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Hungarian Easter Bunnies on four continents
Date: 2014-04-10 12:10:46
More than 1,800 tonnes of Easter chocolate figurines were produced for this year's Easter season in the Diósgyőr-based plant of the market leader Nestlé. Nearly 90 percent of the chocolate...
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The government is committed beside homemade pálinka
Date: 2014-04-10 12:03:59
The Government is committed to retain the homemade pálinka cooking and would like to see that the tradition as part of the Hungarian cultural heritage would live on in Hungary...
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Pick expects a two to three percent increase in turnover
Date: 2014-04-10 12:02:37
The Pick Szeged Zrt. expects a two to three percent increase in turnover in the Easter smoked goods product category, because they will reach the same volume as in the...
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The tax exemption of the homemade pálinka is contrary to the EU law
Date: 2014-04-10 12:01:26
It is not compatible with the EU law, that Hungary allowed to cook up to 50 liters of fruit distillate a year with the exemption from excise duties – the...
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A Hungarian company will build Dr. Oetker’s factory in Serbia
Date: 2014-04-10 12:00:00
The Hungarian-owned KÉSZ Group won an another major foreign mission. The KÉSZ Group can build the new Dr. Oetker’s factory in Serbia, 30 kiliometres from Belgrade. The total value of...
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Experts emphasize the importance of domestic fish consumption
Date: 2014-04-10 11:21:57
The Hungarian Society on Obesity discusses the latest results on obesity in the scope of a Memorial Meeting and Technical Conference in Budapest on Friday and Saturday. The conference main...
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The logo of OÉTI can be found unauthorized on several dietary supplements
Date: 2014-04-10 11:20:44
The logo of OÉTI can be found unauthorized on a number of dietary supplements – the National Public Health and Medical Officer Service drew the attention on Wednesday. According to...
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New Managing Director in the lead of the DHL Freight Magyarország
Date: 2014-04-10 11:18:34
From 1 May 2014 Matisa Zoltán takes over the executive functions at the DHL Freight Magyarország, which is one of Europe's leading road transport company. The former head of the...
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Enterprises employing more women are more profitable too
Date: 2014-04-10 10:41:05
The latest survey by Regus found that companies that don’t employ women with small children suffer a competitive disadvantage. According to the study, 79 percent of Hungarian firms also agree...
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Radical changes are coming in transfer pricing requirements
Date: 2014-04-10 10:38:40
OECD’s new discussion draft on transfer pricing documentation may bring radical changes in the everyday work of companies. The planned regulation is even stricter than the current Hungarian practice. According...
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NGM: tourism expansion in the beginning of the year is a cause for optimism
Date: 2014-04-10 10:33:49
According to the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) the first two monthly tourism data is a cause for optimism for this year. The guest traffic datas of the commercial accommodations...
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Magazine: Sales were stable in grocery retail in the last 12 months
Date: 2014-04-10 10:31:30
According to the Nielsen Retail Index, grocery retail sales amounted to HUF 1,404 billion between February 2013 and January 2014 in the 90 categories audited. Value sales were the same...
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50m² and smaller
Date: 2014-04-10 09:51:39
On 1 January 2013 Nielsen counted 10,765 stores in this channel. Their value share from sales of the 90 grocery categories audited by Nielsen was 9 percent in February 2013-January...
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Household chemicals and cosmetics: value sales up, volume sales down
Date: 2014-04-10 09:28:37
2013 brought a HUF 310-billion turnover in household chemicals and cosmetics retail. Sales were up 1 percent in terms of value but they dropped 3 percent in terms of volume....
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Hungary’s first ‘chocolate courier’ website launched
Date: 2014-04-10 09:12:04
A new service from CsokiMost.hu webshop: home delivery of 200 different types of chocolate, on the day of order in Újbuda (Budapest’s 11th district) and within two days anywhere in...
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According to analysts, the domestic demand is slowly picking up
Date: 2014-04-09 11:50:48
Market analysts said that the domestic consumption and the expected recovery of investments can bring the major expansion of imports. In parallel the trade surplus may decline but only from...
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Increased consumer protection controls before Easter
Date: 2014-04-09 11:42:34
The National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) carries out increased controls before Easter – the National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) told MTI on Wednesday. According to the communication of the National...
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The duty-free Ukrainian poultry may bring further price reduction
Date: 2014-04-09 11:40:07
Poultry and egg producers are afraid of an even more significant price decline, after the European Union would like to make the Ukrainian agricultural goods duty free in the EU...
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The fruit and vegetable shop of the future has been opened in Szeged
Date: 2014-04-09 11:38:24
After several years of preparation, the fruit and vegetable shop of the future, the country’s first Vitamin Saloon opened its doors in Szeged on 26 March 2014. The Vitamin Saloon...
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Auchan: Easter hits are peasant ham, cakes and quality chocolate
Date: 2014-04-09 11:38:13
In the Easter offering of the Auchan stores the customers can find their favorites: trraditional matured peasant ham, quality milk and dark chocolate Easter figurines and the popular Easter savory...
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Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország: new head of communications
Date: 2014-04-09 11:35:09
From the beginning of the year, the former director of communications and corporate relations, Pogány Éda Glória became the sustainability communications director of the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company group of...
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The low-calorie sweeteners are important for a healthy diet
Date: 2014-04-09 11:05:50
The 2nd conference of the International Sweeteners Association (ISA) in Brussels was dealing with the role of the low-calorie sweeteners in the fight against the growing obesity epidemic and against...
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Green Seed Festival: green family weekend on the Andrássy Avenue
Date: 2014-04-09 11:00:32
The two-day long free Green Seed Festival is waiting for the families on 12 and 13 April in the MagNet Community House on the Andrássy Avenue. The event is unique...
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The number of Chinese tourists may increase further
Date: 2014-04-09 10:30:02
Most of the tourists can come to abroad from China this year, the country can give the fifth of the world’s toursist within ten years and the Chinese travelers are...
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January brought 13.4 percent lower production prices in agriculture
Date: 2014-04-09 10:24:55
In January 2014 agricultural production prices dropped 13.4 percent from the level of January 2013. The price of vegetable products was down 19.6 percent and the price of livestock/products of...
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Magazine: There is less apple in the market, but it is cheaper
Date: 2014-04-09 10:07:44
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute’s (AKI) market price information system (PÁIR) reveal that the production price of wheat was HUF 53,000 in January 2014, 23 percent less than...
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Online retail expansion reaches Hungary
Date: 2014-04-09 09:21:26
In 2013 Hungary’s retail turnover neared HUF 7,000 billon in value, from which online retail’s share is estimated to be HUF 200-220 billion. This share represents more than 3 percent...
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Gross average wage was 230,700 forints
Date: 2014-04-09 09:18:50
Compared with the same period a year earlier, gross wages were up 3.4 percent at enterprises employing at least 5 people, budgetary institutions and observed non-profit organisations in January-December 2013....
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Inflation growth was minimal in February
Date: 2014-04-09 09:16:06
In February 2014 consumer prices were 0.1 percent higher than one year ago. Compared with January 2014, consumer prices rose by 0.1 percent on average. Groceries cost 0.2 percent more...
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Growth at last – but with question marks
Date: 2014-04-09 09:12:28
According to GKI Economic Research, the pre-election economic policy might vitalise the economy in the short term but doesn’t create the lasting basis of growth, because it fails to restore...
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