Events
Europe's largest economy grew by 3.6 percent in 2010
Date: 2011-01-12 12:35:37
German Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.6 percent in 2010, compared with a year earlier – said the German statistics office on Wednesday. According to the communication of the...
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Last year, cereal production fell by 9 percent
Date: 2011-01-12 12:25:36
Last year, 12.3 million tons of grain was produced on nearly on 2.6 million acres, on 11 percent smaller area than in the previous year. The yield decreased by more...
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France reclaimed the first place
Date: 2011-01-12 12:21:53
Once again, France was the world's leading wine producer in 2010, after a year earlier Italy overtook it – shows the analysis of IWSR market research institute. Although wine producing...
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India is already concerned about rising food prices
Date: 2011-01-12 12:21:18
Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister has convened an extraordinary government meeting on Tuesday, in order to deal with the alarming rise of food prices. On the meeting, that was held...
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Vinexpo 2011 – list of programs
Date: 2011-01-12 11:58:48
Vinexpo sets the wine and spirits industry the challenge of invigorating its markets at its Bordeaux exhibition from 19 to 23 June 2011. Everything has been arranged for the international...
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Honey infected with antibiotics on the Hungarian market
Date: 2011-01-12 11:39:50
Honey-samples from Heves county are still being examined – daily paper Heves Megyei Hírlap learned from food safety and animal health board chief veterinary officer Dr József Eperjesi. The honey-controll...
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ew technology of industrial wipers on the market
Date: 2011-01-12 06:34:38
The WYPALL* wiper product range has all your options covered. Whether you need a low-lint, long-lasting wiper for heavy duty tasks or a single-use, cost-effective solution the WYPALL* range can...
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Corporate volunteership is not popular in Eastern-Central Europe
Date: 2011-01-12 05:48:53
Ranking of responsible business operation evaluates for the second time transparency and communicated CSR performance of largest companies of the CEE region. CSR 24/7 Rating is a CSR rating product...
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The extreme weather and speculation drive up the price of raw food materials
Date: 2011-01-11 18:24:46
The world price of raw food materials has increased over the past one and a half years, but the price of processed foods only slightly increased. Raw food materials are...
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Online purchases: Paypal may be the solution to the distrust
Date: 2011-01-11 17:47:04
Although purchasing with cash declined slightly, compared to last year, it is still the most typical among online customers. According to the annually repeated E-Shopping report of KutatóCentrum; The lack...
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Currently there is no way for more stringent control in EU imports
Date: 2011-01-11 12:59:49
Hungary imports tens of millions of kilograms of pork and many hundreds of millions of liters of milk and dairy products each year. A part of these products are suspiciously...
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The nationwide honey raid valuation is under way
Date: 2011-01-11 12:11:48
Results of the nationwide honey raid is still under valuation. The examination was necessary, because antibiotics contaminated honey appeared in the domestic market. The test team of the Agricultural Office...
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TriGranit sells 50 percent of the Arena Centar in Zagreb
Date: 2011-01-11 12:09:49
Europe's fourth largest real estate developer, the TriGranit Development Co. and Heitman European Property Partners IV (Hepp IV) announced today that the Hepp IV bought 50 percent stake in the...
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Wine shortage expected this year
Date: 2011-01-11 12:08:07
Only the half the usual quantity was produced in the wine cellars last year, so shortage is expected this year, and also a lot of wine varieties may disappear from...
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New Széchenyi Plan: Economy can expand from two thousand billion HUF
Date: 2011-01-10 18:10:59
In the scope of the New Széchenyi Plan two thousand billion HUF may flow into the Hungarian economy from the middle of January. According to former governmental and regulatory promises;...
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Hungarian export increases further
Date: 2011-01-10 14:53:22
According to the preliminary datas of the Central Statistical Office; the foreign trade balance, that was 652 million euros in November 2010 (179 billionHUF ) showed assets, which is a...
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“New dimensions” of consuming in the Hungarian stores
Date: 2011-01-10 14:37:46
Exciting developments are taking place at several Hungarian supermarkets: digital shelf labels, mobile application, pay phone, automatic cashiers revolutionarize shopping habits. Few novelties: In the recently opened Tesco supermarket in...
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Liberalization of home destillation deprived the state of huge tax-revenues
Date: 2011-01-10 13:42:26
Since the liberalization of home distillation, the Hungarian budget was deproved of billions of revenue. However, excise tax on alcoholic beverages will not see a rise this year – MTI...
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Exchange war can be changed into a trade war, warns the Finance Minister
Date: 2011-01-10 13:35:27
The Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega warns that the world is full of “trade war” to hold. According to the Minister of Finance; the United States and China are among...
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OBI cooperates with WWF
Date: 2011-01-10 07:01:11
“The 11th January OBI Hungary and WWF Hungary launch again their successful beaver class program series, which allow about 2600 primary school students from 16 cities to learn about the...
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Goldman Sach: growth in 2011
Date: 2011-01-09 19:04:14
The world economy can expect another strong year of growth in 2011, according to our annual economic forecast. The United States can expect substantial acceleration in real GDP growth over...
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GfK Hungária: declining consumer confidence
Date: 2011-01-07 19:21:09
The value of the Consumer Confidence Index, decreased in the last quarter of 2010, compared to the previous growth, just like the consumer expectations index, which fell by 34 points,...
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German newspaper opinion: the surtax do not discriminate the foreign companies
Date: 2011-01-07 14:13:13
Handelsblatt has published a commentary over the surtax on Friday. According to the correspondent of the German economic and business daily; the German Minister of Economic Affairs became the servent...
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Critical situation in the pig sector
Date: 2011-01-07 12:42:39
The Hungarian Association of Pig Breeders (MSSZ) told that the pig breeders are ready to demostrate, because of the critical situation of the Hungarian pig sector. The price of live...
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100 million to promote local wine culture
Date: 2011-01-07 12:26:36
Agrármarketing Centrum (AMC) published an open tender invitation, on the basis of the proposal of the Wine Marketing Commission (AMC), on the implementation of “local small projects”, that are promotes...
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The dioxin-contamination flooded Lower Saxony
Date: 2011-01-07 12:22:06
Dioxins were not only found in chickens and eggs, but pigs were also infected with it. Due to the risk of dioxin-contamination, almost five thousand farms are being closed in...
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Euro zone’s economy increased by nearly 2 percent last year
Date: 2011-01-07 12:21:12
The euro zone's economic growth declined more than estimated during the third quarter of 2010- reports Eurostat. The revised data shows that, the quarterly growth was 0.3 percent, while the...
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Counterfeit drugs at retailers
Date: 2011-01-07 10:25:17
n Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has carried out an operation to identify fake pharmaceutical products in retail outlets using Thermo Fisher Scientific's...
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Ted Williams Kraft commercial premiere is on
Date: 2011-01-07 01:15:16
A week ago, Ted Williams was another downtrodden guy panhandling along the interstate that snakes through Columbus, Ohio. Today, he’s only the most famous dude in America. And get this:...
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No uniform rules for FMCG-packaging exists in Hungary
Date: 2011-01-06 19:04:20
Tere is no fixed consumer protection law for the packaging of various products, including FMCG-products: there are no requirements to indicate data like origin, producer ingredient etc., which may lead...
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