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Dioxin found in pork in Germany

Germany's poisoned eggs scare has now spread to pork with investigators reporting raised levels of cancer-causing dioxin in pigs at a farm in Lower Saxony. This follows on from an...

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Companies in Hungary are not willing to work with young mothers

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UN, EU, G20: the whole world is worried about food prices

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization drew attention; that the price of the basic foods reached record highs in December 2010, which may lead to fear of inflation, protectionism, and...

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The poultry Product Council wants 8-12 percent wholesale price increase

An 8 to 12 percent wholesale price increase would be needed to re-restore the profitability of domestic production – that can be read on the website of the Poultry Product...

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The MOSZ supports the “Original Hungarian Food” sign

The National Federation of Agricultural Cooperators and Producers (MOSZ) supports the introduction of the “Original Hungarian Food” marking – said Tóth István, secretary of the MOSZ. He added that discussions...

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Europe's largest economy grew by 3.6 percent in 2010

German Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.6 percent in 2010, compared with a year earlier – said the German statistics office on Wednesday. According to the communication of the...

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Last year, cereal production fell by 9 percent

Last year, 12.3 million tons of grain was produced on nearly on 2.6 million acres, on 11 percent smaller area than in the previous year. The yield decreased by more...

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France reclaimed the first place

Once again, France was the world's leading wine producer in 2010, after a year earlier Italy overtook it – shows the analysis of IWSR  market research institute. Although wine producing...

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India is already concerned about rising food prices

Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister has convened an extraordinary government meeting on Tuesday, in order to deal with the alarming rise of food prices. On the meeting, that was held...

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Honey infected with antibiotics on the Hungarian market

Honey-samples from Heves county are still being examined – daily paper Heves Megyei Hírlap learned from food safety and animal health board chief veterinary officer Dr József Eperjesi. The honey-controll...

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ew technology of industrial wipers on the market

The WYPALL* wiper product range has all your options covered. Whether you need a low-lint, long-lasting wiper for heavy duty tasks or a single-use, cost-effective solution the WYPALL* range can...

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Corporate volunteership is not popular in Eastern-Central Europe

Ranking of responsible business operation evaluates for the second time transparency and communicated CSR performance of largest companies of the CEE region. CSR 24/7 Rating is a CSR rating product...

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The extreme weather and speculation drive up the price of raw food materials

The world price of raw food materials has increased over the past one and a half years, but the price of processed foods only slightly increased. Raw food materials are...

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Online purchases: Paypal may be the solution to the distrust

Although purchasing with cash declined slightly, compared to last year, it is still the most typical among online customers. According to the annually repeated E-Shopping report of KutatóCentrum; The lack...

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Currently there is no way for more stringent control in EU imports

Hungary imports tens of millions of kilograms of pork and many hundreds of millions of liters of milk and dairy products each year. A part of these products are suspiciously...

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The nationwide honey raid valuation is under way

Results of the nationwide honey raid is still under valuation. The examination was necessary, because antibiotics contaminated honey appeared in the domestic market. The test team of the Agricultural Office...

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TriGranit sells 50 percent of the Arena Centar in Zagreb

Europe's fourth largest real estate developer, the TriGranit Development Co. and Heitman European Property Partners IV (Hepp IV) announced today that the Hepp IV bought 50 percent stake in the...

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Wine shortage expected this year

Only the half the usual quantity was produced in the wine cellars last year, so shortage is expected this year, and also a lot of wine varieties may disappear from...

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New Széchenyi Plan: Economy can expand from two thousand billion HUF

In the scope of the New Széchenyi Plan two thousand billion HUF may flow into the Hungarian economy from the middle of January. According to former governmental and regulatory promises;...

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Hungarian export increases further

According to the preliminary datas of the Central Statistical Office; the foreign trade balance, that was 652 million euros in November 2010 (179 billionHUF ) showed assets, which is a...

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“New dimensions” of consuming in the Hungarian stores

Exciting developments are taking place at several Hungarian supermarkets: digital shelf labels, mobile application, pay phone, automatic cashiers revolutionarize  shopping habits. Few novelties: In the recently opened Tesco supermarket in...

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Liberalization of home destillation deprived the state of huge tax-revenues

Since the liberalization of home distillation, the Hungarian budget was deproved of billions of revenue. However, excise tax on alcoholic beverages will not see a rise this year – MTI...

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Exchange war can be changed into a trade war, warns the Finance Minister

The Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega warns that the world is full of “trade war” to hold. According to the Minister of Finance; the United States and China are among...

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Goldman Sach: growth in 2011

The world economy can expect another strong year of growth in 2011, according to our annual economic forecast. The United States can expect substantial acceleration in real GDP growth over...

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GfK Hungária: declining consumer confidence

The value of the Consumer Confidence Index, decreased in the last quarter of 2010, compared to the previous growth, just like the consumer expectations index, which fell by 34 points,...

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German newspaper opinion: the surtax do not discriminate the foreign companies

Handelsblatt has published a commentary over the surtax on Friday. According to the correspondent of the German economic and business daily; the German Minister of Economic Affairs became the servent...

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Critical situation in the pig sector

The Hungarian Association of Pig Breeders (MSSZ) told that the pig breeders are ready to demostrate, because of the critical situation of the Hungarian pig sector. The price of live...

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100 million to promote local wine culture

Agrármarketing Centrum (AMC) published an open tender invitation, on the basis of the proposal of the Wine Marketing Commission (AMC), on the implementation of  “local small projects”, that are promotes...

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The dioxin-contamination flooded Lower Saxony

Dioxins were not only found in chickens and eggs, but pigs were also infected with it. Due to the risk of dioxin-contamination, almost five thousand farms are being closed in...

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Euro zone’s economy increased by nearly 2 percent last year

The euro zone's economic growth declined more than estimated during the third quarter of 2010- reports Eurostat. The revised data shows that, the quarterly growth was 0.3 percent, while the...

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