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Cheaper small-scale farmer IDs

The new, card-format small-scale farmer IDs will take more time to make, but manufacturing them will cost only half the sum originally planned. Almost 190,000 cards need to be manufactured....

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Baker association wants VAT cut

The Hungarian Baker Association urges a VAT cut and wants fair market conditions in the baking industry. President József Septe is of the opinion that prices need to be increased...

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Watermelon oversupply in Europe

This year’s watermelon season was characterised by low purchasing prices and oversupply, not only in Hungary but in the whole of Europe. This year Spanish and Italian watermelon was still...

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Magazine: Serving the gastronomy sector in 21st century fashion

METRO’s new service, called METRO MAX, debuted at Sziget Festival in August: bars and restaurants on the festival island could get everything they needed in the METRO MAX centre’s ‘festival-edition’,...

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Changes in the system of subsidies

NAK president Balázs Győrffy told at a roundtable discussion in Bálványos that the biggest challenge of the next few years will be assisting farmers in preparing for the new system...

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From now on there will be more meat in the sausages

Sausages and parisians should contain more meat, because the regulations of the Hungarian Food Code will change. The use of mechanically separated meat was tightened as well. New quality requirements...

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GKI: Hungary's GDP may expand by 2 percent this year and by 2.7 percent in 2017

According to the most recent forecast of the GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. ( GKI Economic Research Co.), Hungary's GDP may expand by 2 percent this year and by 2.7 percent in...

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The NAK supports the agriculture and the food industry training with market survey

The National Agricultural Economics Association (NAK) in collaboration with the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) launches a complex labor market research to assist the market-oriented vocational training, suitable for the...

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Fazekas: Increase in milk procurement prices can be felt less in Hungary

The increase in milk procurement prices have already begun in the European countries, in Hungary, however, this is not very noticeable – the Minister of Agriculture told M1 news channel....

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What should we put on the table? Hungarian food industry at the crossroads

At the Coop Rally – which is the traditional vocational program of the COOP supermarket chain, the Sága Foods greeted the participants of the event this year as host. At...

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Procter & Gamble is growing together with Hungary for a quarter of a century

The company's quarter century offers one of the most innovative and diverse product portfolio for the Hungarian people, offering such dominant brands as Ariel, Pampers, Always, Gillette, Jar and Head...

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AB InBev purchased SABMiller

Shareholders from both companies voted overwhelmingly in favor of the acquisition, one of the largest in corporate history. AB InBev will drop the SABMiller name and begin trading as a...

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St. Francis-day pepper festival held in Szeged-Alsóváros

A festival presenting the paprika-growing traditions will be held on Saturday in Szeged-Alsóváros – Petri Márta, the head of the Franciscan Visitor Centre told MTI. Certainly the Franciscan friars were...

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The little self-sufficient local farms are looking for local production facilities

It is vital to have employment in small communities, which provides a livelihood for the local people, and helps to keep populations to retain themselves. The government supports the creation...

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Consumer sentiment reached its nine-year peak in the world's largest economy

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increased in September The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in August, improved further in September. The Index now stands at 104.1...

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Autumn fish stocking has started at the Lake Balaton

Fifteen tons of carps were put into the Lake Balaton near Balatonlelle and Siófok on Monday. Szári Zsolt, CEO of the Balatoni Halgazdálkodási Nonprofit Zrt. (Lake Balaton Fish Management Company)...

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Changes in the Labour Code

Act 67 of 2016 on next year’s budget has amended the Labour Code too. One of the new elements is that in the past pregnant women couldn’t be made redundant...

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VAT fraud is Europe’s third biggest problem

Three quarters of European think that fighting VAT fraud is the third most important priority for the European Union, right after battling terrorism and reducing the level of unemployment –...

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Career bridge

From 1 August 2016 the Career Bridge Programme is up and running once again. Within the framework of this scheme, if a company employs someone whose previous position has been...

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New changes in the EKÁER system

Having an Electronic Public Road Trade Control (EKÁER) number is obligatory even if the total weight of a vehicle only becomes more than 3.5 tons when it is loaded over...

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Street artists of the kitchen – Video of the day

If there were an Olympic event called “Making Food in the Quickest, Most Amazing Way Possible,” these skilled men and women would all be gold medal contenders. From hand-pulling noodles...

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New CEO in the lead of the Danubius Hotels Group

From 1 January 2017, Kovács Balázs, the current sales and chief marketing officer of the group will be the CEO of the Danubius Hotels Group – the company informed MTI...

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Magazine: A hero from our past

A book has been published telling the life story of István Lukács, Hungary’s most famous chef in the period before the political transformation in 1990. He is the only chef...

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Fazekas Sándor: quality Hungarian wines are more and more recognized

The quality Hungarian wines are more and more recognized among consumers in Hungary and abroad, as their quality is constantly renewed, and they combine tradition with innovation – the Minister...

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Foreign webshops are more and more popular

According to a recent research, the foreign-based webshops are more and more popular among the Hungarian customers – portfolio.hu wrote. Those who regularly purchase on the Internet in Hungary, are...

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New rural development projects to appear later during the fall

Further applications are expected during the fall in the Rural Development Programme. By the end of the year applications will be published in a value of around 200 billion HUF....

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KSH: the number of employees increased in June-August

In June-August, the number of employees was 4 million 386 thousand, 135 thousand more than the year before. The employment rate for the 15-64 age group increased by 2.5 percentage...

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eNet-Telekom: the number of mobile Internet users is 2.6 million

98 percent of the more than 3.5 million smartphone and tablet users are using wifi, 72 percent of them, 2.6 million have mobile internet – the report of eNet and...

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The third of the world's population could be obese by 2030

Poor diet poses a threat to the health of half of the world's population – warns an independent committee of nutrition experts. By 2030 a third of the planet's population...

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