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Chamber of Agriculture: vegetable, fruit and tobacco growers can claim for support
Date: 2012-05-02 12:10:30
In the scope of the vegetable, fruit and tobacco restructuring national program, the farmers can claim for support in a single application – announced the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture. On...
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VM: the school milk program to be relieved
Date: 2012-05-02 12:10:13
An institution operator can sign a delivery contract with even more processors in the future, contains among other things, the amendment of the school milk program. According to the Wednesday...
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The regulation containing the detailed rules of the declaration of the food chain monitoring fee has been published
Date: 2012-05-02 12:05:12
The regulation controlling the declaration and payment of the food chain monitoring fee, lists the scope of those who should pay, the rate of fee and the payment deadlines. The...
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Kiwi fruits are being planted in Zala county
Date: 2012-05-02 09:52:00
A five-hectare kiwi plantation is installed near Becsehely, Zala county. The producers would harvest the first fruits three years later. The installation of Hungary's first utility-scale kiwi orchard has been...
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Nielsen: 6 percent growth in value, stability in terms of volume
Date: 2012-04-27 17:19:26
Global consumer confidence increased five index points to 94 in Q1 2012, according to global consumer confidence findings from Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what...
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Food sales picked up at Easter
Date: 2012-04-27 13:32:34
Food sales picked up during the Easter period. According to the informations of the chain of stores, the sales of hams increased the most. Among the typical food products of...
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KSH: 59 thousand more people worked in the first quarter than a year ago
Date: 2012-04-27 13:10:08
In this year's first quarter, the number of employees was 3 million 791 thousand, 59 thousand more than a year ago – told the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Friday,...
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Öko-Pannon: the new product-fee regulation can increase costs and administration
Date: 2012-04-27 12:55:57
According to the ÖKO-Pannon Kft., that coordinates separate waste collection and recovery, the new product-fee regulation can increase costs and administration significantly. However, the National Waste Management Agency draws attention...
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Magazine: Modest improvement in the Mediterranean
Date: 2012-04-27 12:47:16
The proportion of consumers in the Mediterranean who think their country is in economic recession: Portugal: 97 percent, Italy: 95 percent, Spain: 92 percent. In Italy FMCG retail sales augmented...
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Commercial toplist 2011: Tesco, CBA, Coop leading the list
Date: 2012-04-27 12:19:01
In spite of the extremely low customer confidence, retail sales volume of food, household chemicals only saw a 1 percent decrease last year, compared to the previous year. The moderate...
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A Pálinka House was inaugurated in Tarpa
Date: 2012-04-27 09:42:58
The new tasting house that presents and promtes plum pálinka was handed over on Friday in Tarpa, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. MTI Photo: Balázs Attila The Plum house and the associated plum...
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Milk sector’s revenue increased by ten percent
Date: 2012-04-26 13:40:03
The revenue of the milk sector increased by about ten percent last year, compared to the datas of a year earlier, reaching 200 billion HUF- told Lukács László, Executive Director...
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Hungary will be a cottage cheese great power
Date: 2012-04-26 13:20:36
The Milk Marketing Board Interprofessional Organization ends its milk export support program as well as the promotion of the healthy nature of milk – instead the organization will concentrate on...
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Country risk assessments review : Improvement in Japan and the United States, but euro zone risk on the rise
Date: 2012-04-26 13:15:41
In Coface’s view, the world economy is presently marked by divergence between the three major advanced zones: the economic contraction in the euro zone is worsening (-0.3% currently forecast in...
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23.8 billion euros were invested on the commercial real estate markets of Europe in the first quarter
Date: 2012-04-26 13:13:27
The moderate investment turnover reflected the seasonal slowdown on the European commercial real estate sales market in early 2012 – states CB Richard Ellis global real estate consultant in its...
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Regular consumer protection inspections to be carried out in the chains in the capital
Date: 2012-04-26 13:12:11
The consumer protection inspections will continue and will be regular in the future to provide appropriate quality and standard to the customers – emphasized Pesti Imre, Government Office commissioner of...
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MNB expects reducing consumption beside declining incomes
Date: 2012-04-26 13:12:11
In 2012, the stagnation of the economy is expected, growth only starts in 2013 – writes the Hungarian National Bank (MNB). Domestic demand remains low, growth is dragged by exports....
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The participants of the meat black market can expect continous harassment
Date: 2012-04-26 13:10:42
According to news from Brussels, meat processors and pig farmers, cannot expect improvement, because the situation of pig breeding will not change basically – was said at the meeting of...
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Unexpected success of the employment program
Date: 2012-04-26 12:42:23
Fourteen disadvantaged job seekers found their safe workplace during an employment assistance program in Gödöllő. The GAK Nonprofit Kft. and its and consortium partners launched the project supported by the...
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China wants to double its trade turnover in Poland
Date: 2012-04-26 12:40:22
China in the next five years wants to double trade flows in Poland – said Wen Jiabao, China's prime minister on Thursday in Warsaw, Poland in his opening speech at...
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Fake-labeled cans were seized by the authorities in Tolna county
Date: 2012-04-26 12:35:06
More than 35 thousand fake-labeled bottles of cucumbers and green tomatoes and canned goods were seized by the authorities in Tolna county – told the National Food Chain Safety Office...
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ÉFOSZ: the performance of the Hungarian food industry increased last year
Date: 2012-04-25 13:52:17
The economic performance of the Hungarian food industry increased last year. According to preliminary datas, it was 2 percent above the 2010 levels – said Éder Tamás, president of the...
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The Széll Kálmán Plan 2.0 calculates with reverse VAT
Date: 2012-04-25 13:50:25
The Széll Kálmán Plan 2.0 program mostly affects the food economy with the introduction of reverse taxation, beyond the planned rule changes The reserse VAT is designed to be introduced...
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No GMO food found
Date: 2012-04-25 13:40:15
The authorities tested 146, mainly rice, corn, soy and flax containing products, but could not find any food that does not meet the GM specifications. The laboratories of the National...
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We buy more with less credit cards
Date: 2012-04-25 13:30:15
The number of credit cards issued in Hungary declined by almost nine percent last year, due to the difficult macroeconomic environment and the public indebtedness. However, the purchase turnover has...
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Milk misconceptions
Date: 2012-04-25 13:21:35
Despite the fact that households with children consume 30 percent more milk, and they consume 5-6 times more often and occasionally one liter more milk than the, average, according to...
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The contribution of compensation should be paid on the basis of the decision of MVH
Date: 2012-04-25 13:20:00
The farmers should pay the contribution of compensation until the 15th of September to the mitigation account of the Agricultural and Rural Development (MVH). The MVH will send the exact...
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Special milk support can be claimed until May 15
Date: 2012-04-25 12:40:22
Those dairy farmers whose farms are situated in economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive areas can apply for special milk support associated with special treatment of the disadvantages from the Agriculture...
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Hungarian ideas for environment-friendly transport
Date: 2012-04-24 12:48:08
Alternative fuelled vehicles constructed by Hungarian university teams were presented on 23 April, 2012 in the driving technology centre of Hungaroring. The apparatuses that were available for on-site testing will...
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KSH: retail sales decreased in February
Date: 2012-04-24 12:40:20
After the slight increase of January (0.6 percent), retail sales in February fell by 1.4 percent, so in the first two monthsof the year, retail sales were 0.4 percent lower,...
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