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The market hall in Gyula has been completed

The local government of the city of Gyula built a market hall, with the support of the farm development program. The about five hundred square meters modern facility was opened...

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Opten: a new firm deleting record in the second quarter

In the second quarter of this year, 10,297 companies were terminated in Hungary. It is an all time negative record – the Opten company information service provider told MTI on...

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The 20 percent VAT remains in Slovakia

The Slovak Parliament in Pozsony (Bratislava) approved the amendment the VAT law’s amendment. According to the amendment the government does not need to decrease the currnet 20 percent VAT to...

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Destination: Lyon!

Gábor Molnár finished 9th in the European Final of chef competition Bocuse d’Or and qualified for the Lyon final of the unofficial world championship. Gábor Molnár works as junior sous...

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The triumph of promotions

Trade magazin organised ‘The most successful promotion of the year’ competition for the sixth time in 2013. The award ceremony was held on 10 April 2014 in the Királyok Room...

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Brands treat Facebook users like schoolchildren?

According to a study conducted by Track Maven (USA), brands treat Facebook users like they were 7-11 year old. Two thirds of their Facebook posts are written at a 5th...

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Magazine: Gourmet Club returns to KVIK

BGF’s College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism (KVIK) organises open exams for students at the end of each ‘Special food and drink knowledge’ course. This May there were nearly 100...

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The Russian pork embargo remains: breeders have to look for new markets

New markets will be required if the Russian pork embargo lasts longer. The action over the past few months has caused a loss of 580 million euros in exports to...

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The Szent András Brewery exploded the beer tourist season with a PAKK main prize and a Beer-GPS

The Szent András Brewery became a Category Winner, Main Prize Winner with its new bottle designs at the Pakk Packaging Design Competition that is rewarding the country's most exciting, most...

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COOP, the oldest partner of the Hungarian dairy farmers

It is unworthy to attack a purely Hungarian-owned store chain that is a reliable, stable partner of the Hungarian milk producers and domestic customers for decades – the COOP Gazdasági...

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South-East Asian export recovery programs to the Hungarian enterprises

Those Hungarian companies that are operating in environmentally friendly technology industry can sign up to the export stimulus program that is helping to access the South-East Asian markets until 11...

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Dairy producers are demonstrating for more favorable market

The dairy producers are demonstrating for more favorable market with half-track road closure in three places on Tuesday. In Budaörs Nagytarcsa and Pécs – Hegedűs Imre, head of the demonstrating...

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Anthrax has been detected in a beef in Heves county

On Saturday, the Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) found anthrax in beef at a slaughter house in Heves county – the Nébih informed MTI...

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Grotesque humour in a restaurant ad – Video of the day

This half-minute-long spot is perhaps one of the weirdest and most controversial Latin American commercials, created by the Jamochas restaurant in Mexico. Watch iot you are prepared to see some...

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Retail sales increased in the Czech Republic

On an annual basis, the retail sales in the Czech Republic increased by 1.1 percent in May. In a monthly comparison, however, the decline was 1.5 percent – the Czech...

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There would not be football World Cup without the DB Schenker

230 containers on sea, 270 tons by air: the half of the teams at the Brazilian football World Cup, have so many packages. The DB Schenker is taking care to...

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A new record in the domestic tourism

Domestic tourism gains momentum. According to fresh datas of Szallas.hu, expansion was over 10 percent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the same period of the last year....

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How to become a personal brand?

Trade Marketing Club welcomed summer with a barbecue party in La Perle Noire restaurant (a place recommended by the Michelin Restaurant Guide). Zsuzsanna Hermann welcomed participants and members of the...

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Magazine: ‘Local’ is a buzzword in tourism too

In the Hungarian restaurants there are hardly any local products which are characteristic of a given village, town or region. The same can be said about rural tourism: without having...

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The SPAR Hungary has expanded further

In 2013 the SPAR Magyarország Kft. realized a turnover of 453.7 billion HUF, which is 7.6 percent more than the company achieved in 2012. The company based its outstanding achievements...

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The Hungarian melon production has strengthened in recent years

The Hungarian melon production became stronger in the past years. Nowadays watermelons are produced on about six thousand hectares instead of the former about five thousand hectares – the Minister...

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A vine and winemaking world conference began in Tokaj

The most prestigious event of the wine research sector began on Monday in Tokaj. The Terroir World Conference is held for the 10th time. This is the first time that...

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Cherry market tensions are getting more intense

The purchasing of the freshly grown cherries for industrial use has stopped, because the processors are speculating on state aid – agrarszektor.hu. wrote after Magyar Nemzet. Nagy István, Parliamentary Minister...

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More than seventy thousand counterfeit products were seized in an EU action

More than seventy thousand counterfeit goods were seized by the customs authorities of the EU Member States under the ERMIS coordinated action – the European Commission announced on Monday. The...

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McDonald's is expanding in Russia

McDonald's plans to open 70 restaurants by the end of 2014 in 30 cities of Russia – Világgazdaság Online wrote after the Itar-TASZSZ news agency. Such restaurants will open in...

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The future expectations of the companies is stagnating

The expectations of the domestic enterprises for the coming year have not changed substantially, compared to the first quarter of the year. The K&H SME confidence index is currently -10...

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Lunch at the feet of the waterfall, waterfall at my feet – Video of the day

Lunch is served on bamboo dining tables set in a few inches of crystalline running water from the falls. The experience of dining on delicious local dishes with the sparkling...

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1.2 million HUF for a bunch of grapes

A bunch of special quality, fresh and juicy red grapes were sold for 550 thousand yens (1 million 230 thousand HUF) at an auction on Saturday, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan....

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