News and articles
The European Commission on Agriculture is holding its meeting in Budapest
Date: 2015-09-23 11:30:01
Land and soil degradation, nutritional problems, innovative solutions in the field of family farming and social protection are just some of the highlighted themes that will be discussed at the...
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Professionals have praised the introduction of the catering regulation
Date: 2015-09-23 11:20:55
According to experts, the 1 September introduction of the catering regulation is a milestone, because proper nutrition is the cornerstone of a healthy lifestyle – was said at the press...
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The Great Hungarian Craft Award recognitions were handed over
Date: 2015-09-23 11:19:58
The Great Hungarian Craft Award recognitions were handed over on Wednesday in Budapest at the 77th National Agricultural and Food Industrial Exhibition and Fair (OMÉK). From the 110 competitors 43...
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Markit: the pace of economic growth is slowing in the euro zone
Date: 2015-09-23 11:18:54
Despite the reduction of economic growth in September, the euro zone reached its best quarter of the last four years – the provisional September figures of the Purchasing Manager Index...
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France sends a Michelin-starred chef to the Bocuse d'Or to Budapest
Date: 2015-09-23 11:15:44
Laurent Lemal, the chef a Michelin-star restaurant will represent France in the world's most prestigious cooking competition. Laurent Lemal won the French finals of Bocuse d'Or’s on Tuesday. The Bocuse...
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The third of the GINOP funds will be available this year
Date: 2015-09-23 11:08:47
More than 900 billion HUF EU development funds will be available later this year for the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, which is the third of the 2,700 billion HUF...
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Foreign VAT can be claimed back for another week
Date: 2015-09-23 11:07:04
The Hungarian companies still rarely claim back the VAT on invoices related to residence in other EU countries, rather they account gross costs – the international tax consulting and auditing...
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Fifteen thousand packs of cigarettes in the crashing smuggler car
Date: 2015-09-23 11:05:41
Fifteen thousand packs of cigarettes without Hungarian excise stamps were found in the car that crashed with another car on Tuesday in Nyírmeggyes. Nine people injured in the crash –...
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Bluetongue disease was detected in three additional counties
Date: 2015-09-23 11:00:14
The laboratory tests showed bluetongue disease in cattle herds in Baranya, Somogy and Tolna counties, therefore, the authorities amended the surveillance and protection zone. The previously imposed measures remain valid...
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Babati and Co. builds meat processing plant in Vietnam
Date: 2015-09-23 10:46:56
Körmend company Babati and Co. invests more than HUF 2.5 billion in building a meat processing plant and a 100-unit meat shop chain in Vietnam. Plan is that 120 pigs...
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Dangerous sesame seed
Date: 2015-09-23 10:10:05
India can’t guarantee the safety of sesame seed it exports to the European Union – opines the European Commission. The commission would like to know the place of origin, the...
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Zendium was inspired by the power of the mouth’s ability to protect itself
Date: 2015-09-23 09:50:02
Zendium was inspired by the power of the mouth’s ability to protect itself. It works in harmony with the mouth and enhances its natural capacity to give protection against bacteria....
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Coffee sales: which path to take?
Date: 2015-09-23 07:01:24
After the nadir of 2013 coffee sales increased by 5 percent in value in 2014 – in a period when prices were relatively stable. This was very good news in...
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Import pressure complicates the lives of domestic milk producers
Date: 2015-09-22 11:55:15
The imports of Slovak and Czech ultra heat treated milks (UHT) that mainly arrive to Hungary with VAT frauds failed to be stopped – the President of the Dairy Product...
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The MNB lowered its growth and inflation forecasts for this year
Date: 2015-09-22 11:40:54
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungarian National Bank) slightly reduced its forecast for GDP growth this year. The Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungarian National Bank) expects a 3.2 percent GDP growth in...
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Food waste to be tracked
Date: 2015-09-22 11:31:04
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) set up a working group in order to reduce the annual loss of around 200 billion HUF that comes from food waste – Kürthy...
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38 billion HUF will be given to the young farmers as start-up support
Date: 2015-09-22 11:30:37
More than three thousand young farmers won a total of 38 billion HUF support to the development of their start-up farms within the Young Farmer Program announced for the fifth...
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The Oktoberfest in Budapest awaits this year's visitors with 300 kinds of beer
Date: 2015-09-22 11:29:18
About three hundred kinds of foreign, domestic and craft beers, a number of nations’ kitchens and more than fifty bands will await the visitors at the Oktoberfest Budapest event between...
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The SPAR was given the opportunity to use the High-Quality Pork Trademark
Date: 2015-09-22 11:22:10
The company's own meat plant’s Regnum pork cuts, diced and slicedtrayed products are involved in the High-Quality Pork Trademark (KMS) campaign. The product certification that was established by the Ministry...
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It's easier than you might think: smoke fish at home!
Date: 2015-09-22 11:20:21
Have You thought that the smoked fish is a privilege of restaurants, and only trained chefs are able to prepare them? You are wrong! Anyone can prepare smoke fish at...
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The government calls for joint EU action against tax evasion
Date: 2015-09-22 11:15:36
The EU countries should act against tax evasion in a coordinated way, by learning from each other- the National Economy Ministry (NGM) emphasized on Tuesday. Rákossy Balázs, Minister of State...
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Smuggled cigarettes were found in Magosliget
Date: 2015-09-22 11:00:03
More than 24 million HUF worth smuggled cigarettes were found in Magosliget by the police – the press officer of the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Police told MTI on Tuesday. Fehérvári Marietta...
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Hungary is among the best on the basis of growth in the number of foreign tourists
Date: 2015-09-22 10:40:03
The second largest increase in the number of foreign tourists occured in Hungary among the most important European destinations for international tourism in the first half of 2015 – the...
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The new volume of Így főz presents Hungary’s most famous dishes
Date: 2015-09-22 10:31:37
The That is How Hungary Cooks (Így főz Magyarország) book summarizes the favorite dishes of public figures and winemakers from nine tourist regions of the country and from the cross-border...
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Hungarian brands’ successful marketing at Budapest Airport
Date: 2015-09-22 10:09:53
Pick Szeged Zrt. has implemented its most successful campaign ever in the SkyCourt of Budapest Airport. In the one-month period hostesses, dressed in traditional Hungarian garments, were offering Hungarian winter...
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Shrinking proportion of PL products in the USA
Date: 2015-09-22 09:27:04
An annual Deloitte survey revealed that in 2015 65 percent of US consumers are willing to give private label products a try – this ratio is 8 percent smaller than...
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New diet Pepsi
Date: 2015-09-22 09:24:38
Diet Pepsi will soon go aspartame-free and will be made using a sucralose-based sweetener. At the same time PepsiCo announced that those who like the original diet Pepsi recipe will...
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COPA elected Hungarian vice president
Date: 2015-09-22 09:22:02
NAK expert Dr Sándor Kukovics was elected vice president of COPA’ sheep and goat working group. Mr Kukovics will fill the position for two years. British member Charles Sercombe was...
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Messe Düsseldorf: a good year
Date: 2015-09-22 09:18:05
Messe Düsseldorf’s sales revenue was a better than expected EUR 411.5 million in 2014; consolidated result after taxes amounted to EUR 57.7 million. The biggest proportion of this was generated...
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