Events
KSH: April retail sales volume decreased
Date: 2012-06-25 13:00:21
The volume of retail sales in April declined by 2.7 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year. The sales decrease of food, food related retail stores, petrol...
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Money or jobs?
Date: 2012-06-25 12:00:58
According to the datas of Randstad Workmonitor, while more than half of the Spaniards or the Greeks would sacrifice a portion of their salary, only the third of the Hungarians...
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E-commerce: New digital platform
Date: 2012-06-25 11:55:18
MyBank is the EBA Clearing solution that permits Internet payments to be made using one's current account in a simple and totally safe manner. This new payment instrument goes to...
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Excise tax on cigarettes may increase next year
Date: 2012-06-25 11:50:37
On the basis of the 2013 budget proposal, excise tax on cigarettes may increase further next year. Although the draft of the budget calculates with 913.1 billion HUF revenue from...
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Profession.hu: many vacancies in the commercial sector
Date: 2012-06-25 11:48:35
The companies are mostly seeking for engineers, IT professionals, accountants in the past six months, but there were many vacancies in the fields of customer services and commerce – the...
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GDP and consumption: Hungary is far below the EU average
Date: 2012-06-22 14:17:43
Hungary’s per capita GDP in term of purchasing power parity is worse than in the Czech Republic or in Slovakia, and compared to Poland, the indicator is only a bit...
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GKI-Erste economic sentiment index stagnated in June
Date: 2012-06-22 13:33:07
Following the plunge in May GKI-Erste economic sentiment index (adjusted for seasonal factors) was close to stagnation in June. According to the survey prepared by GKI with the sponsorship of...
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There is no strong animal husbandry without stong agriculture
Date: 2012-06-22 12:25:07
There is no strong animal husbandry without stong agriculture. In this spirit, 2.6 billion HUF additional financing will be provided in next year's budget, in order to strengthen the pork...
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Hungary will finish the modernization of hen cages for time
Date: 2012-06-22 12:20:06
Hungary finishes the modernization of hen cages until the July 31 deadline – the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) informed MTI. 14 EU member states including Hungary could not meet...
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World trade is declining for the second month
Date: 2012-06-22 12:18:45
According to the datas of the Dutch CPB Economy Analysis Center, world trade declined in volume for the second consecutive month in April, due to the slowdown of global activity....
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New shopping mall opened in Siófok
Date: 2012-06-22 12:00:58
The Sió Pláza entertainment and shopping center opened on Thursday in Siófok. The mall was built with a 5 billion HUF investment, implemented by the Sió Ingatlan Invest Kft., which...
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Fish stocking: Catfish spawns will be stocked in place of pikeperches into the Tisza-lake
Date: 2012-06-22 11:20:19
The artificial pikeperch stocking of the Tisza-tavi Sporthorgász Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. failed due to the unfavorable weather this year, but from catfish they will stock double volume to the reservoir....
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The Hungarian beer market increases again
Date: 2012-06-21 12:28:47
The decline of the domestic beer market lasting since 2006 seems to be reversed: last year sales grew by 3.8 percent. The Association of Hungarian Brewers explains the good results...
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The EU does not like the Hungarian taxation of pálinka
Date: 2012-06-21 12:10:40
The European Commission on Thursday called on Hungary to terminate the partial excise tax exemption of pálinka, ban the traditional hen cages as soon as possible and strongly requested to...
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HITA: Hungary is the most attractive investment destination in the region
Date: 2012-06-21 12:03:50
According to rankings, published in the 2012 May issue of the Site Selection magazine, Hungary is the most attractive investment destination in the Eastern European region. According to the North...
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EURO 2012 – So far, 200 thousand liters of beer was sold in the fan zone in Kiev
Date: 2012-06-21 12:01:18
The football fans drank 200 thousand liters of beer in the fan zone of Kiev, since the beginning of the Ukrainian-Polish Football European Championship. Eight kilometers of sausages were sold...
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Four-day fish and wine festival near the Lake Balaton
Date: 2012-06-21 11:20:50
Four settlement around the lake will organize the four-day fish and wine festival to promote culture, wine and gastronomy for the tenth time this weekend. At the Tagore promenade in...
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The ratio of domestic food products decreased in the Slovak stores
Date: 2012-06-21 11:20:46
The ratio of domestic food products decreased to a record low level, to 46 percent, compared to last year's 50 percent in the Slovak stores –the Slovak Chamber of Food...
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Pálinka safe is planned to be established in Szabolcs
Date: 2012-06-21 10:00:36
The establishment of a museum pálinka safe is planned in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where the region's most successful distillates will be preserved for posterity. The development of the safe was offered...
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Heat – Increasing mineral water, beer and ice-cream sales
Date: 2012-06-20 13:15:50
Mineral water, beer and ice-cream retail sales are increasing during the heat. Fodor Attila, director of communications at CBA told MTI on Wednesday, that from Friday, the sales of summer...
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NÉBIH will be more stringent in the future
Date: 2012-06-20 12:55:15
The Parliament adopted the modification and its implementation of the Law on the prohibition of unfair distribution behavior, which will be in the national jurisdiction of the National Food Chain...
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FMCG retailers football tournament: new champion at a new location
Date: 2012-06-20 12:20:36
The European Football Championship has barely begun, when the footballers of the commercial chains have started to compete in the field of the Újbudai Sport centre for the victory. The...
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EP’s Agricultural Committee was opposed to the ban on foie gras
Date: 2012-06-20 12:05:33
The European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee accepted the 2012-2015 EU animal welfare strategy report, but rejected the proposal to ban foie gras – announced Glattfelder Béla MEP (Fidesz)...
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Combine harvesters started up in the heat
Date: 2012-06-20 12:02:53
The the winter barley harvest has been started in the country's hottest regions in Bács-Kiskun and Baranya counties. Accoring to the informations of the village farmers, the yield is ranges...
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Hungarian Wine Rally at the end of August for the 17th time
Date: 2012-06-20 12:00:13
The Hungarian Wine Rally will be held for the seventeenth time this year, between the 24th and 26th of August. Athletes, actors, businessmen, politicians and public figures will take part...
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Buda Castle Beer Festival: bigger venue, wider choice
Date: 2012-06-20 11:50:52
This year’s Buda Castle Beer Festival provides more in all point of views. The festival, that will take place between 29 August and 2 September 2012 will be one day...
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Magazine: Children of the millennium are the customers of the future
Date: 2012-06-20 11:39:27
The Y generation – those born around the turn of the millennium – will soon dominate the world and retailers had better win this generation now – this was the...
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Mall developments continue rapidly
Date: 2012-06-20 11:25:26
The global shopping mall developments continue with a rapid pace. The expansion of the middle class and the merchants leads to unprecedented constructions and the opening of new centers, especially...
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Handicraft exhibition and gastronomic festival
Date: 2012-06-20 11:00:40
Varsány, Nógrád county hosts an international handicraft exhibition and culinary festival from Thursday to Sunday. The four-day program awaits the visitors with food tastings and costume show, but the visitors...
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The number of pigs would be doubled from 666 billion HUF in seven years
Date: 2012-06-19 13:32:48
According to the pork industry strategy of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) a total of 666 billion HUF additional development resources would be needed beside the current funding level...
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