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The GVH paid a special attention to consumer protection in 2014

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) this year has focused on consumer protection, so many consumer groups had to be fined more occasions. In order to increase consumer awareness, the authority...

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French dairy help

The French has adopted a milk package mitigating the negative impacts of the abolition of the milk quota. The milk producers association (FNPL), the state and twelve other partners were...

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The Maltese Charity Service collected more than 260 tons of sustainable food products

The Hungarian Maltese Charity Service continuously delivers the gift packages to the needy. The Charity Service collected more than ever, 261.5 tons of durable food products during the Christmas action....

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Illegal cigarettes everywhere

2500 packs of cigarettes without license were found in an orchard, a few days later 12 thousand packs were found in a car without by the finance officers in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg...

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Music royalties paid by restauranteurs will decrease in 2015

Music royalties paid by restauranteurs will decrease with an average of 19.5 percent from 1 January 2015. The Minister of Justice approved the draft of the Artisjus for 2015 –...

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World recorder ice cream parlor closed temporarily because of milk shortage

Due to milk shortage a World recorder ice cream parlor was closed temporarily in Venezuela. The ice cream parlor entered the Guinness Book of Records by offering 863 different flavors...

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Drops of health – Coffee part 1

Researchers at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., followed more than 125,000 health plan members who underwent a medical exam between 1978 and 1985. At the time, none of the members...

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MNKH and VJASZSZ start cooperation

On 18 November the Hungarian National Trading House signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Association of Hungarian Customs Providers (VJASZSZ). The two parties’ goal is to join forces for...

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Magazine: Perfect PET bottles

SAB Miller and Trinity College Dublin have been conducting research for more than two years to develop a new type of PET bottle. They have made progress but mass production...

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Businesses with smaller revenue may also suffer from the selling ban in case of making a loss

The ban of daily consumer goods sales can affect smaller businesses as well. The ban comes into force when the shop is not able to produce profits, within two consecutive...

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OKSZ: retail sales will increase in 2015 but with a lesser extent than this year

The Secretary General of the National Trade Association (OKSZ) expects an increase in retail sales for 2015, but at a lower rate than this year. He also drew attention to...

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The GKI-Erste sentiment index has remained unchanged in December

The seasonally adjusted value of the GKI-Erste sentiment index remained essentially unchanged in December. According to the survey of GKI (www.gki.hu) made with the support of the European Union, the...

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Increasing food industrial loan portfolio

The loan portfolio of the food corporations in the second quarter of 2014 increased, compared to the previous quarter. According to information of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB), in the...

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A decrease in trade surplus

In October, the euro value of exports fell by 2.2 percent, while imports increased by 2.6 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year. The trade surplus was...

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The Coca-Cola Christmas Caravan reached the final destination of its country tour

The Coca-Cola Christmas Caravan drove 2,126 kilometers in two weeks, went through 112 settlements and stationed in fourteen locations across the country, where nearly ten thousand visitors enjoyed the special...

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More than one billion HUF product development at the Sole-Mizo Zrt.

The Szeged-based Sole-Mizo Zrt. developed new, special, fermented milk products from more than one billion HUF. The company won a 480 million HUF research and development (R&D) support at the...

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Hungarians still watch more TV than searhing on the web

Watching television continues to be primary in the Hungarian adults’ social media consumption, but the amount of internet use increased also as well as the online content consumption in 2014...

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Ipsos: We had a mixed year

2014 was not a cloudless year for the Hungarian society, the majority of the people commented critically especially about the state of their financial situation and general conditions. 56 percent...

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The Santa Claus Factory can help to 350 thousand people in need this year

This year 20 percent more donations were gathered together in the Santa Claus factory, so the charity action can help to up to 350 thousand people in need – Zsolnai...

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Drops of health – Vitamin B

Women with higher intakes of vitamin B6, whether from food or vitamin supplements, may be less likely to develop cancer of the colon or rectum, according to a study from...

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To stop consuming dairy products can cause health problems

It is risky to diagnose lactose intolerance on the basis of symptoms found online home, and to stop the consumption of dairy products – an expert warns. Pálfi Erzsébet, dietetics...

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The voles are moving

Despite the wetter-than-average weather the settle of the vole takes longer from the plowed fields to the winter cereals and rape fields. at the same time the vole population is...

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Recovering forint

The superpowers are battling it out in the Ukraine and Hungary seems to have become one of the buffer zones. At the same time in more peaceful parts of the...

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The Russian embargo took fruit farmers’ profits away

Hungary exports about half of the 2.5 million tons of fruit harvested each year. Farmers would like to increase this by 1 million tons and sell 50-70 percent abroad, primarily...

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KSH: the growth of consumption accelerated in October

The growth in retail sales accelerated in October, the volume of retail sales exceeded by 5.2 percent from a year earlier after the 4.5 percent increase of September, according to...

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Analysts: the positive trend of earnings will remain

The trend in earnings will remain positive analysts told MTI. The Ministry of National Economy (NGM), commented the latest data: the steady increase in purchasing power of the earnings lasted...

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Mazars: the rules on using the cash registers to be tightened

Every businesses which are required to use a cash register and instead of online cash register bill gives a receipt, bound to give monthly report data electronically to the tax...

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The country's finest red wines are from the Villány wine region

The VinCE magazine is testing the wine items that are introduced in the market every month, and is looking for the top performers of certain grape varieties or wine styles...

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Security Systems 2015: Cloud services and user-friendly management

The international security market shows a nearly 7 percent growth year after year. In keeping up with the international trend lines, the domestic security trade area in 2015 will be...

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The FamousGrousecame up with an innovative novelty

Be the part of something really famous! The FamousGrouse has launched a unique development on the occasion of Christmas known as “The Wall of Fame”. Those people who design their...

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