Events
Nébih: the bluetongue disease has appeared in Hungary
Date: 2014-10-14 11:14:47
The national animal health reference laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) detected bluetongue disease in the southern part of Csongrád county. Around 20 km radius of the...
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The EU Member States should be free to decide about the cultivation of GMOs
Date: 2014-10-14 11:10:10
Hungary is interested in an agreement, in which the EU Member States to be free to decide about the cultivation of GMOs. Hölvényi György, KDNP’s MEP told on Monday in...
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Time travel in Auchan stores
Date: 2014-10-14 08:00:37
Between 5 September and 6 November 2014 Auchan comes out with a new, educative sticker collecting album, titled ‘Arnold and Oscar travel in time’. The two main heroes of the...
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KSH: the decline in agricultural producer prices is slowing
Date: 2014-10-13 12:10:35
Agricultural producer prices in August were 3.3 percent lower than a year earlier, due to the 4.9 percent decline in the price of plant products, and the 0.8 percent decrease...
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GfK: restructuring on the market of illegal cigarettes
Date: 2014-10-13 12:00:35
The ratio of the Hungarian cigarette black market now exceeds 12 percent, the most striking change is the increase of the sales of legally cigarettes manufactured abroad and marketed by...
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Budapest Bank: the last quarter can bring further growth in the Loan Growth Programme
Date: 2014-10-13 11:50:14
One in six small and medium-sized enterprises is considering to use the loan in the scope of the Loan Growth Programme (NHP) of the Central Bank in the last quarter...
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Credit card payments: We are far from the Swedish
Date: 2014-10-13 11:38:46
In Sweden four out of five purchase transactions are carried out with bank cards or via other electronically transaction – the portfolio.hu wrote after the Business Insider. According to recently...
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Fish harvest celebration in Hortobágy
Date: 2014-10-13 11:38:29
The autumn fish harvest has started in the Hortobágy Fish Farm, the harvesting feast’s opening celebration was held on Saturday near fish pond of Elep. MTI Photo: Czeglédi Zsolt The...
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The riesling will be the wine of the Lake Balaton
Date: 2014-10-13 11:20:44
The wine of the Lake Balaton is prepared as the first example of a new Balaton-based product category from 2015. The Balatoni Kör, the announcer of the initiative published the...
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Wineries in Villány won gold medals at the world's largest international wine competition
Date: 2014-10-13 11:15:59
The Cabernet Franc MANDOLÁS Cabernet Franc wine selection of the Villány-based Vylyan Winery was selected as the best red wine at the Mundus Vini International Wine Competition. The Cabernet Franc...
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Volume sales of household chemicals and cosmetics are rising again this year
Date: 2014-10-13 10:35:57
Sales of household chemicals and cosmetics amounted to HUF 158 billion in the first six months of 2014. Value sales were 6 percent higher than a year earlier and volume...
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Moderate growth in industrial production prices
Date: 2014-10-13 09:14:50
In June 2014 domestic industrial production prices increased by 0.8 percent on average from the level of the previous month. Domestic industrial sales prices rose 0.3 percent on average –...
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Another year passed…for Trafikvilág too
Date: 2014-10-13 09:09:18
National Tobacco Shops operate in compliance with strict regulations. All in all, experience is that in addition to entrepreneurs’ skills and business strategy, the profitability of these units first and...
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For excellent Hungarian wines
Date: 2014-10-10 22:57:24
The main task of Hungary’s National Wine Excellence Programme (NBP) is to find excellent wines and use them for the benefit of the country. Dr Eliza Kiss, deputy state secretary...
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Syngenta optimistic about sweet corn yield
Date: 2014-10-10 22:37:42
According to Syngenta Kft., lots of rain in the summer and early autumn was beneficial to the development of sweet corn. Hungary is a sweet corn superpower as Europe’s biggest...
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South Békés melon plans go up in smoke
Date: 2014-10-10 22:31:33
The year was worse than expected for melon producers in South Békés: heavy rains at the end of summer ended the season earlier than usual. This year 40 tons of...
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Sour cherry growers saved
Date: 2014-10-10 22:28:06
The state decided to give non-refundable subsidy to sour cherry growers for the processing of excess sour cherry and for temporarily holding back sour cherry from the market. HUF 800...
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Preliminary evaluation of the year in agriculture
Date: 2014-10-10 22:26:24
NAK opines that the rainy summer was good for corn. The chamber called attention to the fact that sunflower is in good condition all over the country but too much...
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Already more than four thousand opinions on land sales
Date: 2014-10-10 22:24:32
As of 1 May 2014 temporarily NAK’s county presidencies are acting as land committees. Since then they gave their opinion on more than 4,000 sales contracts. In certain counties such...
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NAK supports cutting milk’s VAT
Date: 2014-10-10 22:22:19
At their last meeting NAK and the Dairy Interprofessional Organisation and Product Council proposed the reduction of VAT on milk from the present 27 percent to below 10 percent. The...
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Increasing prestige of agricultural higher education
Date: 2014-10-10 22:20:16
Balázs Győrffy, the president of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) told at a Budapest trade meeting that in the future agricultural higher education would be better adapted to the...
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AKG to restart in two years time
Date: 2014-10-10 22:18:22
Officials announced at an agricultural forum organised by the Prime Minister’s Office in Bátaszék that HUF 450 billion would be available for investments and HUF 188 billion for environmental protection...
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‘Shopping needs to be fun’
Date: 2014-10-10 22:14:55
Grocery retail in Austria is much more concentrated than in Hungary: in Hungary there are 18,700 grocery stores for 10 million people, while in Austria 5,600 stores serve 8.5 million...
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MNKH and VOSZ KMRSZ sign agreement
Date: 2014-10-10 22:12:17
The Hungarian National Trading House Zrt. (MNKH) and the National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers’ (VOSZ KMRSZ) Central Hungary Section signed a cooperation agreement. Supporting Hungarian SMEs in uncovering new...
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Green light given to Hungarian meat in the New World
Date: 2014-10-10 22:10:09
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, after on-site inspections carried out by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service in Hungary, more Hungarian meat products have been given the green...
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Hungary-Macedonia business relations improve further
Date: 2014-10-10 22:07:39
On 2 September the Hungarian National Trading House Zrt. (MNKH). organised a business forum where participants had the chance to conduct negotiations with members of Macedonia’s government. Macedonia is one...
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Brazil is our main market in Latin America
Date: 2014-10-10 22:01:46
So far the Americas haven’t been important markets for Hungarian produce. About 83-84 percent of our agri-food export goes to the European Union. However, it is our basic interest to...
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FMCG commercials reached more viewers in the first six months
Date: 2014-10-10 21:47:49
According to data from Nielsen Audience Measurement Kft., in the first half of 2014 commercials for groceries, household chemicals and cosmetics had a 2 percent higher Gross Rating Point (GRP)...
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What makes a breakthrough innovation?
Date: 2014-10-10 21:45:33
Nielsen’s ‘Breakthrough Innovations’ report analysed retail sales of 61,000 SKUs of 12,000 new products launched in Europe since 2011. One of the things Nielsen’s experts found was that from two...
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Retail volume sales kept growing in July
Date: 2014-10-10 21:43:26
Retail volume sales are estimated to have increased by 2.3 percent in July 2014 in comparison with July 2013. Food and food-type retail sales were up 1.6 percent, non-food sales...
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