Events
                    The Wine City of Budafok was handed over
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-19 11:10:46
												                    
				
                The Wine City of Budafok presents the famous domestic wine regions and the specificity of the wine cellars. The inauguration ceremony was held on Thursday. The project was carried out...
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                    “Bar code” was already used in ancient times
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-19 10:39:03
												                    
				
                Italian archaeologists have discovered “bar code” on the closing plugs of ancient amphoras. The recorded informations can be found on pottery used for carrying primarily oil. These artifacts can help...
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                    IMF: global economic outlook seems to be improving again
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-18 13:30:19
												                    
				
                After last year’s decrease, the global economic outlook gradually improved again, although the downward risks remain pronounced – shows last year’s World Economic Outlook, published on the website of the...
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                    Brau Beviale: Meeting of the European beverage industrialists
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-18 12:12:24
												                    
				
                The Brau Beviale will be held between 13 and 15 November 2012 in the Exhibition Centre, in Nuremberg. 1350 exhibitors (2011: 1,384), including world famous regulars, as well as new...
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                    FruitVeB: hard-shell plants suffered the most due to the cold Easter weather
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-18 12:05:07
												                    
				
                On the basis of the preliminary surveys, this year's Easter frost caused larger damages in the orchards of the country than last year – said Mártonffy Béla, president of the...
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                    Sága’s grilled sausages made of turkey meat can be the hits of the summer
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-18 11:10:30
												                    
				
                Sága starts the summer season with popular – Hungarian and cheese – flavored, turkey products: from may, the company provides spicy Hungarian style (pepper) and grilled sausages enriched with pieces...
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                    Beer consumption is decreasing, while wine consumption is increasing in the Czech Republic
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-18 11:05:13
												                    
				
                According to the datas of the Czech Statistical Office (CSÚ), while in 2005 the per capita beer consumption reached 164 liters, in the Czech Republic, this figure dropped back to...
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                    Budapest Pálinka Festival: The Ocho Macho loves pálinka
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-18 10:55:54
												                    
				
                The bands of the main stage prepare with special acoustic live acts for the May 10 opening of the Budapest Pálinka Festival. Pál Utcai Fiúk, the Ocho Macho and the...
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                    More and more tourists from Slovakia visit Hungary
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-18 10:00:11
												                    
				
                The number of guests from Slovakia is increasing from year to year, at hoilday resorts in Hungary. Last year, only at the Lake Balaton 13 thousand tourist spent their vacation...
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                    Several food companies among the Top 20 list of the Hungarian companies expanding abroad
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-17 13:20:44
												                    
				
                The New York-based Vale Columbia Center and the ICEG European Center examined the expansion of Hungarian companies in abroad. The foreign assets of the ranked twenty companies between 2008 and...
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                    Nemtudom P3 plum and Csengődi cherry in the National Species Catalogue
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-17 13:02:39
												                    
				
                The Species Certificating Committee recognized newly bred grapes and fruit varieties – told the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) to MTI on Tuesday. The Board, among others, took up the...
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                    Two billion HUF remains in the food industry
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-17 12:45:40
												                    
				
                The Hungarian food industry no need to pay the two billion HUF worth annual disaster protection contribution, because the parliament changed the certain provisions of the Act. The original legislation...
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                    Fee should be paid for the registration of  recyclable packaging products
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-17 12:38:46
												                    
				
                The National Environmental Protection and Water Management Inspectorate will register the recyclable packaging, on the basis of companies and types, in the future. The registration will cost 80 thousand HUF...
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                    Czech-Polish food debate
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-17 12:15:04
												                    
				
                The Czech Republic will try to achieve at the competent fora of the European Union, to ban the imports of Polish food – said Petr Bendl, Czech Minister of Agriculture...
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                    The ZEW index indicates an improved mood in the strongest economy of Europe
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-17 12:10:04
												                    
