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VinCE Budapest: champagne, super-Tuscans and biodynamic wines in this year’s supply
The guests of the masterclasses of the 9th VinCE Budapest Wine Show can meet with rare products including champagnes of renowned champagne houses, super-Tuscan red wines, Bordeaux’s Chateau Pichon Baron,...
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The Fair of Hungarian Flavors greets the Spring
The Fair of Hungarian Flavors that focuses on the most diverse hams and pork products will be held on 3 and 4 March. But of course, all the other Hungarian...
Read moreClientFirst Consulting: A satisfied customer spends up to two and a half times more
The ClientFirst Consulting that surveys more than 1,500 businesses and customer service points and evaluates the opinion of 6,500 customers, handed over this year’s “Excellence in Customer Service” awards –...
Read moreFM: Hungarian wheat exports to Egypt can start
Negotiations on the approval of wheat export to Egypt were successfully concluded with the Egyptian plant health authority – the Ministry of Agriculture informed MTI. The ministry said: As a...
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Yet another gastro-trend analysis in pictures!
The American gastro-magazine launches a video presenting the gastronomy-trends of 2018:...
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KSH: the online questionnaire for fruit plantation census can be filled out until Thursday
The farmers can fill out the online questionnaire for fruit plantation census of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) until Thursday – the KSH said. The Office announced on Monday that...
Read moreIKEA is expanding with small shops
Since the market turnaround in 2015, IKEA’s smaller retail stores, the so-called pop-up stores, have recently opened, most recently in Zurich, but there are several small stores in Canada, Norway,...
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Europe began year 2018 with declining inflation
In January, inflation declined on a monthly basis in the euro area and in the European Union. Eurostat announced on Friday that the annual inflation in January fell to 1.3...
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An electric car is being developed by the mail order company
UPS announced on Friday that it will develop its own electric car, along with the well-known truck manufacturer Workhorse – origo wrote. First, fifty cars are being manufactured to replace...
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Hotel constructions have begun
As a result of the improving tourist numbers, hotel industrial constructions seem to have begun – portfolio.hu wrote. Although the total value of projects entering the construction phase is still...
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Starbucks wants extra cash for paper coffee cups
In Britain, single-use coffee cups are becoming more and more problematic. The majority of the coffees requested are bought by buyers in paper bags, producing a lot of garbage. Due...
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More Russian tourists are expected in Debrecen due to the Debrecen-Moscow flight
In Debrecen, the number of Russian tourists is expected to increase significantly as a result of Wizz Air’s flight from to Debrecen-Moscow – Széles Diána (Fidesz-KDNP) Deputy Mayor said on...
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Another reconciliation between MVI and Artisjus
In November 2017, the representatives of the Hungarian Hosts’ Association (MVI) and the Artisjus Hungarian Copyright Protection Bureau had bilateral talks on how and under what conditions the royalties of...
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Magazine: On parallel roads
Bakers and confectioners will have their own pavilion at Sirha Budapest 2018. Our magazine asked some of the most important figures of the two trades about how they see their own...
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(HU) A csúcshoz képest is emelkedett a GKI konjunktúraindexe
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MNKH: thinking at a regional level
The Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) has realised that there is great economic potential in regional level cross-border cooperation in the Carpathian Basin. Our magazine asked CEO Zsanett Oláh about...
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Eighty billion forints for agricultural machinery buying
The Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) starts a programme that finances the buying of machinery. Farmers can apply for loans with favourable interest rates from a HUF 80-billion budget. Both agricultural machinery manufacturers...
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Master of Business was organised this year too
The Hungarian National Trading House Zrt. (MNKH) organised the Master of Business event in Budapest for the second time. About 50 MNKH partners and 150 Hungarian enterprises were there to meet and...
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Rural Development Programme going at full speed
Last year the Prime Minister’s Office granted HUF 690 billion worth of funding, giving a positive answer to 61,500 applications, within the framework of the Rural Development Programme. As part of...
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Literary classics on Theodora mineral water bottles
From January poems by Károly Kisfaludy, János Garay and Gyula Krúdy are printed on the labels of Theodora mineral waters. Consumers selected the Lake Balaton-inspired lines by voting. At the same time...
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Wine culture stretching across borders
Wineries from Hungary and Hungarian winemakers living in neighbouring countries signed the so-called 2nd Carpathian Basin Wine Contract in Budafok. The objective of the agreement is to strengthen ties and to...
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EU gives more money for product marketing
This year the European Commission increased the budget for popularising European agri-food products all over the world to HUF 52.4 billion. About two thirds of this sum is available for promoting...
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Special franchise system from the Hajdúsági Bakeries group
The Hajdúsági Bakeries group developed a special farmers’ market franchise system for expanding the distribution of the group’s ‘smart’ products, Vitajó breads. These products contain a special combination of vitamins and...
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Veolia acquires Bakonyi Power Plant in Ajka
Veolia Energia Magyarország Zrt. bought a 98-percent share in Bakonyi Power Plant Zrt. The goal of the new majority owner is to use as much biomass in energy production as possible, instead...
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Edenred recruited experienced managers last year
Ferenc Kaszab was appointed head of Edenred Magyarország Kft.’s place of acceptance partners group in January 2017. Mr Kaszab had worked for Allianz Hungária Zrt. before as a call centre analyst and...
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Hungarian wines promoted in Central Europe and in the United Kingdom
Tesco popularises Hungarian wines – in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Hungarian National Trading House and Wine Concept Zrt. – in the markets of Central Europe...
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Henkel ranked high among ‘The World’s Most Admired Companies’
Henkel was ranked 4th in the Soaps and Cosmetics category of Fortune magazine’s ‘The World’s Most Admired Companies’ list for this year. Henkel’s position is two places better than it was last...
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NaturAqua sponsors hospital modernisation
The National Association for Premature Babies (KORE) and NaturAqua offered significant financial contributions for modernising the preterm birth units in the hospitals of Zalaegerszeg (Szent Rafael Hospital) and Pécs (Maternity...
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The szeretet.éhség campaign collected more than 60 million forints
Tesco was the strategic partner of the Hungarian Interchurch Aid’s Christmas campaign. As part of the szeretet.éhség (‘hungry.for love’) campaign, Tesco customers purchased 242,573 HUF 250 coupons between 13 November and...
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