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Somersby cider in Hungary
Date: 2011-07-08 10:23:22
Somersby cider's fresh apple flavour is here for Hungarian customers to enjoy. You can find it in 2000 pubs and more than 1000 stores in Hungary. During the last few...
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(HU) Nőtt a 200 négyzetméteres és kisebb üzletek bevétele is, így piaci pozíciójuk stabil maradt
Date: 2011-07-07 15:30:18
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Before the chips-tax: energy drink specials
Date: 2011-07-07 14:00:50
Professional associations talk in connection with the public health product fee of 5 to 25 percent product price increase. Typically, the cheaper products will be affected more by inflation. Although...
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Hungary can renew its Russian vegetable export
Date: 2011-07-07 13:30:56
The vegetable export to Russia will be permitted to another eight European states – including Hungary – announced Gennady Onyiscsenko Russian chief medical officer, but did not indicate the date...
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Hungary is among the laggards in terms of employment
Date: 2011-07-07 13:00:33
According to the latest datas of the Union's statistical office; Hungary was among the laggards last year, on the basis of the employment rate of the 20 to 64 age...
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FAO: global food prices increased in June, due to the sugar
Date: 2011-07-07 13:00:08
Due to the increase in global sugar prices, global food prices were rising in June – states the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO price index – which...
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(HU) Magyar dinnye: hamarosan jogszabályok is szavatolják a piaci pozíciót
Date: 2011-07-07 11:25:42
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(HU) Átadták az első OTP Széchenyi Pihenőkártyát
Date: 2011-07-07 10:33:09
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OKSZ: a summer price reductions and sales are much lower than last year
Date: 2011-07-06 12:40:00
The fastest traders are trying to attract the consumers with lower prices than usual, even from the first real summer days and it lasts until the end of August. It...
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Which product can be considered as Hungarian?
Date: 2011-07-06 12:38:08
So far, the the Hungarian product labelling was not regulated, however, according to a new draft, the Government would set up the conditions, that the companies should meet, in order...
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The European Parliament voted the new food label regulations
Date: 2011-07-06 12:16:30
In the future, it should be indicated clearly how much fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, sugars, protein and salt the product contains, helping the customers who can consciously decide what kind...
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The Ministry of Rural Development confutes: there is no list
Date: 2011-07-06 12:10:49
The press office of the Ministry of Rural Development confutes the informations of Hírszerző.hu, that the ministry compiled a list of those firms in Hungary, that are producing home produced...
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Chinese agricultural investment in Kalocsa
Date: 2011-07-06 11:58:17
Török Ferenc, Mayor of Kalocsa signed a memorandum with the representative of the Shenzhen-based You Yuan Industrial Co. LTD, over creating a modern agricultural production base in Kalocsa. Török Ferenc...
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The European Parliament supports the action against GM crops
Date: 2011-07-06 11:40:12
The European Parliament supported the EU legislation draft, that will allow new legislative opportunity for the member states, to ban the cultivation of GM crops. The legal basis for national...
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Anglers put on alert over killer carp disease
Date: 2011-07-06 11:14:47
Anglers and fishery owners are being warned to be on their guard following outbreaks of the Koi Herpes Virus – a killer carp disease for which there is no known...
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Stekaholders call for action on pollinators
Date: 2011-07-06 10:07:24
European Parliament event confirms alignment on key pollinator conservation issues Key stakeholders discussed the importance of pollination and the role of pollinator species at a conference at the European Parliament...
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The first half year's financial collapses broke record
Date: 2011-07-05 15:28:20
There have not been so many financial collapses in Hungary in one month and in one half year as it occurred in June and in the first six months –...
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Sugar prices decreased significantly
Date: 2011-07-05 14:08:33
Compared to the former price of 400 HUF, sugar can be purchased for even 273 HUF – and not only in the stores selling the state stocks – writes delmagyar.hu....
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Facts about food processing and food safety
Date: 2011-07-05 13:52:31
In Hungary, in 2010, the gross production value of food processing has reached 2,036 billion HUF – among other things, this was the major focus of the discussion held by...
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We pay one of Europe's highest VAT
Date: 2011-07-05 12:45:17
One of the highest VAT rates of the European Union can be found in Hungary. But in case of the personal income tax Hungarians pay only the half of the...
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The E. coli bacteria infected sausage did not cause disease
Date: 2011-07-05 12:11:37
The Austrians detected diarrhea-causing bacteria coli in a Hungarian sausage. The bacteria did not belong to the bacteria-strain that caused the disease in Germany. According to the datas, it can...
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EU retail trade declined in May
Date: 2011-07-05 12:08:10
In May, the volume of retail sales in the eurozone and in the EU declined by 1.1 percent on a monthly base excessing the expectations. In April, a 0.7 percent...
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Food safety: summer controls are coming
Date: 2011-07-05 12:04:14
Vegetables, fruits and ice cream are all carefully examined this year for food safety by inspectors, within the compass of this summer's regula food safety inspections – Lajos Bognár, eputy...
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The revenue of the poultry sector increased
Date: 2011-07-04 14:20:37
With different sub-sectoral results, but overall the poultry industry closed a better year this year than last year. Roughly a 20 billion HUF increase may occur in revenues – this...
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Last year, wages have increased by 3-5 percent
Date: 2011-07-04 14:11:12
Last year, a 3 to 5 percent wage increase occurred at 10 percent more companies, compared to the previous year and the number of employers giving fringe benefits have also...
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Ipsos: TV viewers prefer product placement rather than advertising
Date: 2011-07-04 13:55:08
The intensive TV viewers and the 18-29 age group recalled product placement in a greater extent than the average – reports MTI, after the statement of Ipsos. 70 percent of...
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The Sajt-Kalmár Kft. targets the Russian market
Date: 2011-07-04 13:12:21
The privately owned Hungarian Sajt-Kalmár Kft. wants to promote and sell the Hungarian cheese on the Russian markets. Spisák Tamás, the company's managing director, said that the proposed Russian exports...
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Melon-test is about to start
Date: 2011-07-04 11:32:15
Melon-season is just about to start, so Sándor Fazekas rural development minister has ordered a total, thorough control of water-melons in order to protect the right of customers. Experts are...
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Sugar Commission: how only one sugar factory exists in Hungary, compared to the former twelve?
Date: 2011-07-01 14:14:26
16 people are expected to examine, what happened, during the privatization of the Hungarian sugar factories 20 years ago. They also interested in why the Hungarian sugar industry in performance...
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Stagnating business and deteriorating consumer expectations
Date: 2011-07-01 13:07:42
In June GKI-Erste economic confidence index adjusted for seasonal effects continued to deteriorate. According to the empirical survey conducted by GKI with the support of the EU business expectations remained...
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