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The strongest economy in Europe has grown at a high rate
Germany’s GDP grew at the highest rate of the past six years in 2017, according to Destatis, the federal statistics agency. According to Destatis’s first estimate, gross domestic product (GDP)...
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Eastern Hungary can also be a tourist destination
Developments are needed so that East-Hungary’s settlements can become tourist destinations as well, thus increasing the share of tourism within GDP – Lázár János, the Minister leading the Prime Minister’s...
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More natural raw materials are needed in mass catering
The government’s goal is to use less artificial and more natural raw materials in school catering – Rétvári Bence, Parliamentary Minister of State of the Ministry of Human Resources said...
Read moreThousands of jobs can be created if more goods will arrive from the Far East
Thousands of jobs can be created, as well as substantial investments and will increase revenue of the state budget if it will be possible to get more merchants from the...
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METRO helps the Hungarian hospitality sector with digital solutions
We asked Imre Horváth, CEO of METRO Hungary about their partnership with the domestic hospitality sector. Retail and wholesale are going through exciting changes. It isn’t enough to offer a large...
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Magazine: A regional event for the food and HoReCa sectors
Early next year the Sirha Budapest trade fair will be organised for the third time at the HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Centre. Food, bakery and pastry, hotel and hospitality, packaging and culinary...
Read moreGKI: territorial differences in purchasing power are significant in the country
Territorial differences in purchasing power are still significant in Hungary. Settlements with higher than average purchasing power are mainly located in Northern Transdanubia and Central Hungary, while the poorer regions...
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The dairy sector expects full VAT cuts
The domestic dairy industry has stabilized and the domestic dairy industry started to grow – Mélykuti Tibor, Chairman of the Milk Product Council said adding that it would be important...
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The inspectors of Nébih withdrew more than one and a half tonnes of fish from the market
More than one and a half tonnes of untracked fish and fish products were withdrawn from commercial circulation during the pre-Christmas checks. The National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nébih) mainly...
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The NKFI Fund supports enterprises and research institutes with sixty-one billion forints
The National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (NKFI) in 2018 supports the innovation, research and development activities of enterprises with a total of 30 billion HUF while the research and...
Read moreFM: an actionable green policy is needed
An actionable green policy is needed, including development such as the KlimAdat project, which serves to map the effects of climate change in Hungary – the Minister of State of...
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Fundraising was revolutionized
Compared to last year, the amount of donations collected from card tips has almost doubled. At the Advent fair at the Basilica, almost everybody have opened their wallets when they...
Read moreThe World Bank impoved its Hungarian and global GDP growth forecasts
The World Bank has improved its Hungarian and global GDP growth forecasts for this year. The Washington-based organization estimates that the Hungarian economy will grow by 3.8 percent this year,...
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Compensation for destroyed foil tents
The Ministry of Agriculture provides a total of 100 million forints income substitute support to those whose foil tents were damaged in the October storms of last year. The victims...
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Sushi will be made from the 82 million HUF worth fish
Compared to the records of the previous years, one could get high-quality tuna in Tokyo” at a low price”. At the New Year auction of the world’s largest fish market...
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Unilever closes its mustard factory in Norwich
Unilever announced to close its mustard manufacturer plant in Norwich, England – agrarszektor.hu wrote. The factory that has been making Colman’s Mustard in Norwich for nearly 160 years is to...
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The first direct terminal-linked airport hotel in Hungary has opened
In early January, Hungary opened its first hotel with direct airport terminal availability, the 145-room Ibis Styles Budapest Airport Hotel can accommodates up to 300 people and was built by...
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An ecotourism quality program was launched in the Bükk
At the beginning of January, the complex tourism quality development program of the Bükk National Park (BNP) was started, the Park Management Board told MTI. The program is aimed to...
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The amount of herbs decreases
The amount of herbs harvested and grown is constantly decreasing, and in order to reverse the trend there is a need to change both in the field of collection and...
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Magazine: Eight years have passed!
László Kovács has completed his second 4-year period as the president of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI). Our magazine asked him about past results and future plans. Kovács László elnök...
Read moreNGM: retail sales increasing for 53 months
Retail trade is growing for 53 months, and in November, a relatively high 10.2 percent dynamic increase can be observed in case of non-food products, Pomázi Gyula, Deputy Minister of...
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Fish sales may increase by fifteen-twenty percent
The VAT cuts can increase the sales of fish by up to 15-20 percent according to the chain of stores, and consumers can buy carp, catfish or salmon on 17-22...
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Tesco: shopping carts filled with hearts
Tesco’s Central European consumers donated 516 tons, or more than 1.2 million doses of food to the needy in November and December within Tesco’s Christmas fundraising campaign to support the...
Read moreKSH: Growth in consumption and investment increase improve imports
The value of exports in euro was 6.1 percent higher in November last year, compared to the previous year, while imports increased by 7.8 percent in November last year. The...
Read moreWheat can be harvested six times a year
In a new breeding process researchers are trying to speed up the creation of plant varieties that would allow the most important arable crops to produce crops up to six...
Read moreThere is also considerable workforce among public employees and retired people
Public employees, retired people and mothers with small children are also a major source of labor for the primary labor market – Cseresnyés Péter, Minister of State of the Ministry...
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Cocoa bean can be extinct
Chocolate may disappear by 2050 due to climate change, according to scientists – but the problem may be solved by genetically engineered so-called super chocolate – origo wrote. Cocoa tree...
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