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The European Consumer Centre can help in case of complaints against foreign companies
Date: 2016-01-07 11:15:38
In case of complaints against foreign companies, one can ask for free personalized, professional and legal assistance. Over the last 10 years, the ECCs received more than 650,000 requests for...
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The car purchase plans of the domestic enterprises in 2016
Date: 2016-01-07 11:05:01
2015 brought a recovery on the domestic passenger and commercial vehicle market, although the base was not too high. The average proportion of funding methods planned for 2016 in case...
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The U.S. government recommends to decrease sugar, salt and saturated fat consumption
Date: 2016-01-07 11:03:46
The official advice from the U.S. government has arrived: The U.S. government has released its much-anticipated update to the Dietary Guidelines. The guidelines, which are revised every five years, are...
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Innovation gives momentum to chilled dairy snacks
Date: 2016-01-07 10:44:17
Chilled milk pudding was one of the most dynamically developing categories in 2014. Eszter Varga, trade marketing and category manager of Dr. Oetker Hungary told our magazine that the category...
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Bless you!
Date: 2016-01-07 10:41:54
People are most likely to catch a cold in the October-April period – this is the high season for OTC cough and cold remedies. Judit Török, sales director of Naturprodukt...
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Hungary: stronger focus on business tourism
Date: 2016-01-07 10:39:06
Hungarian Tourism Zrt. (MT Zrt.) was there at one of Europe’s most important business tourism trade shows, the EIBTM in Barcelona, held between 17 and 19 November 2015. About 3,000...
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She is the complete opposite of Nigella! – Video of the day
Date: 2016-01-07 10:31:35
Here's a music video from CookingChannel's incrediblyaffectedNadia G abouteatingbrunchin Brooklyn. Notonlycanshecook “bitchin'” food, butshecan rap and dancetoo. She's thetotalpackage. Thisdisturbing video takesplacein an asyetunidentified Brooklyn restaurant and featuresNadiadoingherbesttoridiculethetradition of “the...
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The tourist traffic has continued to grow during the holidays
Date: 2016-01-07 10:27:54
According to the preliminary data, the tourist trafficcontinued to increase during the holidays, Budapest has become one of the most popular destinations in Europe – Ruszinkó Ádám, Deputy Minister of...
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Magazine: Freshness bottled
Date: 2016-01-07 07:10:56
In Hungary many people still don’t know that according to European Union legislation, only the sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France can be called champagne. What we...
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FAO: facts of the world food situation
Date: 2016-01-06 11:59:44
The Agricultural Outlook, 2015-2024, is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It brings...
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There is a demand for processed food products in Hungary
Date: 2016-01-06 11:55:35
There is a demand for processed food products in Hungary as well as abroad – Kis Miklós Zsolt Minister of State of the Prime Minister's Office told M1 news channel....
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Bread regulation to come
Date: 2016-01-06 11:53:18
The government would regulate what can be sold in the stores as bread – the index wrote. The tightening of rules included in the Food Guide directly affects everyone, because...
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How much pork prices will decline?
Date: 2016-01-06 11:47:48
Due to the VAT reduction, the retail price of pork dropped by 17 percent from 27 to 5 percent from January 1. The trade association predicts that an annual 25...
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MNB: the SMEs were given more than two thousand billion HUF in the loan growth program
Date: 2016-01-06 11:20:40
In the first and second stages of the loan growth program (NHP) a total of 31 thousand enterprises were given advanced financing in a value of more than 2,126 billion...
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The public employees can find jobs in the commercial sector the most easily
Date: 2016-01-06 11:18:11
The trade is the area of the competitive sector, where the public employees can position themselves the most easily – the Minister of State of the Ministry of National Economy...
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Ipsos: Hungarians assessed last year positive
Date: 2016-01-06 11:17:20
Hungarians assessed their personal lives, the events of their immediate environment mainly positively in 2015. However they classify the events occured in the country mainly negatively – according to the...
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Kavosz: the loan amount Széchenyi Cards was increased to 50 million HUF
Date: 2016-01-06 11:15:05
The loan amount in the Széchenyi Card Program was increased to 50 million HUF from the former 25 million HUF – Krisán László, . Chief Executive Officer of the Kavosz...
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SPAR: “Giving is a joy!” – 257 tons of donations were gathered
Date: 2016-01-06 11:13:45
More than 32 thousand gift packs containing durable foods were donated thanks to the “Giving is a joy!” action of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and the SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi...
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The FÁÜ appealed due to the GVH fine
Date: 2016-01-06 11:10:18
The Fővárosi Ásványvíz és Üdítőipari (FÁÜ) Zrt initiated an action against the Hungarian Competition Authority’s (GVH) decision in which the GVH imposed a 40 million HUF fine on the company...
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Apple reduces iPhone production
Date: 2016-01-06 11:06:22
Apple is scaling back its orders for iPhones, The Wall Street Journal reports, forcing its Chinese suppliers to lay off staff as they ready themselves for lower sales of Apple's...
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Government amends tax legislation
Date: 2016-01-06 10:58:30
One of the most important changes is that in its new form the law differentiates between reliable and risky tax payers. Those companies which qualify as reliable get a VAT...
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Single-rate food chain supervision fee returns
Date: 2016-01-06 10:57:03
The Hungarian parliament has amended the legislation on the food chain supervision fee: in the future even those companies will have to pay 0.1 percent of their sales revenue which...
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The baths of Budapest closed a good year
Date: 2016-01-06 10:36:54
The Budapest Gyógyfürdői és Hévizei Zrt. closed a good year. Last year almost 4 million people visited the baths in Budapest – Czinege Szilvia, the company's marketing director said. She...
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GVH’s eyes set on cartels
Date: 2016-01-06 10:00:12
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) organised a press conference to introduce Cartel Chat, an online service that can be used anonymously and safely to get in touch with GVH about...
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Magazine: The market is bubbly
Date: 2016-01-06 07:32:38
About 40-50 percent of sparkling wine and champagne sales is still realised in the November-December period, but the significance of summer months and various holidays is growing – György Kovács,...
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Food industrial applications from mid-February
Date: 2016-01-05 11:40:19
The food industrial applications can be submitted from 15 February. The supports aim to facilitate improvements in an amount of 151 billion HUF – Kis Miklós Zsolt, Minister of State...
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Speculation and overproduction move the grain prices
Date: 2016-01-05 11:30:57
Nearly 70 percent of world’s cereal production will be wheat and corn this year. Because of the previous high prices many people interested towards the grain section of the commodity...
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The Tokaj Trading House may become profitable
Date: 2016-01-05 11:20:47
The four-year development plan of the Tokaj Trading House will be brought to the government in these days. On the basis of the plan, the company will be profitable by...
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Free mobile app shows the sugar content of meals and drinks
Date: 2016-01-05 11:18:35
A new free app by Public Health England and National Health Service can track how much sugar a drink, food or dessert contains. They urge parents to use the new...
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