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The 2013 edition of the EU Food Aid Program is approaching to its end
Date: 2014-03-24 11:07:44
The food deliveries to the needy of the 2013 edition of the EU Food Aid Program will be completed on 31 March 2014. The EU Food Aid Program financed by...
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The Nébih created a prospectus about foods prepared with nanotechnology
Date: 2014-03-24 11:02:23
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) created a prospectus about foods prepared with nanotechnology. Although the Hungarian stores do not sell these kind of foods, the dietary supplements advertised...
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The central bank offers loans to small-scale agricultural producers, too
Date: 2014-03-24 10:19:24
From 1 January the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) offers loans to a wide range of small-scale agricultural producers and family farms as part of its Loans for Growth (NHP)...
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More and more people are looking for Hungarian food domestically
Date: 2014-03-21 12:10:13
More and more people are looking for Hungarian food domestically; more than three million consumers only willing to buy Hungarian food – Fazekas Sándor, Minister for Rural Development said on...
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The consumption of households may expand
Date: 2014-03-21 11:58:27
Low inflation helps the growth of real wages so the consumption of households may grow – according to analysts polled by MTI. The Ministry of National Economy (NGM) stated that...
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New trade mark guarantees the quality of the Hungarian pork
Date: 2014-03-21 11:56:31
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) and the Livestock and Meat Marketing Board and Interprofessional Organisation (VHT), will introduce a new trademark to guarantee the quality of the Hungarian pork...
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KSH: the growth of earnings accelerated in January
Date: 2014-03-21 11:52:34
The gross average earnings rose by 6.0 percent in January in the national economy after the 1.6 percent increase of December, calculated without public employment. In the private sector, wage...
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The world price of cocoa is expected to increase
Date: 2014-03-21 11:50:21
Within a year, the world price of cocoa beans can increase by nearly 40 percent, due to the drier than average Central African weather. And due to the supply lagging...
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The development of the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region has begun
Date: 2014-03-21 11:45:30
The Tokaj-Hegyalja Wine Region Development Program was launched in the historic wine region, to develop the settlements of the area, that is part of the World Heritage. To implement the...
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There will not be protective measures against European wines in China
Date: 2014-03-21 11:25:06
The negotiations have been concluded between the representatives of the Chinese and the European wine industry. China finishes its dumping and anti-subsidy investigation on the European wines, which was launched...
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The school canteen selling the most Hungarian products won a fruit juicer
Date: 2014-03-21 11:00:01
The school canteen “Selling the most kind of Hungarian products won a powerful juicer machine worth 150 thousand HUF. The winner of the competition became the Primary School and High...
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Tens of thousands of chickens have been slaughtered due to bird flu infection in Guangzhou
Date: 2014-03-21 10:30:13
More than 80 thousand chickens have been slaughtered in Zhuhai in south China's Canton province, because H7N9 bird flu sub-types were detected in some poultry – the Chinese media reported....
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Czech Republic: many are afraid grocery prices will rise
Date: 2014-03-21 10:14:38
If we check what the latest consumer index is in Hungary, in the neighbouring countries (with the exception of Austria) and in Poland and the Czech Republic, what we see...
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Forum for reducing food waste
Date: 2014-03-20 11:43:21
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) with the co-operation of the Hungarian Food Bank Association launches a forum in order to reduce food wastage and losses – Feldman Zsolt, Deputy...
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The Chamber of Agriculture and the AVHGA signed a cooperation agreement
Date: 2014-03-20 11:39:22
The National Association of Agricultural Economics (NAK) and the Ago-Business Credit Guarantee Foundation (AVHGA) signed a cooperation agreement on Wednesday in Budapest, to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector...
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The Balatoni Kör wants a culinary revolution
Date: 2014-03-20 11:19:01
The Balatoni Kör would llike to achieve a “gastronomic revolution” by promoting local products and initiatives and with greater collaboration on the shores of the Lake Balaton. Váli Péter winemaker,...
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The tax authority would like to see the datas of accountants online
Date: 2014-03-20 11:12:36
The tax and customs authority (NAV) would like to see the system of the accountants as well – the Magyar Nemzet wrote. The tax authority wants similar controls, that they...
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The food retail sales exceeded 1,400 billion HUF
Date: 2014-03-19 12:50:01
The food retail revenues reached 1,404 billion HUF in the ninety food categories measured by Nielsen, between February 2013 and January 2014 as a year earlier. In terms of volume,...
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GfK: the conquer of the flavored mineral waters
Date: 2014-03-19 12:40:56
While the demand for natural mineral waters decreased last year, the demand increases from year to year towards the flavored mineral waters. According to the datas of the GfK’s Household...
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Many villages do not have tobacco shops
Date: 2014-03-19 12:12:09
In the fourth round of the competition, 865 tobacco shop concessions were not filled, so certainly there will be a fifth round – vg.hu wrote. A total of 127 concessions...
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The NAV helps when the code does not work
Date: 2014-03-18 12:15:45
Those who cannot install their online cash registers properly, can ask for assistance in email, by giving their codes – can be read on the NAV’s website. According to the...
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147 billion HUF in sales from medicinal products and pharmaceutical preparations without a prescription
Date: 2014-03-18 12:07:48
The retail sales of nonprescription drugs from medicinal preparations (OTC), increased by 11 percent to approximately 147 billion HUF last year, compared to 2012 – the Nielsen consumer information and...
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Six sectors share the two-third of the online retail sales
Date: 2014-03-18 12:05:49
The bulk of the turnover is made by web stores that also have traditional shops. Among other things, this came into light at the joint press breakfast of GKI Digital...
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NAK: a guide to futures contracts
Date: 2014-03-18 12:00:26
Last year, all the participants of the grain market were adversely affected, that futures contracts fell short, due to deficiencies of the legislation. According to the new Civil Code, came...
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The poppy industry may bring twenty billion HUF revenue
Date: 2014-03-18 11:40:07
Hungary has the conditions to become a great power in the industrial poppy cultivation again; with a processing plant the sector could reach an annual 20 billion HUF in revenue,...
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Whitening economy, due to the online cash registers
Date: 2014-03-17 12:30:08
175 billion HUF more turnover was admitted from sectors, that were previously infected with VAT frauds, compared to a year ago – the compilation of the Magyar Nemzet states. According...
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Fazekas: the VM wants to help to the spice paprika sector
Date: 2014-03-17 12:10:25
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) is willing to help to the spice paprika sector, which is in a difficult situation with 170 million HUF seed support – Fazekas Sándor...
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Cigarette smugglers were caught
Date: 2014-03-17 11:00:08
The authorities found smuggled cigarettes in Tivadar and in Debrecen. About fifty million HUF worth smuggled cigarettes were found by police officers and finance officers in a house in Tivadar...
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It is Sweden’s turn now
Date: 2014-03-17 10:20:24
As of 1 January 2014 the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary took over the rotating presidency of the European Union’s Chambers of Commerce in Hungary. János Takács, chairman of...
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Light in the Sahara
Date: 2014-03-17 09:23:47
On 21 January The Coca-Cola Company announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos which one of the Global Shapers Community’s projects they will be funding. The biggest sum, USD...
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