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OECD-FAO: medium-term outlook for agriculture between 2016-2025
Date: 2016-07-05 11:42:59
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025, published today, is a collaborative effort between the two organizations. It brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organizations and input from...
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A billion HUF food donation from METRO
Date: 2016-07-05 11:31:34
The cooperation between METRO and the Hungarian Food Bank is five year old this year. Since 2012, the METRO Kereskedelmi Kft. sent more than 1 billion HUF worth food donations...
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Retail sales grew in Europe
Date: 2016-07-05 11:30:44
In May, retail sales increased by 0.4 percent, compared to the previous month in the euro zone and in the European Union – the European Union's statistical office, the Eurostat...
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MNB: SMEs applied for 125 billion HUF in the third stage of the growth loan program
Date: 2016-07-05 11:20:39
In the third stage of the growth loan program (NHP), so far 4600 domestic micro, small and medium-sized enterprises were granted fundings in the amount of approximately 125 billion HUF...
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According to a new research, pasta is not fattening, quite the opposite
Date: 2016-07-05 11:15:50
In recent years pasta gained a bad reputation: it will fatten you. This led lots of people to limit its consumption, often as part of some aggressive “do it yourself”...
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The Nébih seized more than 10 tons of meat in a meat shop in Dunavarsány
Date: 2016-07-05 11:10:44
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih), seized more than 10 tons of meat in a meat shop in Dunavarsány and ordered the destruction of the products. The inspectors found...
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Golden jackals cause nearly one billion HUF damage to the sheep breeders every year
Date: 2016-07-05 11:10:24
Golden jackals, stray dogs and thefts cause nearly one billion HUF damage to the sheep breeders every year. According to the sheep breeders a law amendment would be necessary to...
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Retail sales decreased in Romania
Date: 2016-07-05 11:08:38
The volume of retail sales decreased by 4.7 percent in May, compared to the previous month – the Romanian national statistical institute told on Tuesday. According to the seasonal and...
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Managing labour shortage with outsourcing
Date: 2016-07-05 10:38:45
In the last few months labour shortages occurred in many sectors in Hungary: by the end of 2015 almost 60,000 positions were unfilled. The Hungarian Outsourcing Association (HOA) is of...
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Manufacturer brands got stronger
Date: 2016-07-05 10:30:15
Combined sales of sanitary pads, tampons and pantyliners exceeded HUF 14 billion last year, with like-for-like value sales having grown 4 percent. Sanitary pad: the annual market was above HUF...
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The Czechs rather travel domestically this year
Date: 2016-07-05 10:30:07
A drop occured in the number Czechs choosing foreign holidays this year. The tourism experts explain the decrease mainly by the deteriorating international security. According to the national survey of...
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Hungarians traveling to Croatia choose the beach
Date: 2016-07-05 10:25:52
There is a growing interest towards Croatian tourist facilities, 5-6 percent growth was measured in June from all sending countries – Marin Skenderovic, leader of the Croatian National Tourist Board...
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Special Prize: ‘Most attractive workplace’ – FMCG category, Nestlé Hungária
Date: 2016-07-05 09:53:25
Nestlé Hungary’s head of HR Ms Verő told that they are proud to have made it to the top of the list of the most attractive workplaces in the FMCG...
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Magazine: Better-informed consumers, growing demand
Date: 2016-07-05 07:15:16
We call those food products functional foods which can contribute to preserving our health or preventing illnesses. The number of conscious shoppers is growing: they realise that with all this...
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EC: the food chain supervision fee and the tax on tobacco sales are irregular
Date: 2016-07-04 11:50:09
According to the European Commission (EC) the food chain supervision fee and the tax on tobacco sales are irregular. According to the European Commission (EC) the the two tax measures...
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Global food demand may decline
Date: 2016-07-04 11:42:54
Global demand for food is growing slower over the next decade, while thanks to the increase of the agricultural productivity and the slight increase of agricultural areas the needs to...
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FM: the summer food supply chain control has begun
Date: 2016-07-04 11:40:03
The summer food supply chain control has begun: between 1 July and 31 August the experts of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) and county government agencies jointly control...
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Digital technology would impove agricultural output
Date: 2016-07-04 11:30:01
The agricultural activity is changing fundamentally in the near future: traditions will be replaced by a variety of data processing systems and objective metrics – agrarszektor.hu wrote. For efficient production,...
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The irrigation development tender of the Rural Development Programme to be amended
Date: 2016-07-04 11:19:10
In order to the effective implement of the increase of the irrigated land, the irrigation development tender of the Rural Development Programme will be amended – the Prime Minister's Office...
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The 20th Bull's Blood Feast begins on Thursday
Date: 2016-07-04 11:15:31
The most important wine-gastronomic festival of Eger the Bull's Blood Feast to be held between July 7 and 10 – Tarsoly József, judge of the mountain village of Eger informed...
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10 percent of the cooking oil sales is affected by VAT frauds
Date: 2016-07-04 11:14:45
The ten percent of the cooking oil sales in Hungary is affected by Value Added Tax (VAT) frauds. In the region, only Slovakia and the Czech Republic is infected in...
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K&H: expectations of the domestic SMEs barely changed
Date: 2016-07-04 11:12:05
The confidence of the domestic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is stagnating. The K&H’s confidence index expectations for the next year virtually did not change. Compared to the minus 7...
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The French said goodbye to the plastic bags
Date: 2016-07-04 11:02:42
From the first day of July disposable plastic bags are prohibited in France – Local’s French edition wrote. France’s efforts to reduce the number of plastic bags in distribution comes...
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Plate made of leaves – Video of the day
Date: 2016-07-04 11:02:18
This is Pedram Zolgadri and Carolin Fiechter, and they created leaf republic, a company that creates fully recyclable plates out of plant leaves. They started out with a vision to...
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Touchscreen drink ordering at festivals
Date: 2016-07-04 11:00:40
A new function has been added to the payment system of the greatest Hungarian festivals. The special-ordering system was debuted at the VOLT festival at the weekend in Sopron –...
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The Balaton 2016 – 336 places not only for gourmets culinary travel guide has been published
Date: 2016-07-04 10:55:04
The Balaton 2016 – 336 places not only for gourmets culinary travel guide of the Magyar Konyha lists the best restaurants, bistros and wineries ner the Lake Balaton and the...
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Labour shortage at the spas
Date: 2016-07-04 10:45:07
The tourist traffic at the Lake Balaton gives 20 percent of domestic tourism, largely due to the popularity of a few cities including Héviz, Siófok and Balatonfüred – portfolio.hu wrote....
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Sales growth – in both value and volume
Date: 2016-07-04 10:26:06
FACIAL AND ANTI-WRINKLE CREAM: retail sales exceeded HUF 6 billion in the last two years. Last year Nielsen measured a 9-percent growth in value sales and volume sales increased by...
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NIVEA Silk Mousse
Date: 2016-07-04 10:22:11
New NIVEA Silk Mousse shower cream offers a soothing feeling while taking a shower and at the same time makes the skin silky soft. The product can be used with...
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Macy’s launches solar power programme
Date: 2016-07-04 10:19:30
Macy’s has launched a programme to install solar electric power systems in 28 California stores, including 15 in Southern California. SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells,...
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