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Retail sales in Germany were less than expected in August
Retail sales in Germany increased slightly less than expected in August, in a year-on-year, comparision. Instead of the expected increase in monthly sales a decline was measured. According to preliminary...
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Where the world’s best restaurants gain inspiration – Video of the day
The team behind groundbreaking Copenhagen restaurant Noma has been traveling around Scandinavia for months to gain inspiration for the impending opening of Noma 2.0, and now, chef René Redzepi has...
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GKI: Forecast for 2017-2018
Following the continuous spectacular expansion in investments in the second quarter of 2017, GKI raised its GDP forecast for 2017 from 3.5 per cent to 3.8 per cent, and it...
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GEFCO Group generated a turnover of € 4.2 billion
GEFCO Group, a global player in industrial logistics and the European leader in automotive logistics, generated a turnover of € 4.2 billion in 2016. Luc Nadal, Chairman of the Management...
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Trends of the near future
According to the experts of the American Restaurant Association, the following culinary trends are likely to prevail in the near future: vegetarian cuisine will continue its conquest, gyros and kebab...
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More than a ton of food was collected for charity on OMÉK
The charitable call of the Agricultural Marketing Center (AMC) had a great success at the National Agricultural and Food Exhibition and Fair (OMÉK). At the end of the event, the...
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OMÉK: the milk truck received an audience award
The 78th National Agricultural and Food Exhibition and Fair (OMÉK) held between 19-24 September 2017 was ended with a great recognition for the Milk Interprofessional Organization and Product Board. The...
Read moreHarvest open cellars to be held during the weekends in Palkonya
Almost twenty cultural and gastronomic programs, including several concerts are waiting for the participants on Fridays and Saturday at the Palkonya Harvest Open Cellars event series – Rechnitzer Szilvia told...
Read moreFarmers can apply for consultancy support again
Farmers can apply for subsidized consultancy support again this autumn – the president of the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) announced on Thursday at a press conference in Budapest. Győrffy...
Read moreThe Digital Consumer Protection project has started
The Digital Consumer Protection project has started. The project is implemented by the Hungarian Government Development Agency (KIFÜ) and funded by the European Union with subsidy of 1,687 billion HUF....
Read moreIt will be a real sensation to find the super-tomatoe
Scientists are working on cultivating tomatoes in an experimental plantation in Israel, which can produce high yield, with a 90 percent lower water consumption. Unusually drought-tolerant types of tomatoes are...
Read moreJazz and wine festival will be held in Szentendre this weekend
Wine and jazz will play the main role on the last weekend of September in Szentendre. On Friday, local winegrowers, wineries and wine shops are waiting the visitors to the...
Read moreGfK: consumer sentiment in Germany has deteriorated
The German citizens assess their economic prospects slightly more worse than in the previous month, according to a consumer sentiment index of the GfK Market Research Institute published on Thursday....
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The European Commission has approved an investment package that supports environmental protection
The European Commission approved a 222 million euros investment package covered by the EU budget on Thursday that that supports environmental protection and climate policy program called LIFE for a...
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Blackmailer threatens with food poisoning in Germany
One or more blackmailers have threatened to poison food products in shops in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, unless they are given millions in cash, police warned on Thursday. Authorities...
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The Sziget Festival has received the Budapest Tourism Award
The Budapest Festival and Tourism Center handed over this year’s Budapest Tourism Award to the Sziget Festival on Wednesday. Bán Teodóra, the managing director of the board at the event...
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A small-scale production guide was prepared for good hygiene practice
A small-scale producer guide was prepared for good hygiene practice for food production and marketing, which is available free of charge on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM),...
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Tesco reduces the sugar content of its own branded soft drinks
Tesco significantly reduced the added sugar content in its own branded soft drinks, so from the beginning of October in the soft drinks on the shelves of the department stores,...
Read moreCzerván: less corn is expected to grow this year
This year, less corn is expected to grow. The yield per hectare is below the record level of 2016, the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) said...
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FM: the export of beef and rabbit meat to Singapore may soon begin
Hungary’s export of beef and rabbit meat to Singapore may soon begin – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture said, after a meeting with Lawrence Wong, head of the Singaporean National...
Read moreHungarian households are more and more optimistic
According to internationally representative research carried out by teh Provident Pénzügyi Zrt. (Provident Financial Co.) and its parent company the International Personal Finance (IPF), one third of Hungarian respondents have...
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Rural development projects were announced in a value of almost 1000 billion HUF so far
The Rural Development Program (Vp) announced applications worth 969 billion HUF, about two-thirds of the 1300 billion HUF budget – the Minister of State of the Prime Minister’s Office in...
Read moreJunibor and Gastro Feast at St. Stephen’s Square
The wines of thirty-three young producers can be sampled from almost every wine regions of Hungary at the 5th Junibor and Gastronomic Festival that lasts from Friday to Sunday in...
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KSH: the number of employees increased further
In the three-month period from the beginning of June to the end of August, the number of employees was 4 million 444 thousand people, 58 thousand more than a year...
Read moreNGM: the government helps the innovative Hungarian companies to access foreign markets
The Hungarian government considers it a priority task to help the market expansion of the Hungarian innovative startup businesses to the international space – Varga Mihály said at the Startup...
Read moreThe autumn fish planting into the Lake Balaton has started
So far 47 tonnes of three-summer carp have been put into the lake, Nagy Gábor – fishing sector manager of the Balaton Fish Management Nonprofit Ltd. (BH) said. Nagy Gábor...
Read moreMore than 50 programs await the visitors to Budapest on the open day of tourism
More than 50 programs are waiting for visitors on Wednesday in Budapest on the open day of tourism organized by the Budapest Festival and Tourist Center (BFTK) – Pap Mária,...
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The masters of icecream-decoration – Video of the day
You might be reasonably repulsed by the prospect of an ice cream and squid culinary mashup, but it turns out that if you simply leave actual squid out of the...
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L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science
The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science initiative began 19 years ago. Since that inaugural year, the L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) have strived...
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Analysts: wage growth still persist
Wages will rise by 13 to 14 percent this year, and this growth rate will continue next year, according to macroeconomic analysts interviewed by MTI. According to data published by...
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