13 11:58:15
The Auchan supermarket chain awaits its costumers with uniquely wide range of eggs and fair prices. Based on the results of last year, this year more than one and a...
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U.S. retail sales rose in February
Date: 2013-03-13 11:53:33
U.S. retail sales rose by 1.1 percent in February, above the expected 0.7 percent – the Ministry of Commerce announced. The owners of websops and construction department stores have experienced...
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Investigation was launched in Romania, due to contaminated turkey meat
Date: 2013-03-13 11:50:58
Romanian authorities have initiated an investigation after turkey meat treated with antibiotics from Romania was found by German authorities in Germany. Vladimir Manastireanu, vice president of the Romanian Animal Health...
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GKI: An economic recovery plan, apart from a fairy tale
Date: 2013-03-13 11:26:03
A blueprint of the government's actions for the 2014-2018 period. You can download the report from here....
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Hungarians purchase milk and bread more often than the European average
Date: 2013-03-12 13:10:04
Most people considers the favorable price / performance ratio as the most important factor when buying milk, meat, poultry, and deli goods. The majority of the Hungarian costumers purchase meat,...
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GfK: mineral water is still a good business
Date: 2013-03-12 13:00:23
The Hungarian population consumes mineral water several times a week, in practice it has become part of the daily diet. An average household is purchasing about 330 liters a year,...
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Analysts: Inflation in the coming months can fall to 2.1 – 2.6 percent
Date: 2013-03-12 12:50:22
Consumer prices fell by 0.1 percent in February, compared to January, and were 2.8 percent higher than a year earlier – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Tuesday. The...
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The mandatory deposit can ruin selective waste collection
Date: 2013-03-12 12:20:48
The introduction of deposit on the single-used beverage packagings can eliminate selective waste collection and would cause unreasonable additional costs for the state and the economy – was said at...
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The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) would easen the damage of dairy producers caused by aflatoxin
Date: 2013-03-12 12:10:44
The Ministry of Rural Development has been working on the regulation, which would provide assistance to producers who are forced destroy their milk that excess the limit of aflatoxin content...
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The Hungarian-Azerbaijani agro and food industrial working group holds its first session
Date: 2013-03-12 11:55:55
The Hungarian-Azerbaijani agro and food industruial working group holds its first session on Tuesday in Baku – the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) told MTI on Monday. The Hungarian working...
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A New York judge has decided that the mayor can not ban high-sugared drinks
Date: 2013-03-12 11:40:03
A judge struck down New York’s limits on large sugary drinks on Monday, one day before they were to take effect, in a significant blow to one of the most...
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Decline in retail sales is slowing down in Croatia
Date: 2013-03-12 11:35:56
In January 2013 the volume of retail sales fell by 5.3 percent in Croatia, compared to the previous year, which is less than the 6.1 percent decline of December –...
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Nike and Adidas are expanding in China
Date: 2013-03-12 11:00:21
Adidas and Nike are expanding in China this year. Both companies seek to slit a bigger slice from the 24 billion USD Chinese market with new market strategies. Nike, which...
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RAUCH Hungária is celebraing its 20th birthday
Date: 2013-03-12 10:39:50
RAUCH Hungária is celebrating its 20th anniverary this year. the international company has been present in Hungary since 1993, and they are one of the major companies using pure Hungarian...
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Henkel: Working together for sustainability
Date: 2013-03-12 10:35:47
Henkel is publishing its latest Sustainability Report today. The focus of this 22nd issue is on the implementation of the sustainability strategy that the company presented in 2012. At the...
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The CAP’s system will be more complex
Date: 2013-03-11 12:55:27
EU's new Common Agricultural Policy’s (CAP) system that will be introduced in 2014 will be more complex than now – Czerván György, Minister of State for the Rural Development Ministry...
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KSH: foreign trade balance was 318 million euros in January
Date: 2013-03-11 12:52:50
In January, exports grew by 4.3, imports increased by 5.2 percent calculated in euro, compared with a year earlier – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced on Monday on the...
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Food and beverages brands are the most mentioned on Twitter
Date: 2013-03-11 12:45:45
The food and beverages, clothing, and the retail sector generate the most direct mentions among Twitter users in the UK – the new study of BrandWatch Institue states. The survey...
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The Tokaj Trading House opened a representation in Tokyo
Date: 2013-03-11 12:45:09
The Tokaj Kereskedőház Zrt. (Tokaj Trading House Co.) opened a representation in Tokyo. The repesentation will serve the Hungarian national image as well. Several months of preparatory work preceded the...
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More than 18 thousand people were interested in Hungary's new gastronomic market
Date: 2013-03-11 12:40:36
Even in the last moments customers were standing in filled rows in front of the desk of the world sensational aurochs salami at the 5th Handicraft Hungarian Flavors Fair and...
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Chio Potato Date
Date: 2013-03-11 12:27:37
Chio requested the help and contribution of consumers in the selection of its new chips taste. Thus Chio’s flavor selection campaign was born, in which Mr. Potato is looking for...
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Nébih subtracted counterfeit Polish cheese from the markets
Date: 2013-03-11 11:51:26
As the result of several weeks of investigation, several tens of tons of fake cheese products were withdrawn from circulation by the staff of the National Food Chain Safety Office...
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The Árkád 2 shopping centre soon to be opened
Date: 2013-03-11 11:00:55
The Árkád 2 shopping centre opens its gates on 20 March 2at the Örs vezér square. The 20 thousand square meters Árkád 2 together with Árkád 1 will be the...
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Sándor's day Wine Muster in Tapolca
Date: 2013-03-11 10:58:14
The Balaton Wine Region’s most important professional meeting, the Wine Muster on Sándor's day will be held at the start of the spring. Vistors and professionals can becme aquanted with...
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Eighty billion pairs of chopsticks are consumed in China every year
Date: 2013-03-11 10:54:23
A leader of a northeast Chinese wood industrial company named disposable chopsticks as one of the causes of deforestations at the ongoing session of China's parliament: He claims that every...
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VM: seeds are strategic products
Date: 2013-03-08 12:30:39
The Hungarian seeds are strategic products. Production is implemented currently on 130 thousand hectares. The expansion of the production area is a national security interest – Szépe Ferenc, internationally renowned...
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Ten percent of mobile users use their cell phone to compare product prices
Date: 2013-03-08 11:17:56
One in ten Hungarian mobile users also use their cell phone to compare the product prices of different products. In Hungary, most people search for informations on electronic goods for...
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