News and articles
Agricultural production prices dropped 13.2 percent in December
Date: 2014-03-03 00:26:28
In December 2013 agricultural production prices dropped 13.2 percent from the level of December 2012. The price of vegetable products became 20.1 percent lower, but the price of livestock/products of...
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December’s retail volume sales were up 1.8 percent
Date: 2014-03-03 00:12:57
In December 2013 retail volume sales are estimated to have expanded by 1.8 percent from the level of December 2012. In grocery and grocery-type retail volume sales were up 0.4...
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Hungarian yoghurt loses market
Date: 2014-03-02 23:58:51
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) reveal that last year the average live weight production price of broiler chicken was HUF...
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More money for economic development
Date: 2014-03-01 23:47:00
In the development period that started in 2007 24 percent of the budget was used for the economic sector and job creation and from 76 percent public purpose investments were...
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Newspaper vendors lost one third of their revenues, due to the system of tobacco stores
Date: 2014-02-28 12:40:42
According to the datas of the Central Statistical Office (KSH), retail spendings have increased, but recovery still cannot be felt. Newspaper vendors lost one third of their revenues, due to...
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Grace period for those who are using billing programs
Date: 2014-02-28 12:04:31
Those entrepreneurs who opted to use billing programs and acted pursuant to their billing obligations, will be given a grace period – Pankucsi Zoltán, Deputy Minister of State of the...
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VM: more than half a million children can regularly eat fruit in schools
Date: 2014-02-28 12:00:45
In the scope of the School Fruit Scheme, 538 thousand children receive at least two kinds of fruits at least two times a week – the Ministry of Rural Development...
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Slovaks purchase more in Hungary, due to the weak forint
Date: 2014-02-28 12:00:31
Shopping tourism is booming again in the settlements near the Slovakian border. Experience has shown that Slovaks are purchasing even the most basic food products in Győr and in Komárom....
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The European Court of Justice will decide soon about free pálinka distilling
Date: 2014-02-28 11:59:25
The European Court of Justice may decide even in March or April about free pálinka distilling. While the European Court of Justice examines the domestic regulations, the finance officers are...
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The tender for the assets of the meat factory of Kapuvár was unsuccessful again
Date: 2014-02-28 11:20:19
Kovács Csaba, the manager of the National Reorganisation Nonprofit Ltd. told MTI on Thursday that the tender ended with no results. Kovács Csaba told, that three bids were received, but...
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The Tranzit Food has inaugurated a new plant
Date: 2014-02-28 11:03:34
The processing plant of the Tranzit Food Kft. dealing with ducks and geese processing was inaugurated in Nyírgelse, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, on Saturday in the presence of Prime Minister Orbán Viktor....
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Lego Group: increased profits and revenues
Date: 2014-02-28 11:02:16
The Danish Lego Group increased its operating profit by 10 percent and its turnover by 11 percent in 2013. The group inaugurates its new factory in Nyíregyháza in March. Zámbó...
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What are transfats, and what catering should do with them?
Date: 2014-02-28 10:51:09
When it comes to fat, trans fat is considered by some doctors to be the worst type of fat. Unlike other fats, trans fat — also called trans-fatty acids —...
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Cigarette smoking has decreased in France, thanks to the spread of electronic cigarettes
Date: 2014-02-28 10:50:37
Cigarette smoking has decreased in France, thanks to the spread of electronic cigarettes and also less was sold of cessation medicinal products in 2013 – the Observatory Institute of Drugs...
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Bottle-tattoo – Video of the day
Date: 2014-02-28 10:38:43
All of us enjoy a nice stiff drink every once and again, whether it be scotch, beer, whiskey, cognac, or whatever you choose, we all like to indulge. Well the...
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Magazin: Changes in the financial sector
Date: 2014-02-28 10:28:13
Data from Céginfo.hu (www.ceginfo.hu) reveals that Hungarian companies opened almost 660,000 bank accounts in the last five years. More than 93 percent of these are with the twelve biggest banks...
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The Spa of Harkány received a five-star rating
Date: 2014-02-28 10:20:44
The Spa of Harkány received a five-star rating from the Hungarian Bath Association. The plaque of the classification was unveiled by Mogyorósi Ferenc, chairman of the professional organization that gave...
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Icy-creamy coke?
Date: 2014-02-28 10:03:03
Diet Coke Frost Cherry Slurpees was launched on Wednesday, with more Diet Coke flavors slated to hit the convenience store chain later this year. The new flavor is the first...
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The Foundation of the Hungarian – Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Budapest
Date: 2014-02-28 09:07:29
On 26 February 2014, took place the first meeting of the Board of Directors and Founding Members of the Hungarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RoCham). The meeting followed the...
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Increasing retail revenues from food, household chemicals and cosmetics
Date: 2014-02-27 12:59:41
The revenue of food retail in Hungary rose by 0.4 percent in the food household chemicals and cosmetics categories in the fourth quarter, compared to the comparable period of 2012....
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News flash: The new support deadline for the cash register victims is 30 April
Date: 2014-02-27 12:55:24
The government extended the support deadline for those entrepreneurs, who were not able to acquire a cash register, due to frauds or due to withdrawn cash register types. The extension...
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A significant increase in the support of the grape and wine industry
Date: 2014-02-27 12:03:53
The support of the grape and wine industry increases significantly. While in 2012/2013 it was 6.5 billion HUF, in the next five years it will amount to 29 million euros,...
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Privacy Policy Commando at the e-commerce companies
Date: 2014-02-27 12:02:41
The Direct and Interactive Marketing Association (DIMSZ) held a Privacy Policy Commando in the scope of the Dear Customer Programme. The targets of the raid were those web interfaces that...
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Russia can withdraw the import ban on Hungarian pork in mid-March
Date: 2014-02-27 12:00:07
Russia is expected to withdraw the import ban on Hungarian live pigs, pork and pork products in mid-March – Kardeván Endre told MTI on Wednesday. The Minister of State of...
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Vámos György would extend the deadline
Date: 2014-02-27 11:59:30
The deadline for the 50 thousand HUF support of cash registers expires tomorrow. Tens of thousands of retailers can suffer, since only about 50 thousand pieces of online cash machines...
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Americans are getting better when it comes to beer
Date: 2014-02-27 11:45:41
Americans are getting better and better when it comes to quality beer: Brooklyni-based Sixpoint now offers three kinds of beers, and J D Wetherspoon pubxchain will offer their products, too....
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Loyalty Coupons: the latest innovation of SPAR and SuperShop
Date: 2014-02-27 11:30:40
The SuperShop is Hungary's largest multi-partner loyalty program. The customers can enjoy the benefits of the Super Shop in the entire business network of the SPAR Group since 2009. From...
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The two-third of the service centers is planning an expansion
Date: 2014-02-27 11:25:15
The two-third of the service centers operating in Hungary is planning an expansion. Most of the companies believe that the skilled workforce is the country's greatest strength – EY’s National...
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Budapest, Hévíz and Hajdúszoboszló remain the most popular tourist destinations
Date: 2014-02-27 10:30:21
According to the premilinary datas of the Central Statistics Office (KSH), Budapest, Hévíz and Hajdúszoboszló were the most popular tourist destinations in the country in 2013 – the Hungarian National...
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