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The Government’s work plan for the second half of this year
Date: 2011-07-28 17:05:15
Government decision-making does not stop during the summer: ‘The pace is maintained’. The Cabinet's agenda for the rest of the year comprises 164 laws, decisions and decrees, including decisions related...
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Dumping-like production and acquisitions before the introduction of the chips-tax
Date: 2011-07-28 15:00:18
Before the introduction of the chips-tax, the affected food manufacturers and retailers started a dumping-like production and acquisition, although the increase may not be long delayed. The food manufacturers want...
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Export sectors create jobs
Date: 2011-07-28 13:40:51
The number of employees between age 15-74 increased by 29,900 from 3,778,900 to 3,808,800 in one year (0.8 percent), which is the most dynamic growth of the past seven months...
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Wage supplement and Sunday opening hours
Date: 2011-07-28 13:10:24
According to the proposed modification of the Labour Code; the employers should pay fifty percent salary bonus to their employers working on Sundays, except for those part time workers, who...
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VAT-decision – The goverment accepts EU ruling
Date: 2011-07-28 13:00:23
Hungary is sticking to its 2011 and 2012 budget deficit targets and a European Court ruling on value added tax (VAT) refunds has no impact on the budget goals, spokespeople...
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The capsule coffee is getting increasingly popular in Hungary
Date: 2011-07-28 12:40:15
Its market share within the total market is still minimal, but the sold in capsules and the number of devices more than doubled in a year. The number of market...
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2,500 tons of melon exported from the eastern part of the country
Date: 2011-07-28 12:35:35
So far, the Nyíregyháza-based Rádium Kft. exported about 2,500 tons of from three counties (Békés, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg) of the eastern part of the country – told the company's CEO...
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The number of domestic corporate mergers and acquisitions increased
Date: 2011-07-28 12:31:56
The number of domestic corporate mergers and acquisitions increased in the first half of 2011 compared to the same period of last year – shows the latest survey of Ernst...
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The Ministry of Rural Development helps chicken farmers
Date: 2011-07-28 12:25:55
The farmers breeding laying hens can apply for 5 to 200 million HUF support to create EU standard conditions for the animals from early September until the end of the...
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Improved consumer confidence in the world's largest economy
Date: 2011-07-27 14:02:11
The consumer confidence index of the U.S. Conference Board economic research institute increased in July. The index increased to 59.5 points from the revised 57.6 points of June. The experts...
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Coface: the number of liquidation procedures grew
Date: 2011-07-27 12:54:39
The number of liquidation procedures in Hungary rose 21% in the first half from the same period a year earlier, credit insurance company Coface Hungary told MTI. Liquidation procedures were...
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Hungarians do not want to work over the retirement age even for more money
Date: 2011-07-27 12:40:18
Two-third of the Hungarian workers would not work after retirement age, even if their salary would be raised – shows the latest datas of Randstad Work Monitor. According to the...
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The plantations of the Somló Wine Region escaped from the red sludge
Date: 2011-07-27 12:30:55
Scientific studies have shown that last year's red sludge disaster did not cause any damage to the vineyards of the Somló Wine Region – told Somogyi Lajos Hill Judge over...
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75 thousand pounds for a bottle of white wine
Date: 2011-07-27 11:50:06
A 200 years old 1811 vintage Chateau d'Yquem white wine was sold for seventy-five thousand pounds – 22.5 million HUF – in London at an auction. The buyer is a...
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The ability to adapt to ever-changing needs: EIPA’s first 30 years
Date: 2011-07-27 11:12:24
The National Institute of Public Administration and the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) jointly organised the meeting of the EIPA Board of Governors, on 6-7 June 2011, in the...
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John Dalli to push full smoking ban across European Union
Date: 2011-07-27 10:33:03
The European Commission announces it is preparing to introduce legislation in 2011 to ban smoking in public places right across the union. Euobserver.com reports that European Commissioner for health and...
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Hungary will penalize planting, distribution of GMO seeds
Date: 2011-07-26 14:45:05
The Hungarian goverment is going to penalize planting and distribution of genetically modified seeds with fines of up to 2 billion HUF, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács pointed out at a...
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Women are better at shopping than man according to Hungarians
Date: 2011-07-26 14:18:41
The average Hungarian person is convinced that women are the most suitable persons in charge when it comes to shopping and purchasing items necessary to do household chores – the...
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Retail turnover rose in May
Date: 2011-07-26 14:00:53
In May, retail sales turned out to be better than expected, but there is no reason for joy: the Swiss franc has started to soar, and the pension fund real...
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The majority of the population does not trust in the social impact of the chips-tax
Date: 2011-07-26 13:50:04
Although two-third of the population supports the introduction of the new public health product fee, called chips-tax, the majority of the respondents still skeptical of its social impact – shows...
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The commercial property sector is beyond the nadir
Date: 2011-07-26 13:40:00
The Hungarian commercial real estate sector commercial shows a varied figure, hovewer it can be stated at all segments that the market is beyond the low point and entered into...
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(HU) Hazai tejtermékek kerülhetnek be az uniós segélyprogramba
Date: 2011-07-26 13:30:29
Domestically produced dairy products can be included to the EU's food aid program in Hungary in the next year. The(UHT) milk and cheeses, that do not require cooling, will be...
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What is the size of the Slovakian Tokaj wine region?
Date: 2011-07-26 13:20:42
The representatives of seven villages in the eastern Slovakian Tokaj wine region called the government in Pozsony to immediately close the negotiations with Hungary and mark out the region's borders....
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More than three million tonnes of wheat are in the warehouses
Date: 2011-07-25 14:31:45
More than three million tons of high quality wheat was transported into the warehouses. This year's harvest covers the 2.5 million tonnes annual needs of the country of which 1.2...
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Fruit growers may receive a good price
Date: 2011-07-25 14:20:08
This year there are almost no amount of volume that could not be sold from cherry, sour cherry, apricot and raspberry. Noone can complain about the prices; cherry, raspberry can...
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GKI’s economic index also decreased in June
Date: 2011-07-25 14:00:42
The seasonally adjusted value of the GKI economic index continued to decrease in July. The downward trend continues for months and the business and consumer confidence is also on the...
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The situation of the civil consumer protection organizations in the EU is deteriorating
Date: 2011-07-25 13:50:53
The situation of the civil consumer protection organizations is difficult, indeed, in some cases deteriorating in the European Union and in the Central and Eastern European Member States – states...
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More than 4,000 kilograms of radiant meat was transported to the Japanese stores
Date: 2011-07-25 13:40:41
After the disaster Fukushima, the cesium contamination is an increasing challenge for the Japanese food trade. 58 farms are involved. The Japanese Agriculture Ministry reported that 58 farms, and 2,600...
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World trade regained its April decline in May
Date: 2011-07-25 12:38:12
According to the Monday published datas of the Dutch CPB Economic Analysis Center; world trade rose in May in terms of volume after the decline of April, after the exports...
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Google Chrome accelerates
Date: 2011-07-25 12:10:54
However the Internet Explorer can be found on more than half of the computers Google Chrome increases its share at a faster pace than any other browsers The Google+ Community...
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