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The Government declared 2017 as the year of Furmint
Date: 2017-02-02 11:16:36
The Government declared 2017 as the year of Furmint, with the aim to raise the attention of the international and domestic markets and the consumers on one of the most...
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KSH: export growth continues further
Date: 2017-02-02 11:12:06
Last November, export value in euros increased by 5.8, while the value of imports increased by 5.1 percent, compared to the same month of the previous year. The trade surplus...
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The Zwack Unicum Nyrt. increased its profit and revenue
Date: 2017-02-02 11:10:05
The Zwack Unicum Nyrt. reached an after tax profit of 2,538 billion HUF in the first three quarters of the 2016-2017 business year, 26.8 percent more than a year before...
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New tenders are available for farm development and natural disasters prevention
Date: 2017-02-02 11:05:22
Two new combined 10 billion HUF worth proposals appeared under the Rural Development Programme: support for infrastructure development of the farms and investments for the prevention of hailstorms – the...
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Deterioration in consumer confidence in the United States in January
Date: 2017-02-02 11:02:57
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had increased in December, retreated in January. The Index now stands at 111.8 points, down from 113.3 in December. The Present Situation Index...
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Air cargo and passenger traffic increased in 2016
Date: 2017-02-02 11:00:36
According to the data of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air freight grew by 3.8 percent, while passenger traffic increased by 6.3 percent in 2016 compared to the previous...
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Annual packaging barometer
Date: 2017-02-02 10:44:20
Hungary’s packaging industry is an important one in Europe and it keeps developing. This year’s preliminary data are also positive, but the growth rate seems to have slowed down a...
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The tourism commissioner has resigned
Date: 2017-02-02 10:42:54
Bienerth Gusztáv tourism commissioner has resigned. He announced his step at the 25th Tourist Season Opening Gala on Wednesday in Budapest. Bienerth Gusztáv said that the government’s tourism transition is...
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Sales remain concentrated when it comes to creames
Date: 2017-02-02 10:27:17
Cream retail sales were realised in the value of HUF 7 billion in January-September 2016. Like-for-like value sales rose 3 percent and volume sales got 4 percent better. Cream sales...
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The number of guest nights increased by 7.8 percent in Romania last year
Date: 2017-02-02 10:25:03
The number of guest nights increased by 7.8 percent in Romania last year, compared to 2015 – the Romanian national statistical institute announced on Thursday. 10.4 percent more, 10.917 million...
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The invasion of giant donuts – Video of the day
Date: 2017-02-02 10:22:36
The Baker’s Dozen: a 13-night run at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, beginning Friday, July 21 through Sunday, August 6. A limited number of pre-sale tickets and Baker’s Dozen...
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Better-than-average trends
Date: 2017-02-02 10:19:02
In the first three quarters of the year 200m² and smaller shops had a 27-percent share in the retail value sales of grocery categories audited by Nielsen. However, from candy...
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In the same team as Messi
Date: 2017-02-02 09:30:38
Nestlé cooperates with Lionel Messi in popularising a healthy lifestyle among young people. A four-year contract has been signed, making the Milo brand FC Barcelona’s ‘tonic food drink’ product. In...
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Magazine: I’d love to have some pálinka-flavoured salmon!
Date: 2017-02-02 07:29:21
A real 21st-century Hungaricum product entered the market last month: cold-smoked salmon filet with pálinka flavouring. The new 100g product was developed by Hering-Trade and Rézangyal, and it is available...
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Nielsen: an increase in the weight of large stores in food-retailing
Date: 2017-02-01 11:55:44
Food retail trade reached an around 1620 billion HUF turnover between December 2015 and November 2016, 2 percent more than during the same period of the previous year. Nielsen’s Retail...
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The NGM turns to the competition office if the effect of the VAT reduction fails
Date: 2017-02-01 11:45:47
The National Economy Ministry (NGM) will turn to the competition office if the market operators violate of the competition rules and affect the market processes in a way that the...
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Tesco: home delivery without shopping bags
Date: 2017-02-01 11:42:45
In Hungary, one person uses an average of 500 shopping bags a year, while disposing 90 percent of the bags after a single use – Világgazdaság Online cites Tesco’s communication....
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The Italian-led cheese manufactory will launch a training
Date: 2017-02-01 11:35:46
The CBA opened a cheese manufactory in Veresegyháza in order to ensure quality cheese consumption in Hungary – Fodor Attila, Director of Communications of the Hungarian chain told MTI at...
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Workania: the average salary increased slightly last year in Hungary
Date: 2017-02-01 11:28:16
Gross salaries increased last year, compared to the previous year. The earnings continue to be the highest in Budapest, but wages are also affected by educational attainment, the job and...
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The Green Week in Berlin can bring many good deals
Date: 2017-02-01 11:26:26
The International Green Week Exhibition in Berlin (Internationale Grüne Woche – IGW) can bring specific businesses to the Hungarian food exporters. The Hungarian stand was visited by 380 thousand visitors...
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The long-lasting cold caused damages in the autumn crop
Date: 2017-02-01 11:23:57
Because of the bad weather most of the autumn sowings developed poorly in Hajdú-Bihar county, due to continuous cold the situation deteriorated further – the regional president of the National...
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Economic growth accelerated in Europe
Date: 2017-02-01 11:09:41
Economic growth accelerated in Europe both in the European Union as a whole and in the euro area in the last quarter of last year – according to the first...
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Europe’s unique soil quality research center will be established
Date: 2017-02-01 11:08:14
The internationally recognized researchers of the Eötvös Loránd University’s Faculty of Sciences (ELTE TTK) and the Hungarian Academy’sf Agricultural Sciences Research Centre (MTA ATK) will create a new strategic R...
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Euro area inflation strengthened in January
Date: 2017-02-01 11:01:04
According to the preliminary data of the European Union’s statistical office (Eurostat), euro zone’s inflation became 1.8 percent in January, after the 1.1 percent of December. The 8.1 percent annual...
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The number of Hungarian tourists broke a record in Croatia
Date: 2017-02-01 10:45:58
Breaking all previous records 513 thousand Hungarian tourists visited Croatia last year, where they spent 2.753 million guest nights – the Croatian National Tourist Board informed MTI on Wednesday. Marin...
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Modernised Lipica horse equestrian centre
Date: 2017-02-01 10:45:51
As part of a modernisation project, from HUF 1.8 billion a new, roof-covered equestrian centre was built in Szilvásvárad. The buildings serving the centre are also refurbished – works will...
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Mohács abattoir nears completion
Date: 2017-02-01 10:30:31
The test run of the new, HUF 20-billion Mohács abattoir – built by Market Építő Zrt. for MCS Vágóhíd – started in November. Production will commence in the first quarter...
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Quality Innovation 2016 competition winners announced
Date: 2017-02-01 10:26:06
The president of Finland started the Quality Innovation programme in 2007 in cooperation with quality assurance organisation Excellence Finland. In the National Prize category Pick Szeged Zrt. was one of...
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The NGM launched a social consultation tender on a tourism application
Date: 2017-02-01 10:20:45
The social consultation on the application for integrated product and service development of the key areas in tourism has started. The proposals can be submitted until 11 February. Rákossy Balázs,...
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Magazine:Heineken ludens
Date: 2017-02-01 07:17:52
Heineken is promoting two brands counting on the homo ludens that lives in all of us. In Soproni beer’s Everyone laughs at the end game the winner is the person...
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