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NGM: the government fulfilled its commitment, inflation decreased to 3.7 percent in 2024, which will decrease even further in 2025, to 3.2 percent
The government fulfilled its commitment, bringing down inflation, which had increased due to the war and the energy crisis, in 2023 and keeping it at a low level in 2024....
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KSH: prices exceeded the values of the same period of the previous year by 4.6 percent in December and by an average of 3.7 percent in 2024
In December 2024, consumer prices exceeded those a year earlier by an average of 4.6 percent, and by 0.5 percent compared to the previous months. In 2024, prices increased by...
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Shell Hungary survey reveals new trends in digital shopping
Smartphones have become an integral part of our daily lives, and the latest research by Shell Hungary highlights how these devices shape our shopping habits. According to the research, 87...
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Industrial production decreased by 4.2 percent in November
In November 2024, the volume of industrial production fell by 4.2 percent, or 2.9 percent adjusted for working days, compared to a year earlier. The volume of production decreased in...
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Global trends – food industry insights
In collaboration with experts from Kantar, ProtéinesXTC and Circana, SIAL Paris has created a research tool called SIAL Insights, the results of which are published every autumn, before the opening...
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Every fourth Hungarian would like to improve their digestive well-being, but doesn’t know how
The start of the new year is a time for many to pay more attention to their health. However, according to a recent Hungarian study*, a significant proportion of Hungarians...
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There were fewer capitalists and the real value of capital income also decreased in 2023
According to NAV data, in 2023 the number of people with capital income decreased from 375 thousand to 356 thousand, about 5 percent. The amount of declared net capital income...
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2025: top 10 trends in the world of work
As technology continues to shape the way businesses of all sizes operate and grow, 2025 will be another defining year for the world of work. While the return to the...
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SIAL Innovation Award winners 2024
SIAL Innovation is the international centre for food innovation, which reviews the entries of thousands of exhibitors every two years, in collaboration with ProtéinesXTC. This article is available for reading...
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GKI analysis: Russian gas exposure – Could it be otherwise?
Hungary’s exposure to Russian energy, which can be traced back to the infrastructure built during the Cold War, causes significant vulnerability from both a political and economic perspective. However, Russian...
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SIAL: focus on sustainable enjoyment
Every even year the most important event for the global food industry is SIAL, which celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. On 19-23 October the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre welcomed...
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NKFIH launches project to stimulate SMEs
A new project of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) encourages micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to develop professionally, innovate, and expand economic relations and research areas, the...
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What is Consumer Protection investigating in 2025?
The 2025 Inspection and Investigation Program of the Consumer Protection Authority contains the thematic investigations along which the government agencies acting within the scope of the consumer protection authority will...
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Annual inflation in Romania rose to 5.14 percent in December
The annual inflation rate in Romania rose to 5.14 percent in December, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) announced on Tuesday. In November, consumer prices in Romania were 5.11 percent...
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Turn 2024 – Rise of active individual entrepreneurs
The number of sole proprietorships grew dynamically in 2024, while the decline in partnerships continued. There are currently more than 1.1 million sole proprietorships and partnerships in Hungary, and the...
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2024 is the new record year for domestic tourism
Surpassing the outstanding 2023 result by almost 11%, more than ever before, nearly 18 million tourists arrived at Hungarian accommodation facilities in 2024. The guest nights they spent also increased...
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Quarterly labor market analysis: wage increases are the most likely to mobilize employees
The lively employment activity experienced since the beginning of 2023 subsided in the last quarter of 2024, with an increase of less than 5% in the number of applications submitted...
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Shoppers don’t want sustainable, but they want organic?
In Germany the proportion of people who regularly buy sustainable products has dropped from 27% to 20%, and since July only 62% are willing to pay more for sustainable products...
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New investments worth 4,000 billion forints are coming to our country
Last year was the second most successful year in the history of the Hungarian economy in terms of investment promotion, with 4,000 billion forints of new investment coming to our...
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With or without oil?
Eight out of ten Hungarians eat quick-frozen, breaded meat products available in shops, and 78% believe that the popularity of these lies mainly in easy and quick preparation, according to...
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K&H: people in their thirties are targeting the housing market
Among middle-aged people, almost four out of ten people – 37 percent – would buy a residential property in the future, and 5 percent would move within a year, according...
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K&H: this is how much housing prices have increased according to those most affected
Middle-aged Hungarians are more pessimistic about the development of housing prices at the end of 2024 than a year earlier, according to the K&H Komisar Futur survey. A significant majority...
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Aldi Süd has the strongest vegan private label offering in Germany
Aldi Süd is the biggest grocery retailer in Germany in terms of its selection of vegan private label products, the company says citing a Nielsen survey. Aldi Süd currently offers...
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The laboratory of the University of Pécs, suitable for conducting grape and wine analytical tests, has been renovated
The recently modernized laboratory of the Viticulture and Enology Research Institute of the University of Pécs (PTE SZBKI), suitable for performing grape and wine analytical tests, was handed over on...
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Coffee has become more expensive in Italy
The price of a cup of espresso, beloved by Italians, has risen by almost fifty percent, as the price of coffee, like butter and chocolate, has risen by almost fifty...
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Carrefour offloads another 39 French stores
Carrefour is offloading 39 French – often loss-making – hypermarkets and supermarkets to independent operators in a bid to cut operating costs. Unions protest to what they call is a restructuring...
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Eurobarometer: majority of farmers believe the level of EU financial support to help stabilise their income is adequate
A Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Commission and published on Thursday shows that a majority of Europeans support the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and more than half of...
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KSH: the volume of construction production in November decreased by 1.7 percent compared to a year earlier and by 2.0 percent compared to the previous month
In November 2024, the volume of construction production fell by 1.7 percent compared to a year earlier, according to raw data. Among the main construction groups, the production of buildings...
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Most online shoppers are fed up with unpredictable parcel delivery times
According to a recent Ipsos survey commissioned by DODO, it has already happened to every second customer that they weren’t at home when a parcel was delivered, and nearly two-thirds...
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Proposed new US dietary guidelines may prioritise plant proteins
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) are considering new dietary guidelines that would shift emphasis towards plant proteins for the first time. A preliminary...
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