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More money in circulation with less debit cards
Date: 2012-03-20 12:45:07
Hungarians are trying to use their debit cards more and more economically – shows the datas of the Hungarian National Bank. Less cards were used but more money was taken...
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At the beginning of the year gross average salary was 219 000HUF in Hungary
Date: 2012-03-20 12:37:21
In the first month of 2012 gross average salaries rose in the national economy by 4.3 percent, whereas net salaries excluding family tax benefits rose by 1.4 percent in comparison...
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KSH: average gross wage changed
Date: 2012-03-20 12:30:10
The average gross earnings of the full-time employees were 219,100 HUF in January. The wage of those who are working in enterprises was 225,000 HUF, while employees at the budgetary...
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Russia bans imports of live animals
Date: 2012-03-20 12:05:18
Cattle – sheep – goat and pork imports to Russia are prohibited from Tuesday – confirmed the Russian animal health authority on Monday. According to the communication, the action is...
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China: three billion debit cards
Date: 2012-03-20 12:00:56
Late last year, the Chinese people owned a total of 2 billion 950 million debit cards, an average of two cards per one Chinese resident – the Chinese central bank...
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Magazine: Mouth care: consumers look twice at every penny
Date: 2012-03-19 13:58:20
According to Dr Mária Magdolna Dima, a Teva (Elmex) consultation partner and head of the preventive dentistry department at the Heim Pál Children’s Hospital, only less than 1 percent of...
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The world's leading brands are keeping off Hungary
Date: 2012-03-19 12:50:21
London, Paris and Moscow attract most of the top brands, these brands are only appearing at outstanding locations, which cannot be found in Hungary currently – told Jones Lang LaSalle...
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Egg prices are increasing throughout Europe
Date: 2012-03-19 12:40:44
Czechs are buying large quantities of eggs from German stores near the border, because eggs are much more cheaper there than in the Czech Republic. Therefore, German stores strict the...
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Additional restrictions to preserve the GMO-free status of the Hungarian agriculture
Date: 2012-03-19 12:26:18
In order to preserve the GMO-free (genetically modified organisms-free) status of the Hungarian agriculture, the rural development minister introduces additional restrictive measures. The regulation was published on Monday in the...
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Plastic shopping bags may be banned
Date: 2012-03-19 12:16:08
According to a study, the European Commission is considering to regulate the use of plastic shopping bags similar to the carbon dioxide emissions, to protect the environment, but does not...
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Wages increased the most in Fejér, decreased the most in Nógrád county
Date: 2012-03-19 10:48:12
According to the salary survey of Fizetesek.hu, operated by the Workania job portal, the national average gross salary in 2011 was 212,600 HUF. The average wage was the highest in...
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Magazine: Good housewives keep their home clean
Date: 2012-03-16 12:06:30
– Although most housewives are not particularly keen on cleaning, a clean home is important for the majority of them because a clean or dirty home reveals a lot about...
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More resistant grape varieties are under experimentation in Szekszárd
Date: 2012-03-16 11:33:33
In the scope of a three-year long EU program, grape varieties are under experimentation in the plantation of the Mészáros Borház Borászati Kft. in Szekszárd, that are more resistant against...
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Eurozone retail sales rose in month of January 2012
Date: 2012-03-16 11:21:28
In the month of January 2012, the volume of retail trade grew by 0.3% in the Eurozone (EA17) and by 0.4% in the EU27. In December retail trade decreased by...
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Sunday opening is free during the Olympics
Date: 2012-03-16 11:10:12
The British government suspends the law banning Sunday opening hours in London during the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. According to the plans of the British Conservative-Liberal government coalition, from...
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List of products banned by the Agricultural Office
Date: 2012-03-16 11:09:56
The following herbal products, care products and auxiliary materials have been removed off the list of tradable goods by the Agricultural Office: Name of the product Applicant Date od deletion...
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Two weeks to announce agricultural danages
Date: 2012-03-16 09:39:47
The Ministry of Rural Development has prepared a three-tier package of measures to aid farmers who have suffered frost damage, the second tier of which is comprised of an interest...
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Coffee drinking is not linked to chronic diseases
Date: 2012-03-16 09:27:39
Numerous studies of coffee's links to myriad diseases have provided head-spinning results, but a new paper finds java drinkers have no more risk of illnesses such as heart disease or...
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Jean Reno plays a chefs! – Video of the Day
Date: 2012-03-16 09:15:22
Recently culinary-inspired film were rare, but nowadays, the fans of these films can not complain. It would be too long to list the films that were dealing with the “adventures”...
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Ipsos: half of the employees are satisfied with their working conditions
Date: 2012-03-16 09:10:28
Worldwide, 47 percent of the workers consider their work environment as safe and healthy, 27 percent of them have opposite view, while 26 percent’s position is located between the two...
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Ham purchase saw a growth both in terms of value and volume
Date: 2012-03-14 14:34:58
More and more ham is being purchased in the stores during Easter-time. Last year, customers spent nearly 5 billion HUF on ham, which is 4 percent higher than in the...
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The Central and Eastern European economies will have a weak year
Date: 2012-03-14 13:02:11
The Central and Eastern European economies will have a much weaker, “challenging” year than last year. Many of them – including Hungary – is expected to spend year 2012 in...
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KDNP: marketing conditions of foodstuffs may be tightened
Date: 2012-03-14 13:00:03
According to the Christian Democratic Party (KDNP), the National Assembly can acept the bill on the rules of food marketing with consensus. Tarnai Richárd, Member of Parliament highlighted at a...
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Euro area’s industrial production increased in January
Date: 2012-03-14 12:25:24
Industrial production of the Euro area and the EU increased in January on a monthly comparision – announced the European Union's statistical office, Eurostat, on Wednesday. In January, the industrial...
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The new rules of the agri damage mitigation
Date: 2012-03-14 12:22:55
The first pillar of new agricultural risk management system was published in the Magyar Közlöny. Those producers who were hit by agricultural damages between the 1st November 2011 and 10th...
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An annual 11 million tons of food is thrown out by the Germans
Date: 2012-03-14 12:20:50
According to new study presented on Tuesday, in Germany, an annual 11 million tons of food is thrown away, 81 kilograms per person. Most of the food that ends in...
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GfK: Costumers spend the most on food in hyper-and supermarkets
Date: 2012-03-13 13:50:28
The GfK Market Research Institute conducted its GfK Shopping Monitor Research 2011-2012 in December 2011. The goal of the annually prepared study is the mapping of the motivations and purchasing...
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KSH: mainly energy and food prices moved inflation in February
Date: 2012-03-13 13:30:43
Consumer prices in February were 5.9 percent higher than a year earlier. In a month, prices rose by 0.8 percent, due to the significant jump of household energy and food...
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Online purchase on the podium of online activities
Date: 2012-03-13 13:10:25
MasterCard's latest research shows that online shopping and the associated browsing are the third most popular online activity in Hungary, only preceded by reading news and e-mailing. 38 percent of...
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Manpower: fewer employers planning redundancies
Date: 2012-03-13 13:00:37
According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, 17 percent of Hungarian employers intend to reduce their workforces during the second quarter of 2012 while only 14 percent of employers plan...
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