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Carton recycling rate in Europe is close to 50 percent

Carton recycling in the European Union is at last within sight of reaching 50 percent. From under 30 percent in 2005, it has risen to 44 percent in 2015 -foodbev.com...

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Praktiker expands

Praktiker opened its twentieth store in Hungary. In the near future the company is planning to open new stores. According to the statement of the company sent to MTI, Karl-Heinz...

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Romanian retail sales expanded significantly

In the first eight months, the volume of retail sales in Romania increased by 16.3 percent, compared to the same period last year – the Romanian national statistical institute annponced...

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Most of the beaches of the Lake Balaton are now on European level

Most of the beaches of the lake are now providing European level services – Balassa Balázs, president of the Lake Balaton Association (BSZ) said on Wednesday in Balatonfüred, at an...

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Magazine: In a practical manner

Bence Víg, managing director of Progast talked to our magazine about the glass trends of 2016. He told: Hungary’s food and drink consumption culture have made great progress in the...

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KSH: retail sales accelerated again in August

According to the raw data, the volume of retail sales increased by 5.8 percent in August, compared to the same period last year. Calendar effect adjusted, the volume of retail...

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Kopint-Tárki: GDP may grow by 2.2 this year and 2.7 percent next year

According to the lastest forecast of the Kopint-Tárki Zrt., the Hungarian economy may grow by 2.2 this year and by 2.7 percent next year. The government deficit this year may...

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The share of processed products is increasing within agricultural exports

Within the Hungarian agricultural exports the share of processed products rose from 60 percent to 80 percent in recent years – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture told M1 news channel...

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NGM: retail sales are growing steadily for 38 months

Hungarian retail sales are growing steadily for 38 months, and significantly above the EU average – Lepsényi István, Minister of State for the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) told M1...

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Auchan gave 170 000 euros support to 20 domestic NGOs in Hungary

The Auchan celebrated the Day of Solidarity on 5 October with colorful family programs and with giving support to NGOs. All 19 stores of the chain of stores and the...

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Hop harvest – the first fresh hop beer specialty from Kozel has arrived

Kozel’s First Fresh Hop Beer with special green leafy hop-box in Limited Edition is now available in stores allowing the Hungarian consumers to familiarize themselves with the specialty related to...

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The Media Markt opens new stores in Tescos

The Media Markt opens two new stores, but the stores will not be separate entities, but will be opened as part of the Tescos – penzcentrum.hu wrote. The Media Markt...

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Coface: the number of insolvent companies may reduce this year in Central and Eastern Europe

The number of insolvent companies may decrease by 5.3 percent this year in the Central and Eastern European region, due to more favorable economic environment – according to the recent...

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It comes out of it where you punch a hole – Video of the day

Oozing dim sum buns delight diners in Hong Kong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d955w-PYISQ...

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Mihályi László: all conditions are given that Hungarian confectionery to catch up with the world

All conditions are given that Hungarian confectionery to catch up with the world: the fundamentals, the tradition, preparedness, but the “pieces of the puzzle” are still scattered – Mihály László...

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Retail sales decreased in August in the EU and in the euro area

In August 2016 compared with July 2016, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade fell by 0.1 percent in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28, according to estimates...

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This year, more sunflowers and corn grown in Zala county

This year, more sunflowers and corn grown in Zala county, as in last year. The harvested crop has a good quality – the county chairman of the National Association of...

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Szekszárd is preparing a cooperation with a Portuguese wine city

The local government of Szekszárd is preparing a cooperation with Viseu, a Portuguese wine-growing town. According to the commercial manager of the Portuguese Embassy, it can bring new markets to...

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Acquisition transforms the employment market

One of the world’s leading human resource consulting firms, Randstad Holding (present in 39 countries), has announced their acquisition of online recruitment specialist company Monster Worldwide Inc. Monster Worldwide will...

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It is good to work for industrial firms

According to K&H’s latest SME confidence index, conducted with the participation of 500 Hungarian managing directors, the proportion of businesses that plan to recruit new workers dropped from 24 percent...

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More companies founded in the first half of 2016

More than 13,000 companies were founded in Hungary in the first half of 2016. This constitutes a 7.6-percent growth from the base period (the first half of 2015). At the...

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We don’t understand IT terms

53 percent of Hungarians (the European average is 52 percent) say they use modern technology much more often than two years ago and 8 percent of them (in Europe: 13...

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Magazine: Sweet(ener) life

In the last few years sugar retail sales stagnated, but sales of alternative sweeteners (sugar substitutes) were able to grow considerably. Ákos Fodor, marketing manager of Magyar Cukor Manufaktúra Kft....

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Chamber of Agriculture: everyone is interested in the domestic sales of Hungarian milk

Everyone is interested in the domestic sales of Hungarian milk – the National Association of Agricultural Economics (NAK) told MTI on Tuesday, after the consultation of stakeholders; the representatives of...

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More modern cash registers may come soon

Soon, the authority may issue the distribution license of the first new type of online cash register – Magyar Idők wrote. The authority is currently investigating the parameters of twelve...

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Tesco: Take care of the bread!

Nobody like to throw food out, but unfortunately surplus accumulates in every household, and experience shows that breads end in the trash the most commonly. However, with some tricks we...

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The Twickel Kajmád Rosé won gold medal

The Twickel Vineyards competed at the Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada International Wine Competition for the first time. At the 33rd Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada International Wine Competition, which...

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The NÉBIH only objected the “organic” mark in case of the tested brown and cane sugars

The cane sugars available in Hungary are truly made of sugar cane – the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) told MTI. During the test of the National Food Chain...

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The CIB calculates with six million HUF commercial small business loan placements

The CIB bank plans six billion HUF loan placements for the next year to finance companies with less than 300 million HUF annual turnover. According to the communication of the...

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Sunflower harvest is finished in Békés County

The sunflower harvest is completed in Békés County. According to the Chairman of the Coordination Committee, the crop is good, but there are problems with the buying prices. Kozsuch Kornél...

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