News and articles
KSH: foreign trade surplus grew in August
Date: 2013-10-31 11:32:39
The value of exports in August this year was 6.4 billion euros (1911 billion HUF), while the value of imports was 5.8 billion euros (1728 billion HUF). The trade surplus...
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European food price increases are slowing down
Date: 2013-10-31 11:25:27
Contrary to the expectations, the eurozone’s inflation continued to decline in October – Eurostat’s fresh datas show. Energy prices fell by 1.7 percent, while food, alcohol and tobacco product price...
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Poles like Hungarian organic beer
Date: 2013-10-31 11:20:58
This year, Hungary was the guest of honor of the the sixth edition of the Natura Food, Food Industrial Fair in Lodz, Poland. The one and only Hungarian organic beer,...
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Two wines were awarded with the Piarist Wine of the Year title
Date: 2013-10-31 11:17:07
The winners of the Piarist Wine of the Year wine competition, announced by the Hungarian Province of the Piarist Order were awarded with the honorary degree on 29 October. The...
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HEINEKEN Hungária and the ACG closed their first half year with four Effie Awards
Date: 2013-10-31 11:16:13
The HEINEKEN Hungária and the ACG advertising agency won 4 Effie Awards, that is known the “Oscar for advertising effectiveness”. The awarded campaigns were: Soproni Fekete Démon (Silver Effie); Arany...
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The payment of the grant to the livestock suppliers of Pápai Hús has been started
Date: 2013-10-31 11:15:14
As it was already promised by the Ministry of Rural Development (VM), the support payments to the live animal suppliers of the Pápai Hús 1913. Kft. have been initated. The...
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Outstanding Aszú yields in Tokaj-Hegyalja
Date: 2013-10-31 11:13:37
Aszú yields can be outstanding in Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region this year, where harvest is still ongoing – Észak-Magyarország wrote on Wednesday. At least five thousand tons of Aszú is expected...
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A decade for Mirgor and Gefco
Date: 2013-10-31 10:43:18
For some ten years now, Argentine manufacturing firm Mirgor has used Gefco for sea transport of full consolidated containers, as well as air transport of components from France, Germany, and...
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With Krúdy to the coffee house
Date: 2013-10-31 10:41:41
All the friends of retro and literature might enjoy the Krúdy-night on 14th November on Thursday at the Hungarian Museum of Commerce and Tourism. The viszitors are going to check...
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The illegal vodka vending machine – Video of the day
Date: 2013-10-31 10:26:41
Some clever tinkerer-mixologist in Melitopol, Ukraine, modified a hot-coffee vending machine to serve vodka shots at $1 a pop. Fruit juices and mixers were extra, of course, and because the...
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(HU) Superbrands 2013: A fogyasztók is a Dr. Organic-ra szavaztak
Date: 2013-10-31 10:26:26
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The consumer confidence index increased to 45 points in Hungary
Date: 2013-10-30 11:45:44
According to the results of a survey conducted by Nielsen in the third quarter of this year, the consumer confidence index rose by four points to 45 points in Hungary,...
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The NAK proposes the VAT reduction of meat products in the first round
Date: 2013-10-30 11:40:18
The National Agricultural Economics Chamber (NAK) asks the Parliament to decrease VAT on the products of the participants of the agriculture and the food industry. In the food first round...
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Czerván György: excellent yields of crops harvested in the fall
Date: 2013-10-30 11:26:30
Despite the heat wave and the drought in July and August, according to the latest datas, the yields of crops harvested in the fall are quite excellent – Czerván György,...
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NGM : bona fide taxpayers will not be punished
Date: 2013-10-30 11:25:28
The Ministry of National Economy (NGM) is relatively calm about the withdrawal of the previously approved cash register’s sales license. They do not worry about public support, because it will...
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Cooperation agreement with the Russian Roseximbank
Date: 2013-10-30 11:25:22
The Magyar Export-Import Bank Zrt. (Eximbank) has initated a cooperation agreement with all three pillars of the Russian export subsidy scheme, theVnyesekonombank, Roseximbank and EXIAR, in order to facilitate investment...
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New dealership in Peugeot’s network
Date: 2013-10-30 11:24:11
Peugeot’s Hungarian network has been expanded with a new dealership, the Peugeot M5 Center on 25 October 2013. Peugeot has 28 dealerships and 39 Peugeot service stations in Hungary. The...
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Univer does not need import, despite the poor pepper yields
Date: 2013-10-30 11:22:40
Despite the extremely poor domestic peppers harvest, the Univer Product Zrt. does not need import. The company’s food seasonings are continued to be made of only high-quality Hungarian paprika –...
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The Procter&Gamble launches its “Thanks Mom !” campaign 100 days before next year’s Winter Olympic Games
Date: 2013-10-30 11:14:07
The international supporter of the Olympic Games would like to thank the mothers for their sustained support, for their commitment and their dedication, because they brought up the world's best...
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DHL is celebrating the the handover of its new center
Date: 2013-10-30 11:10:50
Deutsche Post DHL's air and sea shipping division, the DHL Global Forwarding is opertaing at a new site in the Budapest Airport since August, followed by the second division in...
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Magazine: Terroir-selected honey
Date: 2013-10-30 10:41:14
Beekeepers working at the two ends of the same plot of land may end up making very different honey, because their bees might be collecting nectar from completely different areas...
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Inventor of döner dies
Date: 2013-10-30 10:37:55
The Turkish immigrant credited with inventing the doner kebab has died in Berlin aged 80. Kadir Nurman set up a stall in West Berlin in 1972, selling grilled meat and...
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OKSZ: the exclusion of Erzsébet-vouchers from food purchases would cause serious problems
Date: 2013-10-30 10:30:36
According to the National Retail Federation (OKSZ), the exclusion of Erzsébet-vouchers from food purchases would cause serious problems, as beyond turnover deficit it would cause the loss of jobs and...
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Foreign trade turnover rose by 8 percent with Russia
Date: 2013-10-30 09:20:17
In the first seven months, Hungary’s foreign trade turnover rose by 8.1 percent with Russia, compared to the previous year, reaching a total of 7.1 billion dollars – Szijjártó Péter,...
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1400 billion HUF for rural development
Date: 2013-10-29 12:28:17
The Darányi Ignác Plan New Hungary Rural Development Program closes at year end the year. The program since 2007 provided 1,400 billion HUF worth EU fundings for Hungary. The results...
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Controls at the National Tobacco Shops
Date: 2013-10-29 12:00:26
The National Tax and Customs Authority found more than two hundred irregularities, during 2600 tests at the National Tobacco Shops – Magyar Nemzet wrote. The most typical faults were administrative...
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Hungarian vaccines around the world
Date: 2013-10-29 11:22:38
The healthy chicken meat products served on the tables of the Hungarian families are largely due to the success of domestic vaccine production, even one in four chicken all over...
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The NOVATEK online cash machine of the Szintézis Informatikai Zrt. has received the final marketing authorization
Date: 2013-10-29 11:20:23
The MKEH announced today, that the NOVATEK online cash machines can be installed again. “We inform the parties that the Metrology Authority of MKEH has finished the licensing procedure of...
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Biomass can be a significant energy source again
Date: 2013-10-29 11:13:42
Biomass can be a major energy source for the Hungarian countryside again as it was for centuries – the Minister for Rural Development insisted on Friday in Budapest, at a...
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