Events
Last year one and a half percent more beer was brewed in the Czech Republic
Date: 2013-01-04 12:22:02
One and a half percent more beer was brewed in the Czech Republic last year, the preliminary datas show – Jan Vesely, president of the Czech brewers association said on...
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NFH: still a lot of offenses at product presentations
Date: 2013-01-04 12:14:49
There are still many infringements occur at product demonstrations, although some improvement can be detected compared to the previous years – shows the report of the National Consumer Protection Authority...
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Rural Adventure Chosen as Europe's Best Communications Programme
Date: 2013-01-03 16:53:15
The Vidék Kaland (“Rural Adventure”) Programme has won the competition for communications programmes related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) launched by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural...
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New Waste Management Regulations
Date: 2013-01-03 16:47:22
Some of the implementation regulations of the new Waste Management Act that came into force on January 1 have been issued. Among others, the new regulations concern the distribution of...
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Opten: 28,305 companies were terminated last year
Date: 2013-01-03 16:45:47
Last year, 28,305 companies were terminated in Hungary, around 4000 more than in 2011 – Opten Informatics Ltd. announced on Thursday. The firm founding mood was skyrocketing in the first...
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A newer food scandal in China: carcinogen materials in cooking oil
Date: 2013-01-03 16:42:38
A recent food abuse have come to light in China: During a national inspection, ten percent of the products did not meet the standards – the sina.com news portal reports....
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An unlawful coffee shop and an invoice factory were closed by NAV
Date: 2013-01-03 16:32:00
The tax authority closed an illegitimate coffee shop and an invoice factory. The finance officers seized cash, property and vehicles in a total value of 820 million HUF and 23...
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Still no final decision on food VAT
Date: 2013-01-02 12:59:27
There is still no final decision on the reduction of the VAT on basic foodstuffs – the National Economy Ministry (NGM) informed Népszabadság. The government not yet answered to the...
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Fazekas Sándor: the agrarian economy this year can increase its positive export balance
Date: 2013-01-02 12:58:21
According to the preliminary datas, the Hungarian agriculture can increase its positive export balance this year, which is expected to exceed 3 billion euros, ie 800-900 billion euros – said...
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The school milk program will receive more support in 2013
Date: 2013-01-02 12:55:01
This year, the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) provides an about 1.5 billion HUF for the continuing school milk program, 300 million HUF more than in 2012 – the ministry...
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The BMI of December indicates a shrinkage
Date: 2013-01-02 12:25:42
The purchasing managers' index (BMI), indicated the shrinkage of the manufacturing industry in December. The 48.9 percent value declined by 3.2 percentage points compared with the previous month – the...
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Kassa will be the guest of honor of the Meat Jelly Festival in 2013
Date: 2013-01-02 12:15:07
Kassa will be the guest of honor of the Meat Jelly Festival in 2013 in Miskolc. In connection with the three-day-long European Capital of Culture (ECOC) 2013 event, Kassa will...
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Russia banned beer sales at night
Date: 2013-01-02 12:01:07
In order to fight against alcoholism beer cannot be distributed in Russia in street stores under 50 square meters from Tuesday. At night beer cannot be sold in any stores....
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Magazine: Our cocktail!
Date: 2013-01-01 20:40:15
Despite Hungary’s relatively poor cocktail culture our bartenders achieve good results in different competitions and at the annual Drinks International Boutiq’Bar (Budapest) was named one of the world’s 50 best...
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Nielsen: the Hungarian consumers would buy especially food products if they would have more money
Date: 2013-01-01 14:00:22
If the Hungarian consumers could spend 10 percent more money each month, they would spend the most part of it (2.4 percent) for food and drinks, that can be consumed...
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The fisheries are entirely using EU supports
Date: 2013-01-01 13:25:37
The 150 EU fishing projects’ support value excessed 7.8 billion HUF. Along with this the sector implements a total of 47 billion HUF investments, taking advantage of the full funding...
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GVH: consumer affairs in focus
Date: 2013-01-01 13:23:16
The Competition Authority closed about 110 cases in 2012, and launched about the same number of legal proceedings. Consumer protection issues made up the majority of cases that were initiated...
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The Balatoni Crown has lived up to the expectations
Date: 2013-01-01 13:03:43
The Balatoni Crown (Balatoni Korona) can be be used in 200 places. The local currency was introduced end of March this year – Leitold László, President and Chief Executive Officer...
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MNB expects a 3.5 percent inflation and 0.5 percent economic growth for the next year
Date: 2012-12-20 12:58:20
According to MNB’s new inflation forecast, this year’s average inflation rate will be 5.7 percent. Next year it will be 3.5 percent and for 2014 a 3.2 percent is forecasted....
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The price is the most important aspect at shoes and dress
Date: 2012-12-20 12:40:20
When the Hungarian consumers choose to buy, most of them, (50 percent) considers price as the most important aspect at shoes and dress. 48 percent the Hungarian consumers considers the...
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In third of the test purchases problems were found during the Christmas shopping inspections
Date: 2012-12-20 11:32:45
Inspectors found problems one in three cases, during this year's pre-Christmas test purchases, while last year this rate was 55 percent – Fülöp Zsuzsanna, spokesperson of the National Consumer Protection...
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Bognár Lajos: Successful Fishery Operational Program
Date: 2012-12-20 11:30:52
The Fishery Operational Program’s (HOP) commitment level is more than 68 percent, therefore Bognár Lajos, Deputy Secretary of State, of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) responsible for food chain...
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One in five people is low-paid in Hungary
Date: 2012-12-20 11:30:49
According to the datas of Eurostat, released on Thursday, the proportion of low-paid people was 17 percent in 2010 in the Member States of the EU 27. In Hungary, the...
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Nébih warns to the dangers of surface-treated fruits
Date: 2012-12-20 11:05:48
A high attention should be paid when using the peel of citrus fruits, because surface treatment is carried out on fruits imported to Hungary from far away locations, so the...
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The EU would tighten the indication on infant formulas
Date: 2012-12-20 10:59:24
The European Parliament's Health and Food Safety Committee in agreement with the European Council, adopted the draft law under which they would tighten rules on indicating infant formulas and nutritional...
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GfK: champagne market is dominated by New Year’s Eve
Date: 2012-12-19 12:34:03
In the last month of the year – mainly due to the popularity of New Year's Eve – frankfurter and champagne purchasings increase significantly: in both categories, the chains expect...
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Magazine: A haircut for special occasions every day
Date: 2012-12-19 12:03:10
When the cold weather comes, women start wearing caps, hats and hoods, which is a real nightmare for many of them as they might ruin their haircut. Obviously, in the...
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eNET – Telekom: Christmas shopping fever on the Web
Date: 2012-12-19 11:22:54
While the domestic retail is still struggling with the crisis, online merchants can not complain. In the past year, 1.6 million people bought online at least for once. The turnover...
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Ipsos: improving outlooks
Date: 2012-12-19 11:19:58
Half of the world's citizens (52 percent) do not mind, that the year 2012 ends, because it was a negative period in terms of their own and family’s lives. The...
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Increased Pangasius controls until the end of January
Date: 2012-12-19 11:12:39
The Far Eastern pangasius breeding sites are often criticized, because in Vietnam animal health rules differ from the European rules. In Hungary, the authorities have already carried out Pangasius test...
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