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Magazine: Once upon a time… Business Days 2018 (Part 2)
Thursday was the third day of the Business Days conference and the first speaker was Dr Zsolt Feldman, state secretary of agriculture from the Ministry of Agriculture. His topic was...
Read moreKSH: retail sales continued to grow
In October, the turnover of retail stores increased by 6.6 percent according to the unadjusted raw data, while calendar effect adjusted increased by 5.7 percent, compared to the same period...
Read moreGDP grew 5.2 percent in the third quarter even better than the preliminary data
Gross domestic product (GDP) was 4.9 percent higher than in the same period of the previous year in the third quarter. According to the seasonally and calendar effect adjusted data,...
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116 million tonnes of milk and dairy products are lost worldwide every year
Annually, 116 million tonnes of milk and dairy products, 16 percent of the produced goods, are lost in the world due to throwing it to the garbage, or due to...
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Dr. Kántor Sándor leads the Association of Hungarian Brewers
A new director was appointed by the Hungarian Brewers Association from October 2018. Dr. Kántor Sándor has set the goal of promoting quality beer brewing, increasing the competitiveness of production...
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Balla Géza is the Wine Producer of the Year in 2018
Balla Géza is the first wine producer beyond the borders, who won the prestigous award. The Wine Producer of the Year award was handed over for the 28th time this...
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The best small-scale beer in the country is being searched in two categories this year
The Country’s Beer vote was organized by the Beerselection.hu beer shop and the Beerporn.hu beer magazine for the third time in 2018. The two categories of the competition are the...
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NAK helps to find information with food books
The National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) has launched a series of “Food Industrial Handbooks”, which provides information on the domestic food manufacturers, their knowledge and support the production of quality...
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Growth in retail sales in the euro area
The volume of retail sales in the euro area was somewhat higher than expected in October, compared to the previous month. Eurostat announced on Wednesday that the volume of retail...
Read moreDigitalisation of the economy can give further growth to Central and Eastern Europe
The American McKinsey & Company management consultancy company suggests economic digitization in cooperation for the Central and Eastern European countries to boost their growth. On average, the ten Central and...
Read more(HU) Adjon karácsonyi ajándékot rászoruló gyerekeknek – A Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum „cipősdoboz-akciója”
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The Food of Hungary 2019 Cooking Competition was announced
The Association of Hungarian Chefs announced the Food of Hungary 2019 Cooking Competition and the National Public Catering Chef Competition. It is extremely important for the government to make healthy...
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The Hungarian Kitchen Top10 gastro guide of this year has been released
The Budapest Top10 Gastro Guide of the Magyar Konyha magazine collects the best fine dining restaurants, bistros, wine bars, new cafés and other catering establishments in Budapest in twenty-nine categories....
Read moreThe number of guest nights grew by 5.5 percent in the first ten months in Romania
The number of guest nights spent in accommodations increased by 5.5 percent to 24.848 million in the first ten months in Romania, compared to the same period of last year...
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A campaign for free-thingking by beer-lovers
Tiger Beer has launched its latest “Uncage Heroes” campaign globally, with its focus on young creatives whose bold approach to their craft have also served a good cause. This saw...
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Crabs in cheetos – Video of the day
Callahan’s in Norwood, New Jersey serves a sandwich with soft shell crab that is crusted in Hot Cheetos. We visited the restaurant to see how it’s made and to try...
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Magazine: NÉBIH’s position on the ice cream ‘situation’
The so-called Albanian ice cream phenomenon has been causing debate in the confectionery trade for quite a while. As part of a seasonal inspection programme, the National Food Chain Safety...
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Manufacturers of sweets expect a record annual turnover of over 10 billion forints
Seasonal sweets can be in excess of 10 billion forints in December, and annual candy can sales may increase from last year’s 200 billion forints to 250 billion forints. Still...
Read moreGKI raised its GDP forecast to 4.5 percent this year
After the third quarter’s 4.8 percent increase, which is one of the fastest growth in the EU, GKI has raised its forecast for GDP this year, from 4.2 to 4.5...
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The turnover of Christmas fondants accelerates before Christmas
According to a research commissioned by the Association of Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers, 86 percent of domestic consumers are planning to buy Christmas fondants – Sánta Sándor, the chairman of the...
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Nagy István: soy production should also be promoted in the future
In the future, the cultivation of genetically modified soybeans (GMO-free) in Hungary should be encouraged, and the strategic aim is to preserve and process domestic yields – Nagy István Minister...
Read moreKSH: the economic weight of SMEs is considerably lower than that their proportion
The economic weight of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is considerably smaller than their proportion. While SMEs provided job opportunities to almost two-thirds (65.2 percent) of the employees in...
Read moreMészáros Lőrinc purchases the Mezort Általános Befektetési Zrt.
Mészáros Lőrinc purchases the Mezort Általános Befektetési Zrt. – the communication company entrusted by the businessman told MTI. According to the statement, the businessman takes over the agricultural company group...
Read moreMLBKT: slower growth in November
The seasonally adjusted November value of the Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) was 53.5, ie respondents reported more favorable processes than in the previous month, but the pace slowed down. The...
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14 percent of the Hungarian workers receive a 13th month salary at the end of the year according to a survey
14 percent of the Hungarian workers receive a 13th month salary in November and December, averaging 332 thousand forints, typically at larger private-owned private companies – Fizetesek.hu’s survey reveals. 48...
Read moreThe global advertising market grew to 552 billion USD
This year, the global advertising market closed a great year. The revenues of the the global advertising market increased by 7.2 percent, compared to the previous year, to record levels...
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Christmas pines are already coming to the venues
Christmas trees arrive in the first days of December, and a significant part of them began to be cut off at the end of November – Biza Klára, Chairman of...
Read moreTourism agency: the major events of 2019 are already discussed
Many major events will be held in Hungary in 2019. The coordination of next year’s events and festivals has begun – Guller Zoltán, CEO of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ)...
Read moreThe traffic of commercial accommodations increased in Nyíregyháza
Compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of guests arriving increased by almost ten and the number of guest nights they spent increased by more than...
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Magazine: Hygiene guide 2.0
The GHP Working Group continued work in 2017-2018 and collected the recent experiences and changes in legislation to publish the 2nd, revised edition of the Good Hygiene Practice (GHP) Guide....
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