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A record potato yield was harvested in Székelyföld

The biggest potato production after 1989 was harvested in Székelyföld. In Kovászna county 28 tonnes per hectare, while in Hargita County 26 tonnes per hectare was the average yield. Könczei...

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The government decided on the construction of Hungary’s tourism country brand

The Government has decided on the construction of Hungary’s tourism country brand, so the Hungarian Tourism Agency Ltd. launches a short-term, intensive and extensive marketing campaign in line with the...

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Six-star Gallicoop builds packaging plant

Szarvas-based turkey processing company Gallicoop Zrt. invests HUF 1.6 billion (from which 50-percent is state funding) in building a packaging centre. The company, which processes 40,000 tons of poultry meat...

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More than 30 baths are taking part in the events of the Hungarian Bath Culture Day

More than 30 members of the Hungarian Bathing Society will participate in the Hungarian Bath Culture Day, which will be held on October 14, this year – Hegyi Ákos, Secretary...

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Artisjus-MVI: getting closer to each other

Talks continue between the representatives of the hospitality trade and Artisjus. It seems that Artisjus is willing to rethink elements of the system of criteria for the type ‘V’ fee, based...

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Magazine: Hungarian turkey meat, Hungarian values

Gallicoop is a company that creates values and in the last few decades the company proved that high quality Hungarian turkey meat can be sold all over the world –...

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Coface upgraded Hungary

Hungary has been upgraded by Coface. The credit insurer justified its decision because of the economic growth and the improvement of the business environment. According to Coface’s Thursday announcement, following...

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Eight billion forints for half a million liters of hand and facial creams per year

Nearly 7 billion HUF worth, ie nearly 200,000 liters of face cream was sold in the Hungarian stores; hand cream sales are close to 1.5 billion HUF and 300 000...

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The support of cattle breeders was increased by nearly 10 billion HUF

Regarding to the significant over-demand, the Prime Minister’s Office decided to increase the original 20 billion HUF budget to 29.6 billion HUF and the applications of 552 cattle breeders were...

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Nébih: the epidemic preparedness of poultry holders has improved but not yet enough effective

Although the poultry holders have improved their preparedness for disease control, the overwhelming majority of them continue to meet only the minimum conditions for replanting required by the authority –...

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Another, early wage increase in Auchan with an investment of over 2 billion forints

Thanks to the results of the past years and the planned expansion, Auchan plans to increase the number of its staff. The management of Auchan Retail Magyarország agreed on Tuesday...

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Analysts: September inflation is lower than expected

The September consumer price index has become lower than the market expectations, but the increase in core inflation reflects the growing domestic demand, but mostly the growth of the excise...

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A SPAR room was opened at the Buda Campus of the Szent István University

A modern teaching room was handed over with SPAR’s support of over 4.5 million forints at the Faculty of Food Sciences at the Szent István (St. Stephen’s) University. The development...

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FM: the Visegrád and the Baltic countries have stood up for the preservation of EU agricultural subsidies

The Visegrád and Baltic countries jointly agreed to maintain a strong, two pillar common agricultural policy (CAP) on Monday in Luxembourg at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting – the...

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The Vasi wild pear pálinka was given origin protection

The Vasi wild pear pálinka has become an origin protected product, within the Origin Protection Program – the Minister of Agriculture announced at the press conference in Budapest in the...

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The IMF improved Hungary’s GDP growth forecast for this year and for the next year

The International Monetary Fund has improved Hungary’s GDP growth forecast for this year and next year in its autumn global economic forecast. According to the World Economic Outlook, October 2017...

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Disadvantaged regions can become the engine of developing economies

Disadvantaged regions can become the engine of developing economies. These regions have significant growth potential in food production and other related industries, according to a recent summary of the Food...

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The giant pumpkin record may be over 900 kilograms

A man from Utah who has loved giant pumpkins since childhood is trying to set a state record for the second time with a nearly 907-kilogram gourd he’s been tending...

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On the way of turning into a major company

With a volume growth of 660 million HUF and a income growth of 16 percent, Kulcs-Soft is fast turning into a major domestic company producing softwares. Compared to the first...

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KSH: tourism grew by 3 percent in August

In August, the number of guest nights spent by foreign guests increased by 3.8, while domestic guests spent 2.3 percent more guest nights at commercial accomodations, compared to the previous...

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Ireland’s drunk puppet – Video of the day

Seeing a drunk man wandering the streets of Ireland is hardly newsworthy. But seeing a GIANT DRUNK PUPPET, now that’s something! A giant puppet merrily loitered around the village of...

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Sectoral Skills Council

Upon request from the Ministry for National Economy, the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) has recently started developing the so-called Sectoral Skills Council (ÁKT) system. With these councils the...

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(HU) Nemzetközi retail hírek, hazai elismerésekkel

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KSH: inflation slowed down in September

In September, consumer prices were on average 2.5 percent higher than last year, after the 2.6 percent of the previous month. Compared to August, prices increased by an average of...

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2017 is the “century’s” vintage

Although the calendar is still in the beginning of October, the “big harvest” ends in the majority of wine regions this weekend, so in the Varga Winery. The yield has...

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SPAR won Superbrands Award

SPAR Magyarország won one of the most important international brand evaluation award, the Superbrands title for the ninth time. In addition to the expert jury, the organizers were also interested...

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Intersnack continues to be the largest Hungarian spice paprika exporter

The manufacturer of Chio products, the Intersnack, buys 200 tons of spice paprika in Hungary this year and continues to be one of the largest Hungarian pepper paprika exporters. The...

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Tesco fights against breast cancer together with its customers

Almost eight thousand new patients are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in Hungary. Tesco joins again to the GoPink! international campaign in October to raise awareness of breast cancer...

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Csányi Sándor is expanding the Bonafarm Group with a new company

Csányi Sándor, Chairman and CEO of OTP, integrates the Pápa-based Agroprodukt Zrt. into the Bonafarm Group. The company has recently become the businessman’s interest. The structure of the Bonafarm Group...

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The Bio-Fungi Kft. is planning a 5-10 percent growth this year

One of the most significant Hungarian mushroom producing companies, the Bio-Fungi Termelő és Kereskedelmi Kft. (Bio-Fungi Producer and Trading Ltd.) plans to increase its sales revenue by 5 to 10...

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