Events
                    Motre than thirty wineries at the Szekszárd Vintage Days
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-08 10:25:43
												                    
				
                More than thirty wineries from the Szekszárd and Tolna region are going to present their wines within the compass of the 7th Vintage Days of Szekszárd, from 15th to 18th...
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                    Fruit prices go up in Slovakia
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-08 09:02:46
												                    
				
                According to initital estimates, high-quality fruit will get 10-30 percent more expensive in Slovakia – daily Új Szó from Bratislava pointed out this week. Apple-crop is expected to be about...
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                    Hungary's competitiveness improved four places
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-07 13:20:38
												                    
				
                Hungary stands on the 48th place from last year's 52nd place in the global competitiveness ranking of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2011 – announced Palócz Éva, CEO of...
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                    Industrial production growth may be six percent this year
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-07 13:00:35
												                    
				
                Both the external and internal demand fell, so the industrial production increase in July was better than expected, but analysts polled by MTI expect a 6 percent annual growth. In...
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                    One sow per one small farm
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-07 12:41:59
												                    
				
                The government's pork sector strategy is based on the doubling of the pig population. The first step of the strategy is to increase the domestic pig stocks with 800 thousand...
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                    Visa: The driving back of cash use would help the fight against underground economy
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-07 12:40:57
												                    
				
                According to the study of Visa Europe; the size of the European shadow economy can be 2,100 billion euros, which is an average 20 percent of the GDP in the...
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                    The European Court of Justice protects the GM-free honey
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-07 12:40:03
												                    
				
                The European Court of Justice on Tuesday strenghtened the right of the beekeepers and consumers to GM-polluted free honey. The Court decided that for the distribution of honey containing pollution...
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                    Magazine: A supermarket chain sits on top of the retail ranking
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-07 10:51:32
												                    
				
                With its 47-million inhabitants, Spain’s population is the fifth highest in Europe. Although the economy showed signs of improvement after the recession, the level of unemployment was still above 20...
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                    Home pálinka distillation: the rented distilerries are the winners
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-07 10:20:35
												                    
				
                From September 2010 it is legal to produce a small amount of pálinka at home. The idea of the Fidesz received plenty of professional and political criticism. The associations and...
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                    Wine-tasting for the blind before Budavári
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-07 09:27:27
												                    
				
                A professional series of presentations were otganized by 20. Budavári Wine Festival for the blind to be able to test wine in a professional manner. On Monday and Tuesday, before...
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                    Vegetables already stepped on the brake
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 23:45:47
												                    
				
                In June 2011 the average consumer price dropped by 0.2 percent from the previous month; compared with June 2010 it was up 3.5 percent. The pensioner consumer price index was...
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                    May growth creates new hope
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 23:44:28
												                    
				
                In May 2011 the volume of retail expanded by 0.7 percent – reports KSH. Domestic retail network and mail order companies generated sales of HUF 646 billion in May. 45...
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                    Wages increased moderately
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 23:42:49
												                    
				
                2,667,000 people were employed at enterprises employing a minimum of 5 people, at budgetary institutions and at observed non-profit organisations in January-May 2011. In the same period gross average wages...
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                    Inflation in Hungary: higher then the EU average
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 23:31:40
												                    
				
                In May 2011 consumer prices were 3.2 percent higher on average in the EU-27, compared to prices in May 2010. After the 2.8 percent in April, in May the rate...
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                    Prices in the food industry climbed 10 percent
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 23:22:25
												                    
				
                Domestic sales prices in the food industry were up 0.3 percent from the previous month in May 2011 and if we compare them with May 2010 we can see a...
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                    Everything will be mixed
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 22:52:38
												                    
				
                Liefmans cherry beer is also used for making low-alcohol cocktails. It has a special flavour in itself, but with the addition of orange juice and whisky or white rum and...
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                    Alcohol and tobacco excise tax will increase
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 17:00:48
												                    
				
                The government insists on reducing the state debt – said Prime Minister Orbán Viktor after the cabinet meeting held in Lovasberény. Matolcsy György Economy Minister told that the excise duties...
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                    The MSSZ worries for the Hungarian pig sector
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 13:10:00
												                    
				
                The Hungarian pig Association (MSSZ) continues its demonstration in the autumn, if substantive sector decisions will not be made – told Sákán Antal, president in the organization's communication. According to...
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                    During the summer, the purchasing price of eggs increased significantly in the EU
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 12:50:43
												                    
				
                According to the report of the European Commission; the purchasing price of eggs increased significantly in July and inAugust. The current EU average price is 117 euros per one hundred...
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                    Eating insects against food shortages?
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 12:21:58
												                    
				
                Brussels experts believe that eating insects could solve the food shortage in an environmentally friendly way. The meat of beetles, worms and other reptiles is low in fat and cholesterol....
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                    The Ministry of Rural Development would increase the public burden of the quality of drinks
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 12:20:27
												                    
				
                The rural development minister would increase significantly the excise taxe on counterfeit drinks and pálinka imitations. According to Fazekas Sándor, the market would be cleaner if they would raise up...
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                    The Furmint of the Demetervin winery won the JuniWine title
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 12:10:44
												                    
				
                The 2009 vintage Tokaji Furmint of Demeter Endre has won the JuniWine title, on the basis of the votes of the Junibor association, consists of young winemakers – announced the...
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                    GMO-tainted croplands and compensations
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-06 11:04:33
												                    
				
                The government is about to offer farmers compensation of HUF 360 000 per hectare for GMO-tainted cropland, the Ministry of Rural Development informed MTI. The ministry pointed out that the...
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                    FruitVeB: the vegetables are too expensive
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-05 14:00:32
												                    
				
                Vegetables are too expensive, even though they should not be – says Mártonffy Béla, the Chairman of FruitVeB Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Board and Interprofessional Organisation. Producers only receive...
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                    The gross real wage decline continues
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-05 13:50:34
												                    
				
                Due to the moderate wage increases in 2011, the gross real wages decreased again, so by ignoring the effects of tax changes, the workers' gross wages increased less than the...
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                    The electronics market has recovered
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-05 13:10:05
												                    
				
                The industry participants have concluded deals worth of 3.5 billion euros in Berlin during the IFA consumer electronics and domestic exhibition and fair lasted until the 7th of September –...
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                    Fifty million forint-improvement by the mineral water bottling company
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-05 12:38:43
												                    
				
                A fifty million forint-improvement has been carried out by mineral water producer and bottler VitaQuelle Co. in the company's outlet in Vasszilvágy. The Győr-based company is owned by Balázs Matusz,...
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                    The price of cooking oil may reach 500 HUF per liter
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-05 12:30:07
												                    
				
                Already there are a few parcels, where the sunflower harvest began, in the next few weeks, the plants will be harvested from more than half a million hectares. The sunflower...
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                    Euro zone retail sales decreased
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-05 12:26:46
												                    
				
                In an annual comparision, Euro zone retail sales in June became worse than expected, while the monthly data shows an increase. Compared to the same period of last year, retail...
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                    AMC: the Danube wine region campaign has ended
                    
                        
																								Date: 2011-09-05 12:21:15
												                    
				
                The major nationwide campaign of the Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC), that was launched to promote the wine region of the Danube has ended. The campaign has achieved its main goal:...
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