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Varga Mihály: 25 percent VAT is the long-term goal
Date: 2016-04-21 11:30:41
According to the Minister of National Economy, the 27 percent VAT rate is high, but there is no free resources available to reduce it in next year's budget. The government's...
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The highly successful swine campaign continues
Date: 2016-04-21 11:25:08
The Magyar Turizmus Zrt., The Ministry of Agriculture and the Livestock and Meat Interprofessional Organization and Marketing Board (VHT) draws attention to the domestic quality pork products from 20 to...
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Analysts expect further real earnings growth
Date: 2016-04-21 11:24:26
Analysts interviewed by MTI expect the accelerating growth of real wages and say that the labor shortages in several sectors and low inflation also help the growth. The Central Statistical...
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The dm pays attention to the balance of work and privacy
Date: 2016-04-21 11:23:53
The Parliament restored the rules before 15.03.2015 in connection with the Sunday working hours. The dm stores in the shopping centers, specialized stores and located in the foreground of major...
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All Hungarian Lidl stores will be open on Sunday
Date: 2016-04-21 11:22:58
The Lidl Magyarország opens all of its 164 stores from 24 April – according to the law amendments on Sunday store closure. Taking the purchasing habits into account, the stores...
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Exotic flavors not only for vegetarians – the SPAR Veggie by NENI has arrived to Hungary
Date: 2016-04-21 11:22:45
The offer of the SPAR stores was enriched with new flavors after the company began the marketing the Veggie by NENI products that are already very popular in Austria. The...
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The most expensive Hungarian wine costs nearly 600 thousand HUF
Date: 2016-04-21 11:21:23
A half-liter bottle of Szepsy winery’s 2007 Eszencia (Essence) from the Tokaj wine region costs 1 480 British pounds, or nearly 600 thousand HUF. The Mád-based Szepsy winery presented the...
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Budai Gyula: Hungary interested in relieving the Russian embargo
Date: 2016-04-21 11:20:08
Hungary interested in relieving the Russian embargo, in partial releases of the embargo involving agricultural products – Budai Gyula said on Wednesday in Szentes. Budai Gyula Ministerial Commissioner told at...
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Nébih: a large amount of cabbage and potatoes were withdrawn from circulation
Date: 2016-04-21 11:10:36
Eight tons of potatoes with Polish origin and 450 kilograms of cabbage with rot bacterial infection of unknown origin were found in Heves county. Both items were destroyed – the...
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Improved consumer sentiment in the euro zone and in the EU in April
Date: 2016-04-21 11:07:11
Consumer confidence has strengthened in April in the euro zone and in the European Union – according to the European Commission's preliminary flash estimate that was published on Thursday. The...
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The NAV found astonishing volume of illegal tobaccos
Date: 2016-04-21 11:02:36
A Romanian-Moldovan illegal tobacco factory was operated in Szigetszentmiklós. Three times more cigarettes were seized by the NAV than the total amount seized last year. The National Tax and Customs...
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The Hungarian horticulture will debut at the World Exhibition in Turkey
Date: 2016-04-21 11:00:20
At the Expo 2016 Antalya world exhibition that opens on 22 April, the national garden of 49 countries including Hungary will debut – Lipcsey György, Agricultural Marketing Deputy Chief Executive...
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McDonald's of the future – Video of the day
Date: 2016-04-21 10:27:46
When just one serving of fries just isn't enough, McDonald's is now testing a new option for their customers: unlimited, all-you-can-eat french fries. And for now, only customers in Missouri...
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Bravos Classic Instant coffee
Date: 2016-04-21 10:13:55
New agglomerated Bravos Classic Instant coffee is available in 100g and 200g jars. Made from 100 percent coffee, it dissolves rapidly in hot water. Both versions of the multipack contain...
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Easy Day products
Date: 2016-04-21 09:49:47
We recommend lactose-free Parmalat Easy Day products to those who feel an abdominal discomfort after consuming traditional dairy products. The Easy Day motto guarantees that by choosing the lactose-free products...
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International competition at Gundel Károly Trade School
Date: 2016-04-21 09:42:02
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Job search trends in 2016
Date: 2016-04-21 09:37:54
According to an online survey organised as part of the Refreshing Help from Soproni programme, nearly half of job seekers think that it is decided in 10-25 seconds whether their...
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Magazine: More cosmetics and household chemical products sold last year
Date: 2016-04-21 07:45:33
In 2015 retail sales of household chemicals and cosmetics were worth HUF 356 billion – like-for-like value sales were up 6 percent but volume sales stayed put. There was a...
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The Bakers’ Association calls for the reduction of VAT on bread
Date: 2016-04-20 11:45:38
The Bakers’ Association asks to apply a reduced VAT rate on bread and bakery products – the association informed MTI on Wednesday. They recall that in 2017, the Value Added...
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Nielsen: slice chocolate commercials were seen by the most viewers
Date: 2016-04-20 11:43:59
Slice chocolate commercials at foods and toothpaste commercials at body lotion reached the most TV viewers in the first quarter this year – according to the data of the Nielsen...
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KSH: the rise in earnings accelerated slightly
Date: 2016-04-20 11:28:36
In February, the average gross earnings were 5.9 percent higher, while the average net earnings were 7.5 percent higher, due to the 1 percentage point reduction in the rate of...
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SPAR re-opens its network on Sundays on April 24
Date: 2016-04-20 11:22:10
The SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. introduces new opening hours from Sunday across the country. SPAR expects that due to the termination of the Sunday store closure, the shopping habits will...
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Törley and St. Hubertus were included to the Hungarian depository
Date: 2016-04-20 11:21:34
The Hungarikum Committee at its meeting held on Tuesday in Budapest expanded the Hungarian depository with eight items – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI. The more than 130-year-old...
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The Omega band has become the ambassador of the Csabai Sausage
Date: 2016-04-20 11:21:22
The Omega rock band has become the ambassador of the Csabai Sausage. The agreement was signed on Wednesday in Budapest by Hanó Miklós, deputy mayor of Békéscsaba and two members...
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Szentkirályi Talent Program with Olympic champions
Date: 2016-04-20 11:20:56
Hungary's award-winning mineral water, the Szentkirályi launches a program to support young athletes in professional cooperation with the Hungarian Olympic Committee. To the Szentkirályi Tehetségprogram (Szentkirályi Talent Program) athletes bewteen...
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NGM: 300 billion HUF more for economic development this year
Date: 2016-04-20 11:20:21
The government raised the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme (GINOP) by about 300 billion HUF, so the tendering framework increased to more than 2,200 billion HUF and will be...
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The world's cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant – Video of the day
Date: 2016-04-20 11:18:41
After queuing on the street, diners are sat next to strangers in the cramped Hong Kong restaurant before rinsing their own cutlery. Welcome to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred experience....
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Szijjártó discussed with AmCham leaders
Date: 2016-04-20 11:10:37
Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade and leaders of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) discussed during a meeting on Tuesday, how to improve competitiveness in Hungary...
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The Praktiker DIY chain is in Hungarian hands
Date: 2016-04-20 11:09:52
The sales procedure of the Praktiker Kft. has ended, after the Competition Authority approved the transaction. The new majority owner of Praktiker in Hungary is the Wallis Asset Management Zrt....
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Improving economic sentiment in the euro zone
Date: 2016-04-20 11:02:52
The Mannheim-based ZEW economic research institute’s economic sentiment index for Germany and the euro zone exceeded the expectations in April. The ZEW (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) Economic Research Institute’s index...
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