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Renewed SPAR in Salgótarján
Within a month three renovated SPAR stores were handed over in Hungary on Thursday. After the modernization of two units in Budapest, a unit in Salgótarján was renewed this time....
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The EU funds affect the SME investments
The significant number of the domestic SMEs would implement their investment plans if the EU funds would be available within a short period of time. However, under the current proposals,...
Read moreHENT: Two-third of the Hungarians would punish counterfeiters more severely
According to nearly two-third of the Hungarian population, the distribution of any counterfeit products is a crime. The two-third of the Hungarians would punish those who counterfeit sports goods, medicine,...
Read moreThe CIB this year expects a 2.8 percent growth and a 0.2 percent inflation
The analysts of CIB Bank expect an economic growth of 2.8 percent this year, and a 0.2 percent average annual inflation – Trippon Mariann, the bank's chief analyst said at...
Read moreTesco to sell four billion HUF worth building plots
Tesco sells building plots in a value of four billion pounds (100 billion HUF) is giving away a total value of building plots in the UK, after recently canceled the...
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International conference on the role of rural women in the economy
It is an important task worldwide to enable women to contribute to production, to social stability and to tradition preservation – Vladimir Rakhmanin, the European and Central Asian regional representative...
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Myths about cholesterol
Hungary’s Comprehensive Health Screening Programme carried out nearly one hundred thousand free cholesterol measurements between 2010-2014 across the country: cholesterol levels above the limit were measured at 39 percent of...
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Change of ownership at theTV2 Group
Soon a new owner can take over the TV2 Group. The Magyar Broadcasting Co. Kft., as buyer-investor and the TV2 Media Group Holdings Kft. today signed a purchase agreement on...
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Pioneering results in the European eel reproduction
European eel larvaes were artificially aroused to life by the staff of the Szent István University Department of Fish in Gödöllő. The researchers used female fish from Lake Balaton as...
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How to clean an iron pan – Video of the day
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It is important to turn handwashing into a habit
Global Handwashing Day (GHD) is a campaign to motivate and mobilize people around the world to improve their handwashing habits by washing their hands with soap at critical moments throughout...
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Labor shortage is growing in the tourism and hospitality industry
According to the advocacy organizations the increasing labor shortage in the tourism and hospitality industry is getting more and more severe. The advocacy organizations are urging targeted solutions such as...
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Hungary’s FMCG retail is in the top three
Retail sales grew above the European average in the second quarter of the year in Hungary: value sales rose 3.9 percent and volume sales improved by 1.2 percent. Our value...
Read moreSmall shops’ bigger market share
In the first half of 2015 fabric softener retail sales were worth more than HUF 8 billion. This makes the category the 4th biggest from the 70 household chemicals and...
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Sales remained concentrated
Laundry detergents were sold for HUF 19 billion in the first six months of the year. Like-for-like value sales rose 7 percent but volume sales decreased by 4 percent. Sales...
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Magazine: Our five neighbours
Ukraine: in the December 2014-April 2015 period FMCG retail sales soared by 16 percent. Prices elevated by 28.6 percent, so in terms of volume sales dropped by 12.6 percent. In...
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Auchan: health week in the spirit of food tolerance
The Health Week starts in the Auchan stores on Thursday 15 October, in which the customers can meet with the expanded range of lactose-free, gluten-free, diabetic and organic products. In...
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HEINEKEN Hungária won 11 Effie awards
The HEINEKEN Hungária has become the most successful advertiser of 2015 at the Effie awards ceremony. The HEINEKEN Hungária won 11 awards, including the unique Platinum Effie award. The HEINEKEN...
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The NAV assumes the preparation of income tax returns
The government amends the law on taxation. You do not have to prepare income tax returns from 2017 and those who do not avail of benefits do not have to...
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The ÉFOSZ and the Association of Confectionery Manufacturers proposed a partnership
A paradigm shift is needed in public health – was said at the professional conference of the National Institute for Health Development (NEFI). Although in the last five years, several...
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Four new products among the Hungaricums
The list of Hungaricums was expanded with four Hungarian products, the paired sausage from Debrecen, the spritzer, the Bajai fish soup and the chamomile inflorescence from the Plains – was...
Read moreThe winemakers of seven wineries in the Zwack Museum
Thirty types of wines of seven popular wineries will await the visitors in the Zwack Museum in Budapest on Thursday, where the visitors can meet with the winemakers as well....
Read moreBisnode: less Hungarian companies were terminated
The ratio of winding up and liquidation processes against the Hungarian companies steadily declined in the first nine months of 2015, while the proportion of the bankrupted Hungarian enterprises also...
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Export Expressz: a complex professional program will bring new impetus to the exports of the domestic SMEs
The Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) launches a professional program called Export Expressz based on three pillars to expand the export activities of the domestic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)....
Read moreInvestigation against a cigarette smuggling crime organization
The NAV is implementing an investigation against a criminal organization. The charge is money laundering and receiving stolen goods. The suspects were arrested within a nationwide action of the National...
Read moreThe beer market increased by nearly 4 percent in Romania
In the first half of the year, the beer market increased by 3.8 percent in Romania, compared to the same period of last year – the Romanian Brewers Association announced...
Read moreBuilders of Stonehenge really loved pork
The builders of Stonehenge's builders were big fans of meat. Chemical analysis of the several hundred pot fragments discovered indicate the containers were used for preparing and cooking meat such...
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Fridge view – Video of the day
In The Fridge: This video's been a long time coming. It's been hard finding these particular shots from inside refrigerators because they aren't plot-specific. They could be in any kind...
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Positive trends in grocery retail
FMCG retail sales amounted to more than HUF 1,000 billion in December 2014-July 2015. Values sales increased by 4 percent and volume sales grew by 3 percent. The 7-percent sales...
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