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Three quarters of the households do not feel financially stronger despite real wage growth
In a survey sent to MTI on Tuesday, GKI notes that between 2014 and 2019, nominal earnings increased by more than 60 percent and real earnings by almost 50 percent....
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All detergents tested by ITM were compliant
All 19 detergents that have undergone consumer protection testing by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology’s (ITM) chemical laboratory have met the specifications. According to an ITM announcement published on...
Read moreSufficient quantities of spring cereal seed this year
The Seed Association Interprofessional Organization and Product Board announces a net price of 105 thousand HUF for spring barley and spring oats II grade reproductive seeds. According to the organization,...
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The Fény Street Market is in trouble
The 2nd District Municipality gathers the opinions of the locals on the Internet and in public forums on what the fate of the Fény Street Market should be – hvg.hu...
Read moreGDPR: more fines, but there are still few well-prepared organizations
The total amount of GDPR fines imposed on companies operating in Hungary exceeded 140 million forints. Most companies violate the principle of personal data processing, which has been penalized 58...
Read moreUS economic growth rate was lower than 3 percent last year
The Trump administration did not reach the 3 percent growthtarget for the US economy last year as corporate investment declined even more amid trade tensions. The Department of Commerce’s statistical...
Read moreE-commerce in Romania increased by 22 percent last year
E-commerce in Romania grew 22 percent last year to 4.3 billion euros, according to a report published on Tuesday. It is estimated that last year Romanians made an average of...
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Magazin: We shouldn’t turn our backs on plastics
According to Miklós Nagy, secretary general of the Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ), lots of negative information has been circulating in the media about packaging, especially plastic...
Read moreAccording to GKI, the economy may grow by 3-3.5 percent this year
The Hungarian economy expanded last year at around 5 percent, one of the fastest in the European Union. Overall, the October-November data do not yet indicate a slowdown, but the...
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Analysts: earnings outperformed expectations
Earnings surpassed expectations last November, according to analysts interviewed by MTI, and this year is likely to be above 9 percent. Horváth András, senior analyst at the Savings Bank, emphasized...
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Food producer prices have risen well above the average
In December last year, industrial producer prices increased by 2.4 percent year-on-year – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Monday. Domestic sales prices increased on average by 3.3 percent,...
Read moreThe Purchasing Manager Index decreased in January
The seasonally adjusted January Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) became 52.5. It is lower than the 53.9 of December and it is the fifteenth highest since January 1995, the Hungarian Logistics,...
Read moreGerman retail trade union urges constitutional amendment due to Sunday closing rules
The German constitutional law needs to be amended because of the regulation on Sunday store closure – the head of the Handelsverband Deutschland (HDE) told on a Friday. While online...
Read moreThe EU offers duty-free trade to Britain
The EU offers London an agreement on trade free of duty and quotas. This could be the central pillar of the partnership between the Union and Britain, privatbankar.hu quoted EU’s...
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(HU) FAO: Az intenzívebb időjárási sokkok milliókat életét keserítik meg Afrika déli részén
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Biokontroll: Not everyone passes the test
According to Zsolt Kanyó, the head of Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Kft.’s development department, the size of land used for ecological farming is approximately 300,00ha in Hungary – about 6 percent...
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Magazine: Supermarkets can use private label products as a weapon
The Private Labels Manufacturers Association (PLMA) has a monthly news programme at PLMALive.eu, called Newsdesk, and our magazine now presents to you the highlights of the October edition. In the...
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Public cash stock set a record high
It has increased by 102.5 billion HUF in December and reached 6,627 billion HUF by the end of the year. The public cash stock in Hungary is an average of...
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Earnings increased by 13.9 percent in November last year due to bonuses
As a result of non-recurring salary items – last November, average gross earnings were 403,500 HUF, 13.9 percent higher than a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced...
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The external trade balance remains in surplus
The euro value of exports rose 0.2 percent in November last year, while imports fell 0.3 percent year-on-year. The balance of foreign trade in goods improved by 44 million euros...
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Black mangalica has become a protected, indigenous breed
The black mangalica was recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture in June 2019 as a stand-alone breed, and an amendment to the zootechnical regulation issued at the end of January...
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40 thousand hectares of wetlands have been renewed from more than 20 billion HUF
In the 2014-2020 EU cycle, 40,000 hectares of wetland habitats have been reconstructed in Hungary through 34 projects – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture said on...
Read moreGerman retail sales were weaker than expected in December
German retail sales underperformed analysts’ expectations in December, year-on-year and month-on-month. The German Federal Bureau of Statistics, Destatis, announced on Friday that retail sales grew 0.8 percent year-over-year in December,...
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Euro area GDP grew less than expected
Euro area’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew less than expected in the fourth quarter, compared with the previous three months. The European Union’s Bureau of Statistics (Eurostat) first released estimates...
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Swiss watch exports increased
Switzerland’s watch exports rose year-on-year in December, partly due to the expanding Chinese demand, as well as being one working day more in the last month of last year, compared...
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Bye-bye sugar: When the goodbye is sweet
In 2018 there was 950 million litres of carbonated soft drink sold in Hungary (including flavoured waters and ice teas), which stands for more than 38 percent of total non-alcoholic...
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The Food Bank rescued 11 thousand tonnes of food last year
About 11,000 tonnes of food were saved from destruction and delivered to the needy last year by the Hungarian Food Bank Association – the organization announced on Thursday. As reported,...
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Analysts: further employment growth faces barriers
Labor market expansion is increasingly constrained. Expanding training opportunities and further development of vocational trainings are essential for the continued involvement of the public, the unemployed and the inactive –...
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Ten countries restrict Hungarian poultry exports already
The number of countries that have restricted Hungarian poultry imports due to highly pathogenic avian influenza has continued to rise in recent days – mfor.hu wrote. On 12 January, Nébih...
Read moreIntrum: consumer sentiment has slightly worsened in our continent
Almost half of those surveyed in EU Member States believe that their financial balance has deteriorated and that the future is increasingly uncertain, compared to last year, according to an...
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