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Pensioner purchasing power: interest group proposes cash instead of vouchers
Pensioners to receive food vouchers worth 30,000 forints in autumn – Pensioners’ Parliament welcomes the support, but criticizes the implementation and distribution of the amount. According to the Government’s decision,...
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K&H: Smartphone payments approaching 1,400 billion forints
Nearly 1.4 trillion forints, 173 million transactions: this is the balance sheet of three years of smart device payments at K&H. The number and turnover of digital payments is increasing...
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MOHOSZ: Lake Balaton is the first in the catch ranking of Hungarian waters
Anglers caught 633 tons of fish from Lake Balaton last year, although the quantity was 9.8 percent lower than the 2023 value, but the lake still maintained its leading position...
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After a low point, a turnaround may occur in the subsidized housing loan market
After a decline since last spring, the Otthon Start Program could bring about a turnaround in the market for subsidized housing loans. The reason for this is that fewer conditions...
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Where the heart of retail is beating
MarketPlace, the biggest annual event of Shop! Association – the parent organisation of POPAI Magyarország – took place in Charlotte (USA) on 8-10 April 2025. This article is available for...
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More and more retailers support communicating with AI
According to a recent survey by the German EHI Retail Institute, in the German-speaking world AI use in the communication of retail companies doubled in the last two years. This...
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A watershed year in viticulture: this is how winemakers are fighting the drought
The lack of precipitation is now critical for vineyards in the post-flowering stage: where there is no rain, producers can expect severe crop losses and capital destruction. The year 2025...
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Beautiful but dangerous: why not bring a plant from your vacation?
The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa poses a serious threat to Hungary’s flora, which can easily be brought into our country even with a sprout brought home from a vacation abroad. The...
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America uses sterile flies to protect itself against the flesh-eating parasite – Mexican animal exports have stopped again
The United States has again suspended live animal imports from Mexico after a resurgence of a parasitic fly infestation near its southern border. The pathogen has already caused massive damage...
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Ecological water replenishment has begun on the Ős-Sárvíz River
Ecological water replenishment has begun on the Szedres section of the Ős-Sárvíz River, 100 l/minute, a total of 80 thousand cubic meters of fresh water is being supplied to the...
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Schwarz Produktion eyes move for German honey maker Göbber
Schwarz Produktion, part of the Schwarz Group that owns retailers Lidl and Kaufland, plans to acquire German jam and honey producer, the Göbber Group. The deal, which is subject to...
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Four plant protection products have received emergency authorization to control locusts
In Hungary, due to the extremely hot and dry summer weather in recent years, the mass proliferation and damage caused by various species of locusts (Moroccan, Italian, migratory locusts) has...
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Glovo Upgrades App To Offer Personalised Experiences
Glovo is revamping its app to offer more personalised experiences and smarter product discovery, featuring a new AI-powered gifting feature. The company is redesigning its homepage to be more adaptive,...
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Arla invests 59.4 mEUR in expanding cream cheese capacities
Arla Foods announced a new investment of 59.4 mEUR in expanding the cream cheese capacity in Holstebro Dairy, Denmark to address global cream cheese growth. The world demand for cream...
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Agrometeorology: Drought eased nationwide, ended in large areas
Due to the precipitation that fell in the first half of the week, the drought eased nationwide, ended in large areas, and vegetation refreshed – HungaroMet Zrt. wrote in its...
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Extreme summer, record heat: this is how chain stores are reacting to the heat
Budapest has never experienced such a high temperature as this summer: a new heat record of 36.2 degrees Celsius was set, and heat alerts followed one another across the country....
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Draft decree on food vouchers for pensioners completed
The draft government decree on a 30,000-forint food voucher for pensioners has been completed, the parliamentary state secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation (KIM) announced on his Facebook...
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K&H: Middle-aged people perceive inflation to be much more severe than the actual data shows
The inflation perception of middle-aged Hungarians continues to far exceed the value in official statistics, according to the K&H Sure Future survey. According to the latest data, in May 2025,...
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Inflation rose again in June – rising fruit prices are pushing up prices
Annual inflation rose to 4.6 percent in June, compared to 4.4 percent in May, according to the latest data from the Central Statistical Office. The monthly price increase was 0.1...
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Why is private label milk selling out so quickly? The irrationalities of margin caps in the dairy market
The situation of private label dairy products on the shelves of Hungarian stores has never been so uncertain: cheaper products are increasingly disappearing from the refrigerators, even if there is...
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The EU has proposed stockpiling essential goods and medical equipment in case of crises
The European Commission has presented proposals for the stockpiling of essential goods, medical and healthcare supplies, with the aim of ensuring access to goods and medical equipment at all times,...
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This was the year 2024 in the world of fishing and fish farming
The sixth time, the unified annual statistics on the presence, catch and deployment of anglers in fishing waters, as well as the evaluation related to the data, have been prepared....
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1,600 storm damage reports received in almost one day
K&H received a large number of home insurance claims by Tuesday evening due to the chain of thunderstorms that swept across the country in the previous days, the financial institution...
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Those receiving pension-like benefits would also receive food vouchers
The pensioner food voucher would be available not only to pensioners, but also to those receiving other pension-like benefits, including people with disabilities, Ádám Kósa, the State Secretary for Disability...
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Hungarian university collaboration can help grow berries
The Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences (MATE) and the University of Sopron are working on a solution with the support of the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) that...
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Waiting strategy – and no real confidence
In a quarterly online presentation by PwC Magyarország partner Gábor Farkas and Ákos Kozák, a economic research director expert of the Equilibrium Institute has revealed: at the beginning of 2025...
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László Krisán: Stabilisation is the first step, but new answers are needed to be competitive
László Krisán, the CEO of KAVOSZ Zrt. has assessed the current situation of businesses, the adaptation strategies of the FMCG sector and the new developments of the Széchenyi SME Card...
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In search of the most attractive employers: here is Randstad’s global employer branding top list
The new generation is not only looking for a good salary, but also for a sense of identity at work – and companies need to take this more and more...
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New architectural laws and regulations would drive investors towards brownfield investments
The new architectural laws and regulations introduced since 2023 would drive investors towards brownfield investments, said the State Secretary for Architecture of the Ministry of Construction and Transport (ÉKM) in...
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DK calls for reducing VAT on basic foodstuffs to five percent
During the last month’s official inspections, the National Trade and Consumer Protection Authority (NKFH) identified several potency-enhancing preparations that were marketed as dietary supplements, food or natural libido enhancers, but...
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