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Korean Air launched a cargo flight between Budapest and Seoul
Korean Air launched a a freight service between Budapest and Seoul, and the South Korean airline’s Boeing 777 operates twice a week on Friday and Sunday. The first flight carried...
Read moreConsumer confidence in Europe has improved
Consumer confidence in the euro area and the European Union improved markedly in February, according to a preliminary flash estimate released by the European Commission on Thursday. In the euro...
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Euro area inflation at its nine-month highs
Euro area inflation rose to a nine-month high in January, according to a report released on Friday by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office. In the euro area, inflation rose to...
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Cognac & Co.
In the last 20 years the consumption of wine-based spirits – cognacs, armagnacs and brandies – dropped. Csaba Mosonyi, marketing director of Pernod Ricard Hungary told our magazine that they...
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Rewe And Penny Switch To Sustainable Own-Brand Orange Juice
Germany’s Rewe Group has announced that it has completed the transition to sustainably sourced private-label orange juice ahead of its 2025 target. All own-brand orange juices and concentrates offered in...
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Lidl Denmark Adds Biogas-Powered Trucks To Its Fleet
Lidl Denmark has announced that it has added two new biogas-powered trucks to its fleet for transporting refrigerated goods. The new trucks will be a part of the retailer’s food...
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Valio Introduces Carbon Footprint Calculator Tool
Finnish dairy firm Valio has introduced a new tool – Carbo Farm calculator – to help farmers measure carbon emissions in their farms. The tool will help dairy farmers in...
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Magazine: CSR: Responsibility, sustainability and transparency
CSR Hungary has organised its Responsible Business Summit for the Economy of the Future conference. The first speaker was Dr Anita Boros, secretary of state at the Ministry for Innovation...
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(HU) Magyarország jövőre betiltja az egyszer használatos műanyagokat
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New leader in Dreher sales
From 2020 Gyovai Györgyi is responsible for managing Dreher’s sales and is a member of the Board of Directors. The specialist arrives to the company from the executive chair of...
Read moreMinister of Agriculture: selling apiculture products will be exempt from personal income tax
The Minister of Agriculture called the support for beekeepers as an important pillar of climate protection measures at a press conference on Thursday, where he announced that the income from...
Read moreTesco raises its payroll in two steps
Tesco-Global Department Stores will increase its employee wages in two steps this year, and the company will spend 3.8 billion HUF on wage increases for retail workers under an agreement...
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No consumer protection authority did not find problems in case of hand dishwashing detergents
No errors were found in the consumer test of hand dishwashing detergents – the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) told MTI on Thursday. According to the information, the controls...
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Opten: again is more of a sole proprietor than a company
After one and a half decades, there are more self-employed again than corporate businesses in Hungary – Opten told MTI. According to the company information service provider, nearly 88,000 sole...
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New head of marketing communications at Cofidis
As of December 1, 2019, Marianna Nád-Kántor holds the position of Brand and Marketing Communications Manager at the Hungarian Branch of Cofidis. Previously she was responsible for marketing and communications...
Read moreInternet merchants are suspected with several billion HUF tax fraud
An organization involved in e-commerce is accused by the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) of damaging 4.7 billion of budget losses by circumventing EU VAT rules, the MTI spokesman...
Read moreThe cigarette smuggler fled
Police arrested a man in his car who found smuggled cigarettes worth eighteen million forints in Tiszabecs – the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Police Headquarters announced on Thursday. Patrols of the Border...
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Who starts with a great breakfast can burn twice as many calories
Burning twice as many calories can prevent obesity and high blood sugar by eating more for breakfast instead of a big dinner – German researchers found in their study published...
Read moreGfK: consumer sentiment in Germany deteriorated slightly
The GfK Nuremberg Economics Research Institute’s consumer sentiment index for Germany declined slightly in March, while consumers’ economic expectations improved slightly, but their willingness to buy and income expectations declined...
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P&G Brands On Track To Deliver ‘Ambition 2030’ Goals
Procter & Gamble has announced significant progress with its European sustainability projects, as it seeks to meet its ‘Ambition 2030’ goals. P&G has been working to drive the circular economy...
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Cactus Expands Private-Label Fairtade Coffee Range
Luxembourg-based retailer Cactus has announced that it has added five new coffee blends to its own-brand Fairtrade-certified coffee range. The new additions, available in Cactus outlets, include Espresso, Dessert, Mocca,...
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Carrefour And Nestlé Launch ‘Adopt a Fruit, Adopt a Vegetable’ Initiative
Carrefour has teamed up with Nestlé to launch the ‘Adopt a Fruit, Adopt a Vegetable’ initiative in France to help parents in encouraging their children to adopt a healthier and...
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Magazine: There is still a lot of oil to extract in the cooking oil fields!
Traditionally Hungarians were cooking with fat, but by now the average household has reached the level where they are cooking with some kind of oil and putting olive oil on...
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KSH: the solid rise in agricultural prices covers big differences
In December last year, the annual increase in agricultural purchase prices moderated from 5.2 percent in November to 0.6 percent, despite the 49.5 percent rise in the purchase price of...
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FruitVeb: less fruit was produced than last year
The amount of fruit grown in Hungary fell from 1.158 million tonnes of 2018 to about 683 thousand tons last year, mainly due to the unfavorable weather and the outstanding...
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The mineral water market decreased slightly in 2019, Magyarvíz was able to grow
Despite the declining market in 2019, Magyarvíz Kft., one of the most important players in domestic mineral water production, was able to increase the number of bottles sold again. Its...
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Nearly one billion HUF capacity expansion investment at the HFI Kft.
The HFI Kft., which is mainly engaged in the processing and preservation of vegetables, expanded its capacity at its depots in Mélykút and Pusztaszer plant with almost one billion HUF...
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