Events
Dialogue for the bees: The Bee Health in Europe Programme has arrived to Budapest
Date: 2013-05-15 12:08:39
Recognized domestic bee-health experts gathered today at the event organized by the OPERA (Milan's Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore independent European research institute) and the National Food Chain Safety Office....
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Final sale at hiper.hu
Date: 2013-05-15 11:29:41
E-commerce activity is not influenced by the changes. The owner of Hiper.hu is reconsidering the concept of the offline store. Zsolt Urbán, the CEO of Full Market Hungary has pointed...
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KPMG: Hungary is improving its position in the use of EU funds
Date: 2013-05-15 11:17:02
At the end of last year, Hungary was in the middle-field among the ten Central and Eastern European countries, in connection with the usage of the 2007-2013 development funds in...
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The Ministry of Rural Development has changed the rules on organic products
Date: 2013-05-15 11:15:59
In order to increase consumer confidence, the Ministry of Rural Development (VM), amended managing requirements in connection with organic products, the rules of certification, marketing, labeling and controls. According to...
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Open Cellars await visitors at the Balaton-Uplands
Date: 2013-05-15 11:10:27
The Zánka-Nivegy-Valley Wine Route Association awaits the guest with open cellars, entertainment shows during Pentecost. At the Balaton-Uplands Wine Route, similar events are held in the past five – six...
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Wines of one hundred and fifty wineries at the Wine Festival of Szeged
Date: 2013-05-15 11:02:57
The 19th Wine Festival of Szeged and the series of events celebrating the Day of Szeged begins with the procession of wine orders. The festival starts on Friday and lasts...
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ECR Europe's annual conference – video
Date: 2013-05-14 13:40:28
Senior executives from 7 retailers and 16 manufacturers attended in November ECR Europe’s first European Leaders Forum, at the head office of Carrefour. The meeting, building on ECR Europe’s new...
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The OTP launches a credit facility for tobacconists
Date: 2013-05-14 12:43:10
OTP Bank has developed a credit facility for the operators of the national tobacco stores. Since than, hundreds of concessionaires inquired at the bank – the financial institution told MTI...
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The rearrangement of the tobacco market may bring tax losses
Date: 2013-05-14 12:42:18
If the Parliament accepts the latest amendment of the ten percent price margin in case of the tobacconists, it can bring an up to 130 HUF average price increase. Due...
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KSH: inflation slowed further in April
Date: 2013-05-14 12:40:43
The annual inflation rate slowed further in April to 1.7 percent, after the 2.2 percent of March. Compared to March, consumer prices rose by 0.3 percent compared with March –...
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The sowing area of melon has increased
Date: 2013-05-14 12:30:36
The planting and sowing of melon has completed. In 2013, the producers can produce melon on a ten percent larger area than in the last year – Simonka György (Fidesz),...
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Buying retail spaces in Budapest is a good business for Europeans
Date: 2013-05-14 12:15:36
Hong Kong remains the most expensive retail store market of the world. The rents are 150 percent higher than in New York and 400 percent higher than in London and...
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Parragh: the expectations of the companies are moving towards a positive direction
Date: 2013-05-14 12:10:46
After a long time, the expectations of the Hungarian companies are moving towards a slightly positive direction with decreasing uncertainty ratio – Parragh László, president of the Hungarian Chamber of...
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Entries are awaited from all over the country for the sixth Siller Wine Festival in Paks
Date: 2013-05-14 11:12:24
The the Sixth National Siller Festival will be organized with an entirely new concept, connected to the German minority day. The event takes place in Paks at the Sárgödör square....
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The Pálinkafestival of Budapest is opening on Thursday
Date: 2013-05-14 09:09:16
2013 will be the year of cherry at the Budapesti Pálinkafesztivál (Budapest Pálinka Festival), where authentic Hungarian pálinkas and sour cherry fruit delicacies will play a special role. The culinary...
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Agreement was born between NAV and the mobile companies
Date: 2013-05-13 11:45:11
Slowly it becomes clearer, which companies will run data connection between the online cashiers and the server of NAV. The tax authorities have concluded the contract with the four domestic...
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Online cash register manufacturers are ready to produce
Date: 2013-05-13 11:41:34
The Minister of National Economy consulted nearly 30 cash register manufacturer on Friday evening. At the meeting, the experts of NAV, as well as the experts of the Hungarian Trade...
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Self-service cashiers open-price products
Date: 2013-05-13 11:12:55
The introduction of the PC-based cash registers is well worth in stores operating only a few cash registers – Görög Erzsébet, representative of the Magyar Lapterjesztő Zrt. (Hungarian Newspaper Distributor...
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The sown area of soy increased to its five-fold in Veszprém county in the last five years
Date: 2013-05-13 11:11:48
The sown area of soy increased to its five-fold in Veszprém county in the last five years, autumn forage crops are promising – the Veszprém County Government Office told MTI....
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The wine town is under construction in the city centre of Szeged
Date: 2013-05-13 11:10:11
The region’s largest wine festival the 19th Wine Festival of Szeged is under preparation in the city centre of Szeged at Széchenyi Square. The festival begins on Friday. The best...
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Retail sales increased in the world's largest economy
Date: 2013-05-13 11:07:57
U.S., retail sales rose in April, instead of the expected loss, forecasted by experts. According to the Monday communication of the U.S. Ministry of Commerce, retail sales increased by 0.1...
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Record number of entrants at the 15th Saving Cooperative Wine Competition
Date: 2013-05-13 11:00:31
A record number of entrants, 281 wines were entered to the 15th Saving Cooperative Wine Competition this year by wineries that are in connection with the credit institutions – the...
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It's never wise to buy food if hungry
Date: 2013-05-13 10:41:10
Temptation is lurking around every corner for dieters and many find that shopping for food is fraught with problems. Now researchers have spelt out how disastrous it can be to...
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Onion-cheese chocolate is a success
Date: 2013-05-13 10:14:21
Flavors we in the U.S. might consider strange are becoming ever more popular abroad, which perhaps explains the success of a new cheese and onion chocolate bar sold by Irish...
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Médiapiac 2013: cooperation, new markets and FMCG focus
Date: 2013-05-12 02:51:37
There were more than 400 participants at the Médiapiac (Media Market) 2013 conference and its accompanying event (held for the second time), Research Conference. This the time organiser Mediapiac.com created...
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Product of the Year Award: the world’s most prestigious system for recognising innovative products
Date: 2013-05-12 02:42:56
The Product of the Year Award was established 26 years ago and is currently distributed in 30 countries, reaching nearly 3 million consumers. Hungary’s most popular products are selected as...
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Fleet tracking with GPS
Date: 2013-05-12 02:39:49
iData Kft. provides tracking and fleet protection services and their iTrack GPS Tracking System is mounted in 13,000 vehicles – we learn from marketing manager Linda Szaladják. Both the tracking...
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Grüne Woche in Berlin (part 3): speculation in raw materials prices
Date: 2013-05-12 02:20:32
Jürgen Fitschen, co-CEO of Deutsche Bank told at Grüne Woche that after a thorough examination they came to the conclusion that the increase in food prices wasn’t the result of...
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Value for money is the most important influence in store choice
Date: 2013-05-12 01:40:32
If the majority of people try to cut down on their grocery spending – according to our first-quarter survey 72 percent of them do – these efforts have a major...
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Direct marketing goes digital, too
Date: 2013-05-11 03:02:05
The Direct and Interactive Marketing Association conducted its DM Sensor research this year too. It revealed that the size of the domestic direct marketing market was HUF 30.8 billion in...
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