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More fertilizer was sold in the first three quarters of last year
Date: 2012-01-04 12:22:22
Farmers in the first three quarters of last year, purchased 13 percent more nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) fertilizers than in the same period of 2010 – informs the most...
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Euro area purchasing managers index exceeded the expectations
Date: 2012-01-04 12:20:36
The purchasing manager index increased to 48.8 points in December, after the 47.5 points of November, exceeding the analysts' expectations of 48.3 points – told the Markit research institute to...
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Magazine: More people bought wieners in supermarkets and discount stores this year
Date: 2012-01-04 11:26:03
Despite the stable base of buyers, in the first seven months of 2011 wiener volume sales dropped 4 percent, due to fewer buying occasions – reveals GfK Hungária’s Consumer Scan....
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Hungary is safer now
Date: 2012-01-03 18:05:56
The new disaster management system which was introduced on January 1 will make Hungary a safer country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday, addressing a ceremonial staff meeting of...
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Consumer loans: the number of new loans sharply reduces
Date: 2012-01-03 13:00:40
Only the weakening of the forint keeps the consumer loan portfolio of the households on level. The amount of new loans decreased by more than one-fifth in the year lasting...
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Fischer Béla: a new sugar factory is illusion but the capabilities of Kaposvár can be improved
Date: 2012-01-03 12:58:57
It is an illusion that Hungary could have avoided the drastic rise in sugar prices in the spring if the twelve existing sugar factories at the time of the system...
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(HU) Idén enyhülhet a globális élelmiszerárak drágulása
Date: 2012-01-03 12:52:29
Global food price inflation may relieve this year, due to the general slowdown in the global economy – told FAO the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. José Graziano da Silva,...
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Chains try to control food prices
Date: 2012-01-03 12:50:54
Several chains saw the opportunity in the VAT rate increase and will not indorse the difference in prices resulting from the VAT rate increase – writes Népszabadság. According to article...
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AKI: The price of meat and meat products is expected to increase
Date: 2012-01-03 12:40:10
Continuous price increase of meat and meat products is expected in the forthcoming months, despite the fact that the pig price increase could stop soon, because the recent period’s price...
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Croatia raises but also lowers the VAT
Date: 2012-01-03 12:15:36
The government plans to increase the normal rate of VAT in Croatia from 23 to 25 percent. The tax on tourist services, will be decreased to 10 percent. At socially...
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The KÉSZ Group is building food factories in Ukraine
Date: 2012-01-03 02:17:06
The KÉSZ Group starts the construction of three different food factories in Ukraine these days. The value of the investments exceeds 28 million euros – told Pintyőke Marcell, the marketing...
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Household savings on nadir
Date: 2012-01-02 14:36:09
According to the survey of Raiffeisen Bank and GfK; only 16.4 percent of the population has savings. According to the joint survey of Raiffeisen Bank and GfK; only 16.4 percent...
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The campaign in the sugar factory in Kaposvár has ended
Date: 2012-01-02 14:10:58
The campaign in the sugar factory of the Magyar Cukor (MC) Zrt. in Kaposvár has ended, in the country's only sugar factory123 thousand tons of sugar produced in 116 days....
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Perfume and toy adverts rule the TV spots
Date: 2012-01-02 13:00:40
Ten percent more adverts occurred during the three weeks of advent, compared to the previous period of the year. Children could watch a daily15-20 television per day – shows the...
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Italy is considering the introduction of chips-tax
Date: 2012-01-02 12:15:17
The Italian government, like other countries, wants to tax the foods containing too much sugar, salt and fat. According to the survey of the Sant'Anna College of Pisa; 10 percent...
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20 percent of the subscribers has smartphones
Date: 2012-01-02 12:13:06
Already one in five Hungarian subscribers are using smartphones, the most consciously, the twenty-and thirty-year-olds, who are trying out the latest applications and technologies. The majority of users, uses some...
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The residents of the 1st district will receive food support on social cards
Date: 2012-01-02 12:02:58
From the 1st of January, the needy residents of the 1st district will receive food support on social instead of food vouchers. According to the local government; the regulation change...
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Applications for the FAO Scholarship Programme may be submitted until the end of February
Date: 2012-01-02 11:28:52
The joint Scholarship Programme of the Hungarian Government and the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is to continue. Within the framework of the cooperation, the Ministry of Rural...
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New disaster prevention system makes Hungary safer
Date: 2012-01-02 11:23:15
The new disaster management system which was introduced on January 1 will make Hungary a safer country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday, addressing a ceremonial staff meeting of...
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British Christmas, with two and a half billion pounds of unwanted gifts
Date: 2012-01-02 09:04:56
Almost two and a half a billion pounds worth Christmas gifts were given to the British in 2011, that they do not need. According to a national survey, published by...
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Standardized date info on food products from Sunday
Date: 2011-12-30 16:42:18
Food manufacturers from 1st January 2011 should indicate the date of durability in a day / month / year order on the products. Hungarian consumers have met with two type...
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A new bill about national values and hungaricums
Date: 2011-12-30 12:49:28
A new bill is about to be discussed by the government, justified by the values of national identity, organization and protection within the compass of a multi-complex system, rising vertically,...
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Giant discounts Hungary in the Hungarian stores even before the new year
Date: 2011-12-27 14:30:28
An average, 20-30 percent, but sometimes up to 50-70 percent discounts are expected. Stores do not wait with the discounts until the new year, the actions have started in many...
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Emerging countries may overtake several major European economies
Date: 2011-12-27 14:22:09
The United States remains the world's largest economy in the foreseeable future, but the largest emerging countries may overtake the European leading economic powers – predicted financial analyst in London...
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Chocolate may be a luxury item, due to the climate change
Date: 2011-12-27 14:20:59
The price of chocolate rises, and even it may become a luxury item again, due to climate change – states the authors of a study. The authors analysed the future...
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Opten: the number of company liquidations over twenty thousand
Date: 2011-12-27 14:19:55
The number of company liquidations crossed the twenty thousand border this year on the 23rd of December – Opten company information service told to MTI on Tuesday. According to the...
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The revision of consumer protection's main areas should be continued
Date: 2011-12-27 14:17:38
Simon Gábor, the socialist president of the Consumer Protection Committee of the National Assembly considers the further revision of consumer protection's main areas. The politician told to MTI, that the...
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Avalanche of donations from the Food Bank
Date: 2011-12-27 14:15:11
The Hungarian Food Bank Association supplied 25 percent more families living in extreme poverty and retired people in 2011, than during the previous years – told the association to MTI....
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German retail closed the Christmas season with increase
Date: 2011-12-27 14:04:53
According to the preliminary datas of the Association of National Retailers; German retail sales increased by at least 1.5 percent in the Christmas season, compared to a year earlier. According...
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Abundant supply of fish for Christmas
Date: 2011-12-23 13:40:50
This year's Christmas fish supply is abundant both in quality and quantity. One kilogram of the carp depending on the sales places is around 550 to 900 forints – said...
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