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Nearly half a billion aluminum cans are not recycled
In Hungary, 800-900 million aluminum cans of beer and soft drinks are marketed every year, but only about half of this amount 450 million cans are recycled – tozsdeforum.hu wrote....
Read moreMKB Bank: agriculture financing should be tailored to the needs of customers
At the end of last year, the loan portfolio of Hungarian agriculture was about 560 billion HUF on the basis of the data collection of the Ministry of Agriculture. Including...
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K&H: the investments of large companies will continue to decline this year
The investments of large companies will continue to decline this year, as the downturn in the sector’s willingness to develop continues according to K&H’s survey – the bank told MTI...
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International portugieser festival and wine tasting in Pécs
International festival and wine tastings will be held for the promotion of portugieser on April 21 and 22 in Pécs and in Palkonya, part of the Villány wine region. To...
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Nébih: animal breeders can receive state aid to prevent bluetongue disease
Animal breeders can receive state aid to vaccinate their stock to prevent from bluetongue disease. Where the disease has already appeared, vaccination is mandatory, to prevent the other animals from...
Read moreTax audits are becoming more effective thanks to the ekáer
The tax inspectors are increasingly effective against illegal trade, thanks to electronic goods traffic control system (ekáer), which is a “heavy weapon” of the tax administration, but many entrepreneurs are...
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Kaposvár develops tourism from ten billion HUF
Kaposvár spends ten billion HUF on local development for the expansion of tourism in the coming years – the City Hall told MTI. They said that the Csokonai inn to...
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Raw milk’s price rising again
In January 2017 agricultural production prices were down 2.6 percent in comparison with January 2016. This drop was the result of the price of vegetable products decreasing by 8.9 percent...
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How do we try to spend less?
Nielsen asked Hungarian consumers how they try to spend less: 55 percent said they switch to cheaper groceries (back in 2013 this ratio was 70 percent). 52 percent said they...
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An affordable dinner in the Big Apple – Video of the day
Contra, in New York City’s Lower East Side, offers one of the most affordable tasting menu experiences in the city, in part my focusing on vegetables and lesser known ingredients...
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Magazine: We’ve been craving for this so long!
Have you ever tasted crisps that cost EUR 10? Make no mistake: it is one piece of crisp that costs this much – and it isn’t even coated with gold!...
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That’s the way Gordon Ramsay makes dinner – Video of the day
Gordon Ramsay shows you how to break down a chicken into breast, thighs and drumsticks....
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Nearly 700 million forints for research on the quality of irrigation water
The Centre for Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), the National Public Health Centre (OKK), HAS’s Centre for Agricultural Research and Smaragd GSH Kft. were granted HUF 693.13-million...
Read moreHungarian grey cattle to be bred organically
The Association of Hungarian Grey Cattle Breeders (MSzTE), the Hungarian Organic Culture Association and Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Kft. signed a strategic agreement. The three parties’ goal is to breed grey...
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Twelve billion forint dairy sector development project in Debrecen
Alföldi Tej Kft. invests HUF 12 billion to create 181 new jobs in Debrecen; the municipality finances the project with HUF 120 million. Managing director Tibor Mélykuti told that the...
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Healthy and practical products from VFI
Glatz Hungary Kft. is an Austrian-owned company that specialises in cereal and food trade. It is them who represent KRONEN products – a corn germ cooking oil, and lemon- and...
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A sharp increase in demand for many products at Easter last year
Demand significantly increased towards ham, eggs, chocolate and alcoholic beverages at Easter last year – according to the Central Statistical Office’s summary. The larger stores this year expect a significant...
Read moreAnalysts: inflation rate this year may be around the purpose of the MNB
Inflation decreased to 2.7 percent in March, lower than the expectations of the analysts, after the 2.9 percent in February. In the rest of the year, inflation will temporarily exceed...
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The turnover of the Magyarvíz Kft. increased last year
The turnover of the Magyarvíz Kft. increased last year. The company sold a total of 300 million liters, ie 200 million bottles of mineral water in 2016, reaching net sales...
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From sea to the plate – tracking fish
Important progress has been made in the international documentation system, initiated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through which illegally caught fish could not be taken on the...
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Easter production has increased in the Nestle factory in Diósgyőr
Nestlé’s chocolate factory Diósgyőr operated at full capacity during the period preceding Easter. The volume of production increased by more than 7 percent, compared to the same period of last...
Read moreTesco has significantly increased its operating profit
Tesco’s adjusted operating profit was slightly better than expected at the start of the year, rising 30 percent to 1.28billion pounds. However, statutory pre-tax profit was significantly below expectations, thanks...
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Export Academy for the tenth time
The Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) launches its complex export development training, the MNKH Export Academy for the tenth time between 12 and 27 April. The training program of the...
Read moreRomanian beer consumption stagnated last year
Romanian beer consumption stagnated last year. Romanians drank an average of 80 liters of beer per capita in 2016 – the Romanian Brewers’ Association announced. According to data provided by...
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The meat plant of the Pikker Kft. in Bóly found new owners for one hundred fifty million HUF
The meat plant of the Pikker Kft. in Bóly found new owners for one hundred fifty million HUF that is half of the 300 million HUF target price. The meat...
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The Brits associate chocolate eggs with Easter
The three-quarters of the Brits associate chocolate eggs with Easter. The largest British polling firm, the YouGov interviewed 2670 adults in the UK this week what do they think most...
Read moreNew domestic tourism developments have been launched
Domestic tourism continues to achieve better and better results, so new tourism developments to start in Budapest and in the country – Kiss Róbert Richárd, tourism journalist told M1 news...
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The decline in agricultural producer prices slowed in February
The decline – that lasted for seven month – in agricultural producer prices slowed in February. The average price level was 2.0 percent lower than a year before, after the...
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