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Food should be traceable from the farm to the table
The Association for GMO-free Hungary seeks to make each element of the production transparent among its members – the president of the organization told M1 news channel on Sunday. Zászlós...
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Prime Minister’s Office: about 18 billion HUF for the purchase of gardening equipments
The Prime Minister's Office supports the purchase of energy efficient and environmentally friendly gardening equipments in a value of 18 billion HUF. The Prime Minister's Office supported 1800 requests on...
Read moreThe minister has determined the cost of replanting rights
From the national reserves vineyard replanting rights can be purchased for 50 – 150 thousand forints per hectare – the regulation of the Minister of Agriculture was published in the...
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High-quality melons to the Hungarian consumers: branding helps
Smaller than average, but very juicy Hungarian melon can be bought this year. Half of the crop comes from Békés. The total area of melon cultivation is 6 thousand hectares....
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NGM: the government considers the small and medium-sized enterprises as strategic partners
The government considers the small and medium-sized enterprises as strategic partners. As a sign, the SMEs have benefited several tax incentives since 2011. Pankucsi Zoltán, Deputy Minister of State for...
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Johnnie Walker's “Do not drink if you drive” campaign is 10 years old
Johnnie Walker celebrates the tenth anniversary of its “Do not drink if you drive” initiative this year in Hungary. Until now, 25 thousand people have joined to the campaign on...
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The German business sentiment index has improved
Contrary to the expectations, the German business sentiment index of the Munich-based ifo Institute for Economic Research improved in July – according to ifo’s report sent to MTI. In July,...
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E-commerce boom
According to GfK’s E-commerce Report, Hungarian online shops took and delivered 88 percent of orders – foreign web shops’ share was a mere 12 percent. eNET data shows that 2014...
Read moreDevelopment projects for the comfort of customers
The last major IT project from Auchan was developing the CRM system that runs the Loyalty Card programme. This work was completed by the end of 2014. IT director Lajos...
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Magazine: Austria stands in the storm of the new mass migration wave
In 2014 Hungary’s agri-food export to Austria represented a EUR 721.3 million value, growing a little from the 2013 level but dropping from the 2012 level, which was a record...
Read moreInvestments in agriculture to increased further
The increase in agricultural investments continued in 2014, the rate of growth is more than the national economy average – Nagy István, Parliamentary Minister of State said at the 21st...
Read moreGMO-free trademark for alternative trade supply
The GMO-free Hungary Association seeks to the introduction of GMO-free trademarked products. The association hopes that by the end of the year, early next year, these GMO-free trademarks may appear...
Read moreHungary’s bread is provided
Hungary’s bread is provided. The harvest of winter wheat ended on one million hectares. 5 million tonnes has been harvested thanks to the hard work – the Minister of Agriculture...
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Euro Zone’s PMI decreased in July
Business activity in the 19-member euro zone eased in July, suggesting the recovery lost momentum at the start of the second half of the year, a survey released on Friday...
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Mobile payment on Android too
Google has announced the launch of its own mobile payment system. Android Pay can be used when buying online or in a physical store. Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover...
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Giving consumers real experiences
Róbert Pintér, a trend researcher with eNet told at a business forum organised by Samsung that the relationship between brands and consumers keeps evolving. In his view the most important...
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Confusion about the VAT payment date rules
It is not the payment deadline as contained in 58. § (1) of the VAT Act but the last day of the settlement or payment period that shall apply for...
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Client-side encryption
Tresorit Kft. specialises in secure cloud storage with client-side encryption. Company founder and managing director István Lám told us: the problem with server-side encryption is that users lose control of...
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Magazine: Hair care products enhanced with oils and oxygen
Global beauty care trends influence the hare care category too. Debóra Blaumann, Unilever’s junior brand manager informed our magazine that a premiumisation process is taking place: brands formerly targeting masses...
Read moreKSH: retail sales rose by 4.4 percent in May
The volume of retail sales in May 2015 increased by 4.4 percent, according to the raw data, while calendar effect adjusted the growth was 5.4 percent, compared to the same...
Read moreThe deferred purchases have increased retail sales
The deferred purchases of recent years increased retail sales -according to analysts polled by MTI, who responded to the data of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) that was published on...
Read moreNébih: Hungary’s food security level remains good
The level of food safety in Hungary continues to be good, because less than 0.9 percent of the notifications in the EU’s rapid alert system were related to products produced...
Read moreWheat harvest is expected to be completed in the country by the end of the week
The wheat harvest is expected to be completed by the end of the week in Hungary, because the weather was favorable during the time of the harvest – the president...
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Melon growers are complaining about too low purchase prices
The melon growers of Medgyesegyházam, Békés County are talking about tragically low purchase prices. Many of them told that they are thinking about the termination of their activities for the...
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The fruit and vegetable producer organizations will receive additional national support
Additional national support will be given to the fruit and vegetable producer organizations – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI on Thursday. According to the notice, the committee approved...
Read moreShocking images on the cigarette packs in Slovakia
From the next year, Slovakia also introduces the shocking images on the cigarette packagings – the Slovak TASR news agency wrote on Wednesday, referring to the information provided by the...
Read moreBioenergy has great potential
K&H and Agrár Európa Kft.’s Agriculture Club invited Heinz Kopetz, president of the World Bioenergy Association to talk about Hungary’s great bioenergy potential by comparing our situation to other countries’....
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About WUWM
The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) was established in Germany in 1958 and its objectives include sharing experiences and emphasising the role marketplaces play in the retail trade system...
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Consumer confidence index above the European average
In Austria the consumer confidence index (CCI) is 82 points, which is a higher score then the European average of 77 points. 53 percent of Austrians think positively of their...
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