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IMF expects more than four percent increase from the world economy
Date: 2011-01-25 15:10:32
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) calculates with a higher rate economic growth, than projected. According to the IMF; the global economy will increase by 4.4 percent this year, and the...
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A seventy percent increase is needed in food production in the forthcoming decades
Date: 2011-01-25 14:52:53
A new large global food crisis may hit the world again. Subsidies and custom duties play an important role in its development. These subsidies and custom duties distort the global...
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The EU reduces the supply with frozen pigs
Date: 2011-01-25 14:40:05
The European Union provided a rapid response for the falling pork prices. According to Dacian Ciolos agriculture commissioner; the decision over the private storage of pork will be born in...
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Four measures of the EU because of the dioxin scandal
Date: 2011-01-25 14:14:38
The European Commission presented four measures related to the dioxin scandal. The European Commission would introduce the reporting obligations in connection to the production and marketing risks of the product,...
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Consumers are saving worldwide
Date: 2011-01-24 13:04:53
In most countries of the world consumers are preparing to cut back their spendings in the forthcoming months, due to concerns over job insecurity and the increase of inflation –...
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EU pig sector is on the edge of collapse
Date: 2011-01-24 12:55:29
In Germany, nearly five thousand animal breeding sites were closed, because of the dioxin scandal, it is likely that meat shortage will occur on the market. Therefore, Font Sándor, chairman...
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GKI composite confidence index rises
Date: 2011-01-24 12:11:19
GKI's combined gauge of business and consumer confidence measured -6.3 points in January after -7.6 points in December, GKI announced. The seasonally adjusted index has not been this high since...
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Agricultural Office fines hard
Date: 2011-01-24 12:10:56
The Agricultural Office (MgSzH) has imposed a total of 342.5 million HUF fines again on department stores, mostly because of the violation of the prohibition of selling below the purchase...
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Agrármarketing Centrum: food safety is a top priority
Date: 2011-01-24 12:07:38
In the past few weeks, plenty of press conferences appeared linked to poisoning, inappropriate, low quality food appearing on the shelves of various EU-members. Food-safety in Hungary is rather strict,...
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Foreign wines are mixed and marketed as Hungarian wines
Date: 2011-01-24 12:00:22
Thirty percent less grapes were grown in the Balatonboglár wine region last The market it still flooded with cheap, poor-quality foreign wines. Moreover some of these wines are mixed and...
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The price of cocoa reached its annual peak
Date: 2011-01-24 11:53:08
The price of cocoa has increased to its annual peak in the New York commodity exchange, to 3.34 USD per tonne, which is a 4 percent increase. Alassane Ouattara, the...
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The German minister urges the food chains to open petrol stations
Date: 2011-01-24 11:10:55
Rainer Brüderle, the German Minister of Economic Affairs encourages the discount food chains, such as Aldi and Lidl to open petrol stations. The Minister expects greater competition and lower prices,...
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Meat controls do not mean a ban on imports
Date: 2011-01-21 20:34:41
According to a study of a German institute; the dioxin contamination was due to the improper storage of used frying fats for biodiesel production. The Hungarian Meat Association protested against...
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ECB flags risks of inflation, food prices rise
Date: 2011-01-21 12:47:58
The European Central Bank warned that commodity and food prices could push euro-zone inflation higher, the latest sign of concern from officials about the buildup of price pressures in the...
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The mangalica sector defies against the crisis
Date: 2011-01-21 12:06:37
The Hungarian mangalica breeders were managed to maintain the Hungarian mangalica breding on the same level, compared to the previous year, despite the difficult economic conditions. Last year, the Hungarian...
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The Hangya Cooperation calls for stronger import controls
Date: 2011-01-21 12:01:41
According to the views of the Hangya Cooperation; increasing controls are justifiable in the field of food imports, to protect consumer safety and the domestic producers. The organization points out,...
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New packaging invented to prevent food spoilage
Date: 2011-01-21 12:00:22
Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of “killer paper,” a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria...
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Company executives preparing for sales expansion
Date: 2011-01-21 11:58:16
Top-level executives expect intensifying competition, volatile and unpredictable markets, shrinking margins and the increasing of the importance of innovation – shows the study of the Ernst & Young, entitled “Competition...
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Uniform rights for all European customers!
Date: 2011-01-21 11:51:55
Paolo Martinelli, the President of the civil Consumer Protection Organisation (BEUC) of the European Union and Morvay György, President of the National Consumer Protection Organisation (OFE), gave BEUC’s Union consumers...
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New Széchenyi Plan: nearly two billion HUF to apply this year
Date: 2011-01-20 12:43:44
Until March, the Ministry of National Development (NFM) tenders 1,100 billion HUF European Union tenders in the scope of the New Széchenyi Plan, and then in the rest of the...
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Demján expects the growth of employment from the SMEs
Date: 2011-01-20 12:42:21
The Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises need credit and capital – said Demján Sándor, Executive Chairman of the National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ). The employment growth can be...
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Output decrease on the commercial property market
Date: 2011-01-20 12:32:02
In Europe, the output change of the first class commercial properties slowed down in the fourth quarter of 2010, unlike the previous years, when property values have increased significantly –...
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The world's second largest economy increased by 10 percent last year
Date: 2011-01-20 12:10:39
China's economy expanded by 10.3 percent in 2010, while inflation was 3.3 percent – reports the China Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The world's second-largest economy grew by 9.2...
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Confidence decreased in the euro area
Date: 2011-01-20 12:00:19
Consumer confidence deteriorated in the euro area in January, which is mainly in connection with the concerns over the debts of some countries in the region. According to the preliminary...
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X-Factor on the skating rink of Corvin
Date: 2011-01-20 11:59:48
The free skating rink on the top of the Corvin shopping center officially opened today with the participation of Takács Nikolas, Király L. Norbi and Vastag Tamás, X-Factor stars. The...
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Hungarians drank 109 liters of mineral water per capita
Date: 2011-01-20 11:41:25
Hungarian citizens drank 109 liters of mineral water per capita ilast year, down slightly from 110 liters per capita in 2009, the Hungarian Mineral Water Association and Product Council announced....
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Walmart, Carrefour and Metro AG are still the top three retailers
Date: 2011-01-19 21:51:24
Walmart, Carrefour and Metro AG still occupy the top three slots in the latest edition of the Deloitte Global Powers of Retailing report for 2011. Combined sales for the world’s...
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Food prices increasing steadily for eight years
Date: 2011-01-19 19:43:03
The price of food exponentially increased between 2002 and the end of 2010: the global food price index of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) increased by 139 percent...
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The utilization of ATMs decreases since 2008
Date: 2011-01-19 12:32:19
In recent years, the number of ATMs was steadily increasing in Hungary, while their utilization decreases since 2008. Since the beginning of the crisis, the installation of the machines slowed...
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Pork from Germany under mandatory control
Date: 2011-01-19 12:30:59
Fazekas Sándor, Rural Development Minister ordered temporary restrictions in the distribution of fresh and frozen pork products arrived directly or indirectly from Germany, due to the German dioxin scandal, for...
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