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The Starbucks plans to employ refugees
Starbucks chief executive officer Howard Schultz said on Sunday that the company planned to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in 75 countries, two days after US president Donald Trump’s...
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Transparent contactless payment is popular in the vending market as well
The turnover is increasing and purchase becomes transparent at locations where contactless payment is accepted. According to András Méth, head of commerce development at Mastercard, the choice of products and...
Read moreHungarian gray cattle can be registered in Slovakia as well
Nagy István, Parliamentary Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture and Csicsai Gábor Minister of State of the Slovak Ministry of Agriculture negotiated over the possibility of the Slovakian...
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Magazine: To-go – to-bike
McDonald’s introduced a packaging solution that latches onto a bike’s handlebars. The new packaging is called McBike and it can hold a hamburger menu. A California student, Seulbi Kim came...
Read moreThe KSH has published the foreign trade figures on cattle
According to the data of the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary’s exports of cattle increased by 11 percent in January-October 2016, compared with January-October of 2015. The main partners were...
Read moreTesco buys the largest British wholesale food company
The Tesco supermarket chain announced a deal to merge with Booker, the UK’s largest wholesale food retailer on Friday. Tesco is valuing Booker at 3.7 billion pounds (4.6 billion USD)...
Read moreThe government encourages the consumption of honey
The government would like to increase the average annual honey consumption of 70 dekagrammes to 1 kilogramme per person within 2-3 years – Nagy István, Parliamentary Minister of State of...
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Generational change is the key issue in the Hungarian agriculture
Like many European countries, Hungary is struggling with the question of succession in agriculture for many years. Addressing the youth is a pressing issue, which need to be addressed as...
Read moreTwenty cigarettes will be in the packs again
Soon cigarette packs containing twenty cigarettes will replace the current packs of 19 cigarettes – the magyaridok.hu wrote. According to the new EU regulations, the manufacturer cannot produce the old...
Read moreThe gardeners were quick
Because of the depletion of the commitment framework, the Prime Minister’s Office suspends the “Modernization of Gardening, Glass and Foil House Construction and Efficiency Increase by Using Geothermal Energy” application...
Read moreTax regulations on primary producers to change
From 1 January this year the rules on agricultural producers’ contribution payment have changed. The National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) draws attention that rules on income earned as advance,...
Read moreThe grapes of the northern shore of the Lake Balaton are at risk
According to local wine producers due to real estate speculators and due to the aging of the plantations the grapes of the northern shore of the Lake Balaton are in...
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Hundreds of kilos of unmarked ewe’s cheese was seized by the NÉBIH
More than 450 kilogram of unmarked, partly moldy dairy products were seized by the experts of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) in Kistarcsa. Hundreds of thousands of HUF...
Read moreU.S. consumers are optimism
he University of Michigan Final Consumer Sentiment for January came in at 98.5, up from the December Final reading. Investing.com had forecast 98.1. Surveys of Consumers chief economist, Richard Curtin,...
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More than eight thousand chickens died in a fire in Orosháza
8700 chickens died in a building fire in the outskirts of Orosháza – the press officer of the Békés County Emergency Management told MTI. Baráth Ilona said that the fire...
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Hungary regarded as reliable business partner also in Asia
Hungary has been Hong Kong’s number one trade partner in the CEE region, and the existing mutual confidence may be further improved by Hungary’s participation in the “One Belt, One...
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Möet & Chandon from a vending machine – Video of the day
The vending machine of your dreams is here: the world’s first champagne vending machine! Vending machines have been around for years, but this is something you haven’t seen before: a...
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The tourism in Gyula closed a record year
The tourism in Gyula closed a record year in 2016. The number of guest nights, as well as the attendance into the Castle bath and the Castle exceeded the previous...
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Magazine: Digitally connected consumers
Digital device use is expanding dynamically in Hungary, for instance back in 2013 only 49 percent of internet users owned a smartphone, but by 2016 this proportion reached 80 percent. The...
Read moreThe output of agriculture grew by 48 percent between 2010 and 2015
The output of Hungarian agriculture increased by 48 percent between 2010 and 2015, while its gross added value grew by 85 percent between 2010 and 2015 – Czerván György Minister...
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The FAO Food Price Index fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2016
The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged almost 172 points in December 2016, unchanged from November with strong gains in the prices of vegetable oils and dairy largely offsetting a...
Read moreTesco is expanding the range of healthy bakery products
Tesco is selling 330 million pieces of bakery products in Hungary annually. As one of the busiest bakery of the country it is important for Tesco to provide more and...
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You’ve never seen salt like this – Video of the day
Nusret Gökçe, AKA #SaltBae, has arrived in the Bundesliga. Perhaps the world’s coolest butcher has earned the nickname Salt Bae on social media thanks to the elegant way he salts...
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Csepreghy Nándor: Hungary is at the forefront in the use of EU funds
Hungary is ranked as the first among the Visegrád countries in the utilization of the European Union funds, while in the European Union’s 28 member states Hungary is among the...
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Agro-industrial export opportunities in focus
The 35th Agromash EXPO is a special event in the Hungarian National Trading House’s (MNKH), domestic professional event calendar this year. The 35th Agromash EXPO includes 300 exhibitors from 20...
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The bird flu outbreak affected 230 farms in the country
In recent months due to the bird flu, the killing of 3 million animals was ordered by the authorities in 230 farms, which means that 3 billion HUF worth stocks...
Read moreStrategy to increase the prestige of the wine of Somogy county
The strategy that intends to increase the prestige of the wine of Somogy county – especially in the Balatonboglár wine region – will be completed for the summer. The wine...
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Union: nearly two-third of the Hungarians do not save for retirement
60 percent of Hungarians do not save for old age. 67 percent of the 36-40 year old population has no savings for retirement – according to Union Insurance Group’s latest...
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AGROmashEXPO, the biggest agricultural trade exhibition in Hungary
AGROmashEXPO and AgrárgépShow (“agricultural machines show”) will again welcome visitors with a full house on 25-28 January, 2017. Occupying the entire area of HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Center, over 300 exhibitors...
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