News and articles
Hundred thousands of people are starving in Hungary
Date: 2011-10-14 12:43:52
The FAO has been marking the World Food Day annually since 1980-ies, commemorating the date of the founding of FAO in 1945. The key message of this year’s World Food...
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Fishing festival in the Hortobágy
Date: 2011-10-14 12:40:37
1500-2000 tons of fish caught off from the fishponds of Hortobágy this year – told Sarka Béla, Chief Executive Officer of the Hortobágyi Halgazdaság Zrt. to MTI on Saturday. At...
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Aldi and Lidl founders are among the richest Germans
Date: 2011-10-14 12:31:23
According to the latest estimates; the founders of Aldi and Lidl are still among the richest Germans – they could pay the whole debt of the Hungarian foreign currency debtors...
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Jonagold Apple Festival in Rakamaz
Date: 2011-10-14 12:30:30
The famous Jonagold Apple Festival will be held for the ninth time in Rakamaz on Sunday. The organizers expect visitors with product presentations and all-day cultural programs. Zajácz Miklós, town...
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Magazine: We spend more in discount stores than last year
Date: 2011-10-14 11:27:50
In the January-May period there were rather significant changes in the market shares of retail channels. The population spent HUF 1,100 billion a day on FMCG products, from which discount...
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Danone supports chronically ill children
Date: 2011-10-14 11:16:45
Danone's special charity program to support chronically ill children began on 3rd October this year and it is going to last until 13th November. The program has been helping kids...
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System Alliance Europe implements a new clearing system
Date: 2011-10-14 09:11:58
The 47 System Alliance Europe partners benefit from optimized invoicing and more process transparency. Following a two-year development period, CargoClear, a web-based clearing solution designed for the specific requirements of...
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Milk-quotes will be handled by the state
Date: 2011-10-13 13:49:17
The Hungarian Dairy Research Institute is going to manage milk-quota of farmers from 1st November 2011 , instead of the former co-partner (Livestock Performance Testing LTD) – the Ministry of...
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Social networks generates ten billion USD this year
Date: 2011-10-13 13:20:53
Income produced on social networks this year, already exceeds the 10 billion USD limit on the sites of the world. The dynamism will not decrease in the future, the rate...
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House of Hungarian Tastes in the Coop of Gödöllő
Date: 2011-10-13 12:40:18
The first joint business of Coop and the House of Hungarian Tastes opened in Gödöllő. The Hungarian-owned supermarket chain sells the food products of domestic producers, in a “shop in...
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Bunge Zrt. is still the market leader in the edible oil market
Date: 2011-10-13 12:38:27
The company's Martfű-based vegetable oil factory maintained its market leadership in Hungary, despite the 6 percent fall of the the oil market. The company holds 70 to 75 percent of...
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Coop spent five billion HUF on IT
Date: 2011-10-13 12:35:29
Izsófalva, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county has joined to the IT system of Coop as the thousandth unit on Wednseday 12 October. The store was built from two hundred million HUF employing eleven...
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Euronics opens new stores in the Corvin shopping Center and in the KÖKI Terminal
Date: 2011-10-13 12:33:17
The Veszprém-based Euronics-Vöröskő Kft. opens two 1,600 square-meter Euronics Mega stores at the same time tomorrow, so the company will have nine stores in Budapest and 65 across the country....
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Praktiker awaits its customers with culinary experiences
Date: 2011-10-13 12:20:12
Praktiker awaits its customers with beer and sausages in the second half of October. The culinary experiences will be completed with unique shopping action with 20 percent discount. In order...
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The OBI opened a store at the KÖKI Terminal
Date: 2011-10-13 12:12:17
OBI continues to expand in those rural areas where it is not present. The model for the developments will be the store at the KÖKI Terminal (Kőbánya-Kispest) – said Christoph...
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Magazine: Cat food’s market position strengthened
Date: 2011-10-13 12:08:27
The value of the annual pet food market is around HUF 40 billion, 60 percent of which is spent on dog food and 40 percent on cat food. Dog food...
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Hungarian Party in Brno
Date: 2011-10-13 11:06:47
Hungarian music, folk dance, dance teaching, wine-tasting and gastronomy are in the major focus of the Hungarian Party in Brno, Czech Republic on Saturday this week. More info can be...
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CAP-reform critized by Austrian agricultural minister
Date: 2011-10-13 10:53:14
Austrian agricultural minister Nikolaus Berlakovich expressed fierce criticism when it comes to the draft of Commmon Agrarpolitics (CAP) on Thursday in an interview given to Radio ORF. He is in...
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First spirit- and double sausage festival of Debrecen
Date: 2011-10-13 10:05:16
The first Spirit- and Doublesausage Festival of Derecen is about to open its gates this weekend for the first time, under the name Debreczeni Zamat Pálinka és Pároskolbász Fesztivál –...
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New CAP discussed in Budapest
Date: 2011-10-12 17:31:33
The new EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was presented to professionals in Budapest, the draft is expected to enter into force in the beginning of 2014. Péter Bokor, the Agricultultural...
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Anuga: New strategies and price-plocies are the way to keep up with the competition
Date: 2011-10-12 16:45:07
“All 6600 exhibitors and 60 professional programs reflect the way the FMCG-scene is trying to keep up with incredibly fast changes the market has brought about in the past couple...
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The government would easen the establishment of local markets
Date: 2011-10-12 13:20:30
It would be a relief, that no permission would be needed to the establishment of local markets, a notice would be enough as well. The government expects that due to...
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This year's corn crop in Zala is less than last year's
Date: 2011-10-12 12:50:55
The yield per hectare of corn is more than one ton less this year in Zala county, than in the recent years – told Fentős János, Head of Department at...
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New leader at POS Media Célcsoport Hungary
Date: 2011-10-12 12:42:56
After having spent more than 10 years in the field of instore communications, strategic director of the company Péter Kovács is leaving “the board” with mutual agreement, and his tasks...
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Analysts surprised by the Euro-zone' industrial production growth
Date: 2011-10-12 12:30:45
Euro zone's industrial production unexpectedly rose in August. The monthly increase is the second now in row, primarily led by French, Portuguese and Italian production volumes, which could offset the...
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Advanced training will start in Gödöllő from eco plantation
Date: 2011-10-12 12:20:06
The Gödöllő-based Szent István University prepares to launch an eco vegetable and fruit production training – told Matthew Hayes, university professor to MTI. He told that the two-year training is...
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Pepsi reported two billion USD quarterly profits
Date: 2011-10-12 12:19:14
The shares of PepsiCo. Inc. began to rise before the opening of the U.S. market after the company's third-quarter profit increased to 2 billion USD (1.25 USD per share). These...
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Pig farming declines in Austria as well
Date: 2011-10-12 12:18:42
The decline of peasant farms is unstoppable in Austria. Only the larger companies are able to survive. 15 years ago, 239 thousand farms were in Austria with a size of...
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Magazine: CIB FaktorFactoring
Date: 2011-10-12 11:56:49
CIB FaktorFactoring: the crisis is overAfter the contraction in 2010, the domestic factoring market started expanding again in 2011. Since there have not been major changes on the credit market,...
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Frost damage compensation – five thousand farmers get help
Date: 2011-10-12 10:34:27
About five thousand farmers affected by the frost damage in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County receive assistance from the agricultural production system in the form of a compensation – regional leader of the...
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