Events
The Fish Festival in Budapest debuts with fish-flavored candy-floss
Date: 2013-02-14 11:11:31
The visitors of the festival can meet products from fish-flavored candy-floss through African catfish slami, to Russian fish soup withvodka. The Fish Festival in Budapest will await its guests between...
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MTA’s Wine Competition winners were chosen
Date: 2013-02-14 11:10:49
Wines from Tokaj Villány, the Uplands, Szekszárd, and from the Great Plain can bear the Wine of MTA 2013 title this year. This is the fourth time that the MTA...
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The consumer may pay the fee of returning the product?
Date: 2013-02-13 12:14:28
Internet merchants have had enough that the buyers return those goods to them that they don’t like and the merchants should pay the extra costs. According to the new EU...
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Hungary is participating at Europe's largest organic trade fair
Date: 2013-02-13 11:41:14
Hungary takes part at Europe's largest organic trade fair at the BioFach trade fair held in Nuremberg between 13-16 February – the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) told MTI. According...
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Cargill has become the main sponsor of the “Cast yourself into!” program
Date: 2013-02-13 11:40:12
The Cargill Magyarország Zrt. and the Hungarian Association of Young Farmers (AGRYA) signed a grant agreement, according to which the company interested in agriculture became the main sponsor of the...
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In China customers can check suspicious food products with test strips soon
Date: 2013-02-13 11:30:16
Paper test strips soon to be available to the general public in China, that will allow anyone to check a variety of foods, in particular: are there harmful drug residues...
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Smart City: smart technological solutions in favor of environmental awareness
Date: 2013-02-13 11:27:20
Green building, energy design, environmentally friendly buildings, smart solutions – these concepts are indispensable in modern and sustainable urban planning. The the Smart City conference was opened by Dr. Ewa...
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Magazine: Drink trends in 2013
Date: 2013-02-13 11:26:03
According to various US and European sources, the following trends are likely to prevail in 2013: growing popularity of sweet wines, special beers will appear in exclusive restaurants – together...
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Wine-Blues-Sticker Days in Veszprém for the first time
Date: 2013-02-13 11:20:18
The Wine-Blues-Sticker Days in Veszprém will be organized for the first time in early March. At the culinary days, the icons of blues music will perform – Porga Gyula, mayor...
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Online sales value is close to 28 billion euros in Germany
Date: 2013-02-13 11:18:29
Clothes, computers, books: the Germans are purchasing more and more products through the Internet. In Germany, the volume of online trade last year increased significantly, by 5.9 billion euros, ie...
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The Ministry prepared the standards of potato
Date: 2013-02-12 12:01:07
According to the the website of the government, the Ministry records the specifications on the early (new) and stored potatoes Early potatoes can be considered as: “without peeling the skin...
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Analysists of London: Hungary is lucky with the dramatic change of market expectations
Date: 2013-02-12 11:53:10
Hungary raised $3.25 billion in its first foreign bond sale in 21 months, returning to the markets after Prime Minister Viktor Orban abandoned a quest for International Monetary Fund support....
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Horsemeat scandal spreads as French retailers pull foods
Date: 2013-02-12 10:58:42
The Europe-wide scandal over horsemeat sold as beef spread Sunday as six French retailers pulled products from their shelves and France promised to have the results of an urgent inquiry...
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Valentine's Day: mainly the younger and higher-income households buy praline
Date: 2013-02-11 13:20:37
According to the datas of the GfK Hungária’s Household Panel survey, the demand for chocolate bars and pralines can be increased with even 70 percent during the Valentine’s Day period...
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The Hungarian Association of Shopping Centers protests against the new interpretation of tobacco stores
Date: 2013-02-11 13:19:49
The Hungarian Association of Shopping Centers does not agree with the changing of the tobacco retail concession tender. They say that it would eliminate tobacco shops from the shopping centers...
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Growing pigs stoks
Date: 2013-02-11 12:40:13
After three years of decline, the number of Hungarian pigs increased slightly in the past six months – the Central Statistical Office’s recent analysis shows. On 1 December 2012, 2...
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Nébih: Hungary does not affected by the horse meat scandal
Date: 2013-02-11 11:58:34
According to current informations, Hungary did not receive horse meat shipments – the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih). The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) continues to monitor the...
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POPAI 2003-13: one decade of in-store marketing in Hungary
Date: 2013-02-11 11:54:06
POPAI, the Chicago-seated global association for Marketing at Retail was founded 77 years ago. Its Hungarian branch, the POPAI Hungary Association is 10 years old. Founder-president Miklós Bonyár informed members...
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MVH: the payment of separate sugar support has started
Date: 2013-02-11 11:20:23
The Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (MVH) started to pay out the separate sugar supports – the agency told MTI on Monday. According to the communication, the MVH allocates 10...
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Coface: The crisis in Europe is far from over for corporates
Date: 2013-02-08 13:05:20
Based on its day-to-day contact with companies worldwide, Coface has issued a cautious scenario for the global economy in 2013. The recovery of advanced countries is still in hostage to...
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OKSZ: The proposed amendment of the tobacco law is hazardous for small businesses
Date: 2013-02-08 12:59:36
The National Trade Association (OKSZ) has no objection to the modest extension in the offer of the new tobacco stores. But the submitted new amendment endangers the existence of many...
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The United States has authorized the import of Hungarian Mangalica
Date: 2013-02-08 12:52:53
The United States has authorized the importation of Hungarian bred Mangalica – Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, Ambassador of the United States announced on Friday, at the press conference held at the...
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Ministerial Commissioner supervises the implementation of the pig program
Date: 2013-02-08 12:52:37
Ministerial Commissioner will supervise the implementation of the pig program – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Rural Development announced at the opening of the 6th Mangalica Festival on Saturday in Budapest’s...
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Tobacco shop can be opened in malls if it is accessible on holidays without restrictions
Date: 2013-02-08 12:25:34
Tobacco shop can be opened in malls and shopping centers, if it is accessible on holidays without limitations – Légrádi Petra, Communications Officer of the National Tobbacco Trading Nonprofit Co....
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Fruit Logistica is closing with a success in spite of the recession
Date: 2013-02-08 11:37:35
Thirteen Hungarian exhibitors have given a wide picture of the groceries- and fruit production within the compass of the Fruit Logistica tradeshow in Berlin from 6th to 8th February. The...
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Britain would suspend the importation of meat products from the EU
Date: 2013-02-08 11:00:04
Anne McIntosh, president of the House of Food and Rural Affairs Committee told BBC radio on Sunday, that a moratorium should be introduced on all meat products of the EU...
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A decline occured in retail sales in Slovakia
Date: 2013-02-08 10:59:14
Retail sales in Slovakia declined by 4 percent in last December on an annual basis – shows the analysis of UniCredit Bank, which was sent to MTI on Tuesday Retail...
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The thirteenth meat jelly festival of Miskolc is promoted in Budapest
Date: 2013-02-08 10:52:56
The thirteenth Meat Jelly Festival of Miskolc promotes its program in Budapest at the City Park Ice Rink. The festival will be held on Saturday. The festival's guest of honor...
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Strong brands, strong Hungary
Date: 2013-02-07 23:53:23
On 10 January the Hungarian Brand Association held an extraordinary general assembly in the building of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (SZTNH), in order to introduce the results of the...
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Receipts and invoices
Date: 2013-02-07 23:38:02
When we talk about cash register systems, we have to make an important distinction between cash registers and receipt printing systems – says Imre Mészöly, regional head of Citizen Systems....
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