				
                Economic sentiment further improvement in April in Germany. The ZEW index increased from 22.3 points to 23.4 points. According to the survey of the Mannheim-based ZEW, German economic sentiment improves...
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                    Coface: persistent credit risk in most countries
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-17 10:57:10
												                    
				
                he situation of companies in the construction sector closely reflects the world, regional and national economic trends. At a time when the world economy is characterized by divergences between countries,...
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                    Dissolving of the mall stop is not on agenda
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-16 14:10:37
												                    
				
                Contrary to the expectations, the dissolving of the mall stop was not the subject of last week's cabinet meeting. As they say, the retail floor space is strictly regulated in...
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                    The delay of investments caused a 300 billion HUF loss to the SMEs
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-16 13:30:39
												                    
				
                According to the survey of GE Capital, business activity and investment sentiment greatly reduced in the case of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the past two years. The...
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                    Coface: Can not see the light at the end of the tunnel
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-16 13:25:16
												                    
				
                According to the latest survey of the international credit insurer Coface Hungary, in the first quarter of this year, the number of insolvency proceedings increased by a total of nearly...
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                    The founding document of the Hungarian Gastro Map Cluster has been signed
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-16 13:20:26
												                    
				
                It is a common interest that Hungary to be able to provide safe food, with the use of mainly domestic raw materials – said Kardeván Endre, Secretary of State at...
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                    Retail sales growth is higher than expected in the world's largest economy
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-16 12:32:12
												                    
				
                U.S. retail sales showed a greater recovery for the third subsequent month, despite the fact that gasoline prices increased. Turnover grew by 0.8 percent in March, while analysts expected 0.3...
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                    ATM-number stagnating, but quality service becomes a priority
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-16 11:07:23
												                    
				
                According to calculations, at least 5-10 billion HUF is left untouched in ATM-machines in Hungary. This sum could be decreased by 15-20 percent if integrated cash-optimization systems were introduced. Banks...
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                    Five thousand inspections and 25 million HUF fines are the results of the spring food chain controls
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-13 13:10:12
												                    
				
                The spring food chain control was carried out by the coordination of the National Food Chain Safety Office between 19 March and 9 April. 5162 test were carried out, 25,327,888...
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                    Fungus production could be doubled
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-13 13:00:15
												                    
				
                According to the latest summary of the Hungarian Horticultural Council, fungus production improved significantly. The production can be doubled, it is expandable to at least 50-70 thousand tons, and employment...
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                    Innovative products at Alimentaria
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-13 12:40:14
												                    
				
                Alimentaria is one of the most important food and drinks trade shows in the world. Since the event's primary keyword is innovation, it is obvious that in the last part...
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                    South Transdanubian Wine Tourism Cluster operates successfully
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-13 12:28:49
												                    
				
                The organization's president evaluated the one and half year operation of the South Transdanubian Wine Tourism Cluster successful, at Friday’s press conference in Pécs. Schmidt Győző told that the cluster...
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                    The pálinkas ot Tarpa received gold and silver medals at the world competition of spirits
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-13 12:00:03
												                    
				
                The pálinkas ot Tarpa received gold and silver medals at the World Spirits Award in Klagenfurt. Csernyák László, Sales and Marketing Director of the Manufaktúra Kft. in Tarpa told MTI,...
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                    Czechs consume food more economically
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-13 11:59:04
												                    
				
                Czechs consume food more economically – pointed out the Czech Statistical Office in its report, which analyzed the consumption of 2010. A Czech citizens consumed 2.1 percent less food in...
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                    Terra Hungarica Gamay day in the Gerbeaud House
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-13 11:58:55
												                    
				
                Terra Hungarica’s thematic spring event, the Gamay day focuses on the blue grape specie cultivated on the largest grape growing area of the Carpathian Basin. The visitors of the Gamay...
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                    Hungarian-Chinese Business Forum in Budapest
                    
                        
																								Date: 2012-04-13 11:55:03
												                    
				
                The Hungarian-Chinese Business Forum held on Thursday in Budapest aimed to strengthen cooperation and to the better exploitation of the opportunities between the Hungarian and Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises....
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