News and articles
The fifth Belgian Beer Festival coming up this weekend
Date: 2014-05-14 10:36:28
The fifth annual Belgian Beer Festival is here! Beer lovers can taste over 150 different types of Belgian beer from 31 breweries. In 2014, the festival moves to a new...
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This glass toaster can even cook steak – Video of the day
Date: 2014-05-14 10:30:50
Italian appliance company Bugatti showed off a new glass toaster that uses semiconductors inside glass to heat everything from toast to meat....
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Export assistance in the SME sector
Date: 2014-05-14 09:51:33
At the end of March the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK) and the Hungarian National Trading House (MNK) welcomed the representatives of exporting Hungarian SMEs to the closing...
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Atradius: German economy gives hope to Hungarian exporters
Date: 2014-05-14 09:48:25
After the moderate performance of the last two years Germany’s economy may gain momentum in 2014 and the GDP may grow by as much as 1.8 percent. According to Balázs...
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More wine goes to Germany and they are of better quality, too
Date: 2014-05-13 16:26:05
Germany is Hungary’s most important trading partner with a share around 25 percent in both our export and import. As for the most important states, more than half of Hungary’s...
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Private label products are becoming more and more popular
Date: 2014-05-13 12:16:50
Private label products are becoming more and more popular on the domestic market. In addition to the private label goods, discounted products that are not avalable elsewhere are gaining a...
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The Paypal expects an increase in online purchases
Date: 2014-05-13 12:15:24
The PayPal Ltd. expects a strong growth on the m-commerce market in Hungary this year – the online financial services company informed MTI on Monday. The entire Hungarian m-commerce market...
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One can enter into agricultural insurance at four companies this year
Date: 2014-05-13 12:10:27
This year, in addition to the three current players – Allianz, Generali and Groupama insurance companies agricultural insurance can be bought at the Első Magyar Agrárbiztosítási Ügynökség (First Hungarian Agricultural...
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Hungary opens a trading house in Singapore
Date: 2014-05-13 12:00:41
The Hungarian National Trading House Zrt., the Hungarian Foreign Economy Association, and Hungary’s ambassador in Singapore held a joint press conference on 12 Mayin Budapest. At the informal meeting they...
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The Mirelite MIRS Zrt. appointed a Marketing Director
Date: 2014-05-13 11:59:39
Sánta Zoltán fills in the position of the Marketing Director. The expert has a 15 -year professional work experience in the FMCG sector. He fills in his new position since...
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Deloitte: investor confidence is on its pre- crisis level
Date: 2014-05-13 11:45:30
Investor confidence in the region increased in the spring of 2014 to the levels of the 2003-2007 period. Deloitte’s investor confidence index shows a positive trend for the third consecutive...
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Newer machines have received marketing authorization
Date: 2014-05-13 11:25:22
The Hungarian Trade Licensing Office (MKEH) issued marketing authorizations for another six cash machines in recent days – turns out the news published on the agency's website. The Optima QMP50...
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Nébih: it is important to enrich the children’s knowledge of food safety
Date: 2014-05-13 11:21:39
To enrich the children’s knowledge of food safety is an important element of the Food safety Strategy adopted last year, as it is the only way to become conscious consumers...
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Are red wine and dark chocolate really health care products?
Date: 2014-05-13 11:20:16
Researchers doubt in the health care effect of the resveratrol which is an antioxidant component of red wine, after they tracked the inhabitants of an Italian wine region for for...
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Magazine: Pioneering role in the market
Date: 2014-05-13 11:06:36
Ákos Kamocsay is perhaps the best-known Hungarian winemaker among European consumers. Hilltop Neszmély Zrt.’s co-owner was voted Winemaker of the Year in the United Kingdom two years earlier than in...
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More than half a billion HUF worth smuggled cigarettes were found by the staff of NAV
Date: 2014-05-13 10:55:45
More than half a billion HUF worth, presumably smuggled cigarettes were seized by the staff of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) in Nyíregyháza and in Váncsod, Hajdú-Bihar County...
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Obese stomachs tell us diets are doomed to fail
Date: 2014-05-13 10:03:03
The way the stomach detects and tells our brains how full we are becomes damaged in obese people but does not return to normal once they lose weight, according to...
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A teaser from the atmosphere of Bocuse d’Or in Stockholm – Video of the day
Date: 2014-05-13 09:56:42
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The Russian meat ban can affect the Hungarian companies badly
Date: 2014-05-12 12:05:54
The Russian meat ban is a major problem for the Hungarian meat companies, who were interviewed by the MTI. From May 14 Russia temporarily prohibited meat imports. Several companies complained...
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More Hungarian products in the Lidl stores
Date: 2014-05-12 11:45:49
The Lidl distributes more Hungarian products, and works together with more Hungarian suppliers than a year before. The turnover of the Hungarian products rose by 17 percent – the discount...
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Slovak wine producers welcome the tightening in the production of Tokaji aszú
Date: 2014-05-12 11:40:28
The wine producers in Slovakia are happy, because thanks to the decision of the Mountain Village Council of the Tokaji Wine Region, in the future only 5 and 6 butt...
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The Chamber of Agriculture and the National Commercial House signed a cooperation agreement
Date: 2014-05-12 11:25:07
The cooperation agreement was signed in Budapest on 8 May 2014. The document states that the agricultural sector is a strategic sector. The improvement of the sector is a common...
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The Budapest Palinka Festival will be held a week later
Date: 2014-05-12 11:09:05
The new date of the 9th Budapest Palinka Festival is 22 to 25 May 2014. The festival will be held in the City Hall Park. Due to the expected rainy...
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“There's music in it!”: The Folk Musician Wine of the Year
Date: 2014-05-12 11:08:32
Hungary’s leading folk musicians are choosing the country’s Folk Musician Wine of the Year at the Budapest Folk Fest’s “There's music in it!” day every year since 2013. This year...
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Mol campaign to collect used cooking oil
Date: 2014-05-12 11:08:06
The Mol Nyrt. has launched a campaign in May to stimulate the recollection of the used cooking oil – the company told MTI on Monday. According to the Communication, the...
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The e-toll unveils VAT frauds
Date: 2014-05-12 11:07:52
The system of e-toll, facilitates the the catching of VAT frauders. The NAV obtains the informations, on which they can follow the path of shipments. So it turns out if...
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The special rice subsidy payment has begun
Date: 2014-05-12 11:06:58
The Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (MVH) has started to pay out the special rice subsidies to payments 60 rice producers in a value of more than 380 million HUF...
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KSH: the guest traffic of commercial accommodations decreased by 2.6 percent in March
Date: 2014-05-12 10:21:38
In March, the guest traffic of teh commercial accommodations in Hungary decreased by 2.6 percent. The number of guest nights spent by foreigners decreased by 4.1 percent, while the number...
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A French expert from the Crimean Peninsula
Date: 2014-05-12 09:55:37
VinCe Budapest is one of the Hungarian capital’s biggest wine events and this year it brought us Fabien Lorenzon, the French champagne master of Abrau-Durso Winery in the Crimean Peninsula...
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