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NGM: EU proposals to develop the community Internet access points
An application was announced within the Economic Development and Innovation Operational (GINOP) program in a value of five billion HUF for the development of community Internet access points. According to...
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Luxury brands may move into the MOM
Three new tenants, Max&Co., the Coccinelle and the NUBU will move into the MOM Park Shopping Centre. The transaction was coordinated by Cushman & Wakefield – the real estate company...
Read moreBeer consumption fell 10 percent in Brazil
Beer consumption dropped drastically in the economic crisis affected Brazil – the origo wrote. Unemployment is the reason why most people would look to the bottom of the cup in...
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Modern technology against ghost fishing
Modern technology could solve or mitigate the consequences of the so-called ghost fishing. Because of the phenomenon hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic waste can be found in seas....
Read moreChina's foreign trade decreased
China's exports and imports declined in April higher than expected – according to official figures published on Sunday. The customs office reported that exports fell 1.8 percent to 172.7 billion...
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Amounts uploaded onto the Széchenyi Rest Cards in 2014 can be used until the end of May
Amounts uploaded onto the Széchenyi Rest Cards in 2014 can be used until 31 May – the Hungarian Spa Association told MTI. Last year, the value of spendings with Széchenyi...
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Unilever’s almost 5-percent growth
Unilever’s 1st-quarter sales rose 4.7 percent, a bit less than expected, due to the decline in volume sales and the deflation in the economy. CFO Graeme Pitkethly told that instead...
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Achatz plates the final dessert – Video of the day
At Alinea, Chef Grant Achatz plates the final dessert (white chocolate, strawberry, English pea, lemon) table-side....
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Produce prices keep growing
In February 2016 agricultural production prices increased by 2.8 percent from the level of February 2015. The price of vegetable products increased 7.3 percent, but the price of livestock/products of...
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Software for keeping the farming diary
NAK helps famers with free software in keeping their farming diary. The software is also able to collect and send the data farmers are obliged to provide to NAK and...
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Harvest and price forecasting in the sour cherry market
In order to make the market more transparent, the Interprofessional Organisation for Fruit and Vegetable (FruitVeB) and NAK will create a harvest and price forecasting system for the industrial sour...
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Italy at Sirha Budapest
In exhaustive and innovative offering designed to answer all retail, bakeries and pastries, hotel and restaurants needs More than 300 exhibitors from Hungary and abroad, including products which visitors will...
Read moreTobacco investors: the new excise tax proposal may lead to the collapse of the market
According to the Hungarian Association of Tobacco Industry Investors (DBMSZ), if the National Assembly would accept the new excise tax proposal, it would lead to the collapse of the entire...
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The vegetables were less affected by the April frost damages
The summarization of the damages is not yet complete in the orchards however, field vegetables were less damaged by the late frost in April – the President of the Hungarian...
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Analysts expected an increase in trade surplus
Analysts interviewed by MTI expect a trade surplus during the coming months. Despite the decline in March, the annual surplus may reach or exceed 8 billion euros. According to the...
Read moreSignificant wage increase at Tesco
A significant, an average, a 15 percent wage increase will take pace in the Tesco supermarkets from 1 July. The wage of those employees who work for the skilled worker...
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Nébih: the HIV-infected orange is a hoax
The hoax of the HIV contaminated orange has appeared again on the Internet. The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) draws the consumers’ attention that the information is not based...
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HENT: self-regulation against dangerous dietary supplements
The self-regulation system aims to filter risky dietary supplements and special feeds. This is necessary because the latest figures show that Hungarian consumers buy more than third of the dietary...
Read moreNébih: food chain supervision fee statements should be sent by the end of May
The food chain players should submit the food chain supervision fee statements by the end of May -the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) told MTI on Friday. According to...
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Hungarian gastronomic days in Marbella
Hungarian gastronomic days began on Thursday in Marbella in southern Spain. The Hungarian gastronomic days present the country's flavors such as mangalica, goulash soup, Villány and Tokaj wines, as well...
Read moreAn increase in Czech retail sales
Retail sales in the Czech Republic grew by 5.1 percent in March, after the 8.5 percent increase of February – the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) announced in Prague on Friday....
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The 10th High Season tourism trade fair opened in the Buda Castle
The 10th High Season Tourism and Culinary Exhibition and Fair opened in the Buda Castle. This year's guest of honor is Szigetvár. The Savoy terrace is the location of the...
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Mall.cz Expands Into 51,000 Square Metres at Prologis Park Prague-Jirny
Prologis, Inc., the global leader in logistics real estate, today announced that it will deliver an additional 20,500 square metre facility for Mall.cz, an online consumer goods and electronics store,...
Read moreThe new tourism agency has started to operate
The Hungarian National Tourist Office (Magyar Turizmus Zrt.) was started to be reorganized with the streamlining and optimizing the organizational structure. The Hungarian Agency for Tourism (Magyar Turisztikai Ügynökség) started...
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Regional Conference is held once every two years
Regional Conferences are an official forum where Ministers of Agriculture and other high officials from all Member States in the region meet to debate challenges related to food and agriculture,...
Read moreThe number of overnight stays in Romania increased dynamically
The number of overnight stays increased by almost 13 percent in Romania in the first quarter, compared to the same period of the last year – the Romanian national statistical...
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Interest rate: good bye!
Investors all over the world were paying close attention to the decisions made by central banks, therefore in global markets the risk-avoiding mood of February was replaced with optimism in...
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Greening subsides: 24,000-25,000 forints per hectare
Farmers who comply with the European Union’s greening regulations are entitled to receive HUF 24,000-24,000 funding per hectare from the European Union – informed NAK president Balázs Győrffy at a...
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