News and articles
The stores that throw out food to be fined in France
Date: 2016-02-15 11:32:48
France has become the first nation in the world that will ban supermarkets if wasting food – according to a new law this month. From now, the large grocery stores...
Read more
The authorities will strictly monitor the unlawfully operating sales presentation companies
Date: 2016-02-15 11:25:04
The authorities shall cooperate in the procedures relating to the sales presentations and strictly oppose against the offending companies. According to the joint statement of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH),...
Read more
Hungary performs well in the EU export competition
Date: 2016-02-15 11:20:06
According to the first approximation, the euro zone’s 19 Member States shipped 167.5 billion euros worth goods to the rest of the world in December 2015, which is a three...
Read more
Russia may be the world's largest grain exporter
Date: 2016-02-15 11:03:15
Russia's government hopes that Russia can become the world's largest grain exporter in the next agricultural year, like the former Soviet Union – Magyar Nemzet Online wrote. Russian Agriculture Minister...
Read more
Two passengers tried to smuggle cigarettes from Dubai to Hungary
Date: 2016-02-15 11:01:32
About 7700 boxes of smuggled cigarettes were seized by finance guards at the Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest – the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) told MTI on...
Read more
More than one and a half thousand years old roly-poly was found in Northwest China
Date: 2016-02-15 11:00:15
In Northwest China's Xinjiang, roly-poly was consumed already 1700 years ago. The roly-poly is the inevitable traditional food of the Chinese Lunar New Year's dinner – archaeologists claim. The conclusion...
Read more
Lower administrative burden in the oenology and viticulture sector
Date: 2016-02-15 10:56:02
From 1 April 2016 winemakers can ask the relevant authorities to issue certificates of origin in an electronic format. Other changes in the regulation of the oenology and viticulture sector...
Read more
Industrial tomato is the big winner
Date: 2016-02-15 10:52:58
Hungary’s vegetable output fell by nearly 100,000 tons last year, mainly because of the Russian embargo. However, industrial tomato production surged and there is demand for even more of it....
Read more
Winter inspections: good results
Date: 2016-02-15 10:51:13
Winter inspections in the food supply chain ended with positive results in most cases. In December 2015 precisely 4,997 checks were performed by experts, 8.4 tons of products were ordered...
Read more
EU apple and pear may be allowed to enter the USA
Date: 2016-02-15 10:40:24
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a draft regulation that gives a green light to apple and pear import from the European Union. This is great news for...
Read more
Packtasche bike carrier is made from cardboard – Video of the day
Date: 2016-02-15 10:38:28
Two architecture and design students from Vienna's University of Technology have designed a cargo carrier for cyclists that would nicely match the cardboard bicycle and helmet. The cardboard Packtasche offers...
Read more
Quality tourism can increase tourism revenues in Hungary
Date: 2016-02-15 10:35:07
Hungary should move toward quality tourism services in order to increase the number of foreign tourists and foreign guest nights – Szalók Csilla head of Institute of the Catering and...
Read more
How do parents view fat their children?
Date: 2016-02-15 10:35:07
If asked to guess the weights of others, most obese people get it wrong compared to people of normal weight, a new study shows. Researchers at the Columbia University Medical...
Read more
Magazine: Almost 700 square metres of Hungarian exhibition space at Grüne Woche
Date: 2016-02-15 07:58:01
Between 15 and 24 January 2016 Berlin was the place where the world’s agri-food producers gathered: there were almost 1,700 exhibitors from 65 countries on 120,000m² at Grüne Woche, which...
Read more
Big Data changes the future of HR
Date: 2016-02-13 11:31:06
Big Data analysis can help to optimise the recruitment process for HR managers, for whom certain personal characteristics and competences (soft skills) have become more important by now than previous...
Read more
Retail sales of household chemicals and cosmetics increased by six percent
Date: 2016-02-12 12:00:54
The retail sales of household chemicals and cosmetics amounted to 356 billion HUF last year; 6 percent higher than a year before. The volume of sales remained unchanged. Among the...
Read more
The families save an annual ten thousands HUF due to the VAT reduction on pork
Date: 2016-02-12 11:53:49
The VAT reduction on pork is resulted in 25 million HUF savings for the customers, so a family of four will save an annual ten thousands HUF – the Parliamentary...
Read more
KSH: the performance of the economy grew by 2.9 percent last year
Date: 2016-02-12 11:50:12
Hungary's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.9 percent in 2015, compared to the previous year. In the fourth quarter of 2015 the growth was 3.2 percent, compared to the...
Read more
Young farmers are performing well in the horticultural sector
Date: 2016-02-12 11:43:30
The rate of young farmers in the horticultural sector is more than 10 percent in Hungary. These farmers are taking risks above the average and are more open to new...
Read more
Valentine's Day – flowers and chocolates are the hit products
Date: 2016-02-12 11:40:00
Sales are increasing before 14 February (Valentine's Day) in the domestic stores – according to the chains. The chain of stores told MTI that the most popular products are chocolates...
Read more
The product boards are concerned due to the transformation of irrigation rules
Date: 2016-02-12 11:17:22
The FruitVeB, Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organization and Marketing Board and the Apple Product Board are calling for consultation on the subject. In the document sent to MTI on Friday,...
Read more
Thirty-six thousand children received fruit juice thanks to the Coca-Cola Magyarország and the Food Bank
Date: 2016-02-12 11:16:05
The Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország supports the Food Bank with its products for many years, not only in the Christmas season, but all year long. The Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország in 2015...
Read more
The ifo World Economic Sentiment Index declined in the first quarter
Date: 2016-02-12 11:15:07
The Ifo Index for the world economy dropped from 89.6 points to 87.8 points this quarter, drifting further from its long-term average (96.1 points). While assessments of the current economic...
Read more
The Wonderful Baja program series is based around fish soup and traditions this year
Date: 2016-02-12 11:13:33
Fercsák Róbert, Mayor of Baja at a press conference held on Friday at the Budapest Fish Festival emphasized that the city places great emphasis on the preservation of the traditions...
Read more
NAV: finance guards found 1,600 liters liters of untaxed pálinka
Date: 2016-02-12 11:10:11
During an excise control, the finance guards of the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) found 1,600 liters liters of untaxed pálinka – the NAV told MTI on Saturday. According...
Read more
Hungary is the first EU country to sell beef to China
Date: 2016-02-12 11:08:48
In mid-January the first beef consignment from an EU country, Hungary, ceremonially arrived at Shanghai. The representatives of the municipality, the customs authorities, the quarantine office and the buyer company,...
Read more
Hamé’s Norwegian owner
Date: 2016-02-12 10:57:41
Norwegian group Orkla bought Hamé from Dutch group Decapterus, paying EUR 175 million – reported napi.hu. The group owns seven factories in the Czech Republic and one in Slovakia, Romania...
Read more
With a dogsled in the drive-thru – Video of the day
Date: 2016-02-12 10:47:18
New Brunswick resident Allyson Mitton enlisted the help of her two Border Collies, Braya and Shift, to navigate her town's icy streets and mush all the way to the coffee...
Read more
The Hungarian Tourism Quality Awards were handed over
Date: 2016-02-12 10:45:07
The Hungarian Tourism Quality Awards were handed over: in 2015, 22 service providers – 16 accommodations and 6 catering units have deserved the honor – the Hungarian National Tourist Office...
Read more
Last year the number of guest nights exceeded one million in Hévíz
Date: 2016-02-12 10:30:55
Despite the absence of the majority of the Russian tourists the number of guest night in Hévíz exceeded one million last year – the city hall informed MTI on Friday....
Read more