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FruitVeB: hard-shell plants suffered the most due to the cold Easter weather
Date: 2012-04-18 12:05:07
On the basis of the preliminary surveys, this year's Easter frost caused larger damages in the orchards of the country than last year – said Mártonffy Béla, president of the...
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Sága’s grilled sausages made of turkey meat can be the hits of the summer
Date: 2012-04-18 11:10:30
Sága starts the summer season with popular – Hungarian and cheese – flavored, turkey products: from may, the company provides spicy Hungarian style (pepper) and grilled sausages enriched with pieces...
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Beer consumption is decreasing, while wine consumption is increasing in the Czech Republic
Date: 2012-04-18 11:05:13
According to the datas of the Czech Statistical Office (CSÚ), while in 2005 the per capita beer consumption reached 164 liters, in the Czech Republic, this figure dropped back to...
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More and more tourists from Slovakia visit Hungary
Date: 2012-04-18 10:00:11
The number of guests from Slovakia is increasing from year to year, at hoilday resorts in Hungary. Last year, only at the Lake Balaton 13 thousand tourist spent their vacation...
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Several food companies among the Top 20 list of the Hungarian companies expanding abroad
Date: 2012-04-17 13:20:44
The New York-based Vale Columbia Center and the ICEG European Center examined the expansion of Hungarian companies in abroad. The foreign assets of the ranked twenty companies between 2008 and...
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Nemtudom P3 plum and Csengődi cherry in the National Species Catalogue
Date: 2012-04-17 13:02:39
The Species Certificating Committee recognized newly bred grapes and fruit varieties – told the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) to MTI on Tuesday. The Board, among others, took up the...
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Two billion HUF remains in the food industry
Date: 2012-04-17 12:45:40
The Hungarian food industry no need to pay the two billion HUF worth annual disaster protection contribution, because the parliament changed the certain provisions of the Act. The original legislation...
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Fee should be paid for the registration of recyclable packaging products
Date: 2012-04-17 12:38:46
The National Environmental Protection and Water Management Inspectorate will register the recyclable packaging, on the basis of companies and types, in the future. The registration will cost 80 thousand HUF...
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Czech-Polish food debate
Date: 2012-04-17 12:15:04
The Czech Republic will try to achieve at the competent fora of the European Union, to ban the imports of Polish food – said Petr Bendl, Czech Minister of Agriculture...
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The ZEW index indicates an improved mood in the strongest economy of Europe
Date: 2012-04-17 12:10:04
Economic sentiment further improvement in April in Germany. The ZEW index increased from 22.3 points to 23.4 points. According to the survey of the Mannheim-based ZEW, German economic sentiment improves...
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Coface: persistent credit risk in most countries
Date: 2012-04-17 10:57:10
he situation of companies in the construction sector closely reflects the world, regional and national economic trends. At a time when the world economy is characterized by divergences between countries,...
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Dissolving of the mall stop is not on agenda
Date: 2012-04-16 14:10:37
Contrary to the expectations, the dissolving of the mall stop was not the subject of last week's cabinet meeting. As they say, the retail floor space is strictly regulated in...
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The delay of investments caused a 300 billion HUF loss to the SMEs
Date: 2012-04-16 13:30:39
According to the survey of GE Capital, business activity and investment sentiment greatly reduced in the case of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the past two years. The...
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Coface: Can not see the light at the end of the tunnel
Date: 2012-04-16 13:25:16
According to the latest survey of the international credit insurer Coface Hungary, in the first quarter of this year, the number of insolvency proceedings increased by a total of nearly...
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The founding document of the Hungarian Gastro Map Cluster has been signed
Date: 2012-04-16 13:20:26
It is a common interest that Hungary to be able to provide safe food, with the use of mainly domestic raw materials – said Kardeván Endre, Secretary of State at...
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Retail sales growth is higher than expected in the world's largest economy
Date: 2012-04-16 12:32:12
U.S. retail sales showed a greater recovery for the third subsequent month, despite the fact that gasoline prices increased. Turnover grew by 0.8 percent in March, while analysts expected 0.3...
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ATM-number stagnating, but quality service becomes a priority
Date: 2012-04-16 11:07:23
According to calculations, at least 5-10 billion HUF is left untouched in ATM-machines in Hungary. This sum could be decreased by 15-20 percent if integrated cash-optimization systems were introduced. Banks...
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Five thousand inspections and 25 million HUF fines are the results of the spring food chain controls
Date: 2012-04-13 13:10:12
The spring food chain control was carried out by the coordination of the National Food Chain Safety Office between 19 March and 9 April. 5162 test were carried out, 25,327,888...
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Fungus production could be doubled
Date: 2012-04-13 13:00:15
According to the latest summary of the Hungarian Horticultural Council, fungus production improved significantly. The production can be doubled, it is expandable to at least 50-70 thousand tons, and employment...
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South Transdanubian Wine Tourism Cluster operates successfully
Date: 2012-04-13 12:28:49
The organization's president evaluated the one and half year operation of the South Transdanubian Wine Tourism Cluster successful, at Friday’s press conference in Pécs. Schmidt Győző told that the cluster...
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Czechs consume food more economically
Date: 2012-04-13 11:59:04
Czechs consume food more economically – pointed out the Czech Statistical Office in its report, which analyzed the consumption of 2010. A Czech citizens consumed 2.1 percent less food in...
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Magazine: Last year the market topped nine billion forints
Date: 2012-04-13 11:28:44
Last year liver paté and sandwich spread sales dropped 3 percent in value and 9 percent in volume; the market surpassed the HUF 9 billion level. From total meat product...
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A meat plant in Dunakeszi was closed by NÉBIH
Date: 2012-04-13 11:20:49
The Pest county food safety authority inspectors seized more than 1.5 tons of dubious origin food in a Dunakeszi “meat shop”. The more than two million food control fine is...
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GfK: propensity to buy is on nadir
Date: 2012-04-12 14:49:16
According to the survey of GfK Hungária, propensity to buy is on nadir, because most of the families expect decrease in real incomes. According to the Thursday communication of GfK...
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Nielsen: global consumers' trust in “earned” advertising grows in importance
Date: 2012-04-12 13:18:43
Ninety-two percent of consumers around the world say they trust earned media, such as word-of-mouth and recommendations from friends and family, above all other forms of advertising—an increase of 18...
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Horticulture’s primary output is 300 billion HUF
Date: 2012-04-12 12:42:35
Horticulture is the third most important sector of the Hungarian agriculture, its primary output, producer revenue is approximately 300 billion HUF – said Mártonffy Béla, at the National Assembly’s Subcommittee...
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Meat black markets will be under control
Date: 2012-04-12 12:11:35
The new land law can help in the restoration of the disturbed balance of animal husbandry and plant cultivation and in boosting up pig production – said Turi-Kovács Béla, Fidesz...
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Fruit and Vegetable Hotline
Date: 2012-04-12 12:11:30
Those vendors who sell strawberries from Spanish, Italian or other Mediterranean areas as domestic products deceive the consumers. Anyone who meets a rip-off can report it to the National Food...
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The level of agricultural producer prices decreased
Date: 2012-04-12 12:10:54
Following the dynamics of the previous months, the agricultural producer price level decreased by 4.5 percent in February, compared to a year earlier. The price of crop products fell by...
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Twenty percent less watermelons are planted in South Békés
Date: 2012-04-12 12:10:17
Watermelon production area will be smaller with hundreds of hectares in 2012 than in 2011 in South Békés. Farmers will plant an expected 2500 to 2,600 hectares until the end...
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