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NGM: the structure of industrial production is getting more and more balanced
Date: 2015-10-12 11:22:17
The structure of industrial production is getting more and more balanced. In addition to the automotive industry, the pharmaceutical and food industries also helped the foreign trade in August –...
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FM: the administrative burden on grape growers and the mountain judges to be reduced
Date: 2015-10-12 11:20:49
Due to the regulation amendment of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM), the administrative burden on grape growers and the mountain judges will be reduced from mid-October. The Ministry of Agriculture...
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The Arbitration Board also helps in case of foreign online stores
Date: 2015-10-12 11:15:27
In disputes related to foreign online stores the Budapest Arbitration Board makes decisions quickly and free of charge in Hungary – the board told MTI on Friday. The board points...
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A Pálinka order was founded in Transylvania
Date: 2015-10-12 11:06:06
The inaugural meeting of the Transylvanian Pálinka Knight Order will take place in Haller castle in Marosugra, near Marosvásárhely. Domokos István, one of the founders of the Knight Order told...
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Successful TAB information forum in Szabadszállás
Date: 2015-10-12 10:27:43
The Bács-Kiskun County branch of NAK organised an information forum for members of the management of various local agricultural committees (TAB). TAB leaders were informed about changes in the chamber’s...
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Increase in the size of Hungary’s livestock population
Date: 2015-10-12 10:22:42
According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary’s pig stock grew by 64,000 to 3.1 million. By 1 June 2015 the size of the cattle population increased by...
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Changes in the system of agricultural higher education
Date: 2015-10-12 09:24:32
NAK opines that the system of agricultural higher education needs a restructuring, in order to give students more complex and practical knowledge. The chamber has also stressed that it is...
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Magazine: Uncertainty in the financial markets
Date: 2015-10-12 07:17:28
InthesecondhalfofAugust the world’s leading stock exchanges suffered a 10-20 percent drop. The reason behind this was the Chinese economy’s fear of slowing down, which resultedinthe government imposing measures to avoid...
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Processed meats rank alongside smoking as cancer causes
Date: 2015-10-10 11:01:55
Bacon, ham and sausages rank alongside cigarettes as a major cause of cancer, the World Health Organisation has said, placing cured and processed meats in the same category as asbestos,...
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GKI: mobile payments in Hungary
Date: 2015-10-09 12:00:51
The first solution that helps to manage our finances on mobile phone appeared in Hungary in 2002. Over the past 13 years several mobile payment solutions have appeared, but except...
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According to analysts, the negative inflation is temporary
Date: 2015-10-09 11:59:03
The September inflation data of minus 0.4 percent is lower than the market expectations, but analysts considered the slip into negative territory only temporary and they expect an annual average...
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The payment of the withheld agricultural subsidies has started
Date: 2015-10-09 11:55:01
The payment of the withheld agricultural subsidies started on Friday. Czerván György, Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI, that the 8.4 billion HUF support comes...
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KSH: exports and imports equally increased by 6.2 percent in August
Date: 2015-10-09 11:25:03
In August the euro-denominated value of exports and imports increased by 6.2 percent compared to the same month of last year. The trade surplus was 459 million euros, 25 million...
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Hungarian business service centers plan staff increases
Date: 2015-10-09 11:20:10
The almost 30 Hungarian service centers (SSC) plan a 9 percent staff increase in the following year, that took part in the survey of the Hungarian Service Industry and Outsourcing...
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The Vértesi Erdő Zrt. inaugurated a forest delicatessen shop and a lookout tower
Date: 2015-10-09 11:08:28
The shop in Tatabánya is offering the products of the state-owned forestries. The Vértesi Erdő Zrt also handed over the renewed lookout tower in Vértessomló. The third delicatessen store in...
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Invitel makes high-speed Internet available in additional 40 thousand households
Date: 2015-10-09 11:03:30
By the end of the year, the Invitel makes 100 Mbit bandwidth Internet services available in additional 40 thousand households – the company announced on Wednesday at a press conference....
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Alexandra Béres is Caola’s new ambassador
Date: 2015-10-09 10:34:31
Fitness world champion and mother of two Alexandra Béres is the new face of Caola cosmetics. She told that it is very important to her and her children to use...
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Expanding TCC
Date: 2015-10-09 09:31:35
Customer loyalty programme specialist TCC has acquired Denmark-based mobile marketing firm Gametation. Gametation develops game software campaigns designed for mobile devices that can help companies get new customers and increase...
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Magazine: Wiener: they are buying it!
Date: 2015-10-09 07:26:51
Wiener and frankfurter sales are growing but the main driver of this growth are private label products. According to Zoltán Szántó, senior product manager of Pick Szeged Zrt. the volume...
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Amazon enters the Italian FMCG market
Date: 2015-10-09 01:37:20
Amazon started selling FMCG products in Italy: in the online shop customers can choose from nearly 20,000 products, including brands such as Barilla, Valfrutta, Knorr, Rio Mare, San Benedetto, Mulino...
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FAO: global food prices are low
Date: 2015-10-08 11:57:13
Agricultural commodities are going through a period of lower and less volatile prices, according to the FAO Food Outlook released today. After several dramatic upward price spikes from 2007 through...
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The retail sales of household chemical goods and cosmetics increased by six percent
Date: 2015-10-08 11:52:00
The revenues of the stores from household chemicals and cosmetics grew by 6 percent this year to about 230 billion HUF from January to August. In volume, a 1 percent...
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Food prices increased despite declining inflation
Date: 2015-10-08 11:45:05
The average level of consumer prices was 0.4 percent lower in September 2015, than a year before, while compared with August, prices decreased by 0.6 percent – the Central Statistics...
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MLSZKSZ: the migratory crisis made the transportation of goods more expensive
Date: 2015-10-08 11:35:05
The intense migratory wave and the related actions of the EU member states have posed serious challenges to the logistics and supply chain companies: due to the unplanned, temporary closures...
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The first calls for proposals of the Rural Development Programme were published
Date: 2015-10-08 11:20:45
The first calls for proposals of the Rural Development Programme were published on Wednesday – the Prime Minister's Office told MTI on Thursday. According to the information of the Prime...
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The trading house launched an SME Export Expressz program
Date: 2015-10-08 11:15:28
The Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) launched a new professional complex program called Export Expressz based on three pillars to help the export activities of the domestic small and medium-sized...
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The Nébih suspended the operations of two vegetable cleaning plants in Budapest
Date: 2015-10-08 11:06:16
Due to food safety and food hygiene deficiencies, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) suspended the operations of two vegetable cleaning plants in Budapest with immediate effect. During the...
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New opportunities in supporting small-scale farmers
Date: 2015-10-08 10:36:02
New support scheme options have appeared in the CAP calculator on the NAK website. The calculator helps small-scale farmers join the funding programme. Farmers who have a 5-hectare or smaller...
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Pannonpower buys more biomass this year
Date: 2015-10-08 10:32:53
In the 12-month period ending at the end of June the Pécs-seated power plant purchased 180,000 tons of biomass from farmers in the region. In the next year Pannonpower plans...
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VP-book published for the agriculture sector
Date: 2015-10-08 10:28:22
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) published its new manual, with lots of useful information about the new Rural Development Programme (VP) for those who wish to tender for funding....
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