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National Wine Muster
Date: 2013-08-14 11:11:53
On the occasion of the 20 August celebrations, hundred winemakers will present 250 domestic wine specialties at the 1st National Wine Muster on the a rooftop terrace in the Váci...
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Plum Tree Adoption in the plum garden of Békési Pálinka
Date: 2013-08-14 11:05:21
From today, anyone can adopt a plum tree from the the plum garden of Békési Pálinka, where one can select from 1869 pieces of red plums trees, older or younger...
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Retail sales rose further in the United States
Date: 2013-08-14 11:00:12
Retail sales are expanding in the United States for four months – shows the newly published datas of the trade ministry. After the 0.6 percent (revised figure) increase of June,...
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Magazine: VaporTini
Date: 2013-08-14 11:00:00
This is how a Chicago bar owner named the new drink she sells, after Martini cocktail. Or may be it should not be called a drink, as it needs to...
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Concerts, beers and specialty foods at the SóstóSerFeszt in Nyíregyháza
Date: 2013-08-14 10:55:28
Nine concerts, giant kitchen with regional specialties and fifty of Europe's best beers are waiting for the participants of the 3rd SóstóSerFeszt (Salt Lake Beer Fest) at the end of...
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Where does appetite come from?
Date: 2013-08-14 09:35:28
Appetite and feather are of the same root, at least linguistically. “Craving for food,” from Anglo-French appetit, Old French apetit (13c.) “appetite, desire, eagerness,” from Latin appetitus “appetite,” literally “desire...
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Is food fresh?
Date: 2013-08-14 09:00:00
What began 15 years ago as a way to test market strawberries grown in North Carolina has now expanded into a school food program that posted over a million dollars...
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OKSZ: the rise in food prices is lower than before
Date: 2013-08-13 13:10:10
Over the past four years, food became more expensive in July, and although the trend was not broken in 2013, the 2.8 percent rate was the lowest, compared to the...
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KSH: inflation was 1.8 percent in July
Date: 2013-08-13 13:00:12
Inflation has declined. After the 1.9 percent annual price growth of June, consumer prices were 1.8 percent higher in July, compared to a year earlier. Consumer prices have declined by...
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Loophole was promised
Date: 2013-08-13 12:30:33
Loophole was promised to those micro and small enterprises, who consider the costs of the online cash registers too much. They recommend the use of home cash machines connected to...
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Retail lending is slowly picking up
Date: 2013-08-13 12:28:18
New contracts started to grow in most public retail loan categories in the first half of this year – MNB’s datas show. In the first half of this year, the...
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There will not be aflatoxin poisoned milk in Hungary
Date: 2013-08-13 12:27:43
The aflatoxin-contamination is a manageable problem – the Director of the National Food Chain Security Agency (Nébih) told at the 17th the National Agricultural Forum in Bonyhád. Previously Bognár Lajos,...
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The Honey Triple Cherry distillate was the most popular at the Sziget Festival
Date: 2013-08-13 12:18:56
Foreign journalists evaluated the pálinka, who visited the Sziget Festival for the invitation of the Hungarian National Tourist Office and the Sziget Festival. In the scope of the program, nearly...
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The Borvacsora to be restarted on M1
Date: 2013-08-13 12:10:41
The Borvacsora (Wine Supper) TV show will be brodcasted again in a new form on the M1 television channel from the autumn, in which noted and well-known personalities – athletes,...
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The ZEW’s German and Eurozone index reflects improving economic outlooks
Date: 2013-08-13 12:10:01
The sentiment index of ZEW, reflecting economic outlooks has increased far above the expectations in August both in Germany and in the Eurozone – the Mannheim-based ZEW (Zentrum für Europäische...
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Experimenal purchase in the Tesco of Watford
Date: 2013-08-13 11:10:14
Tesco’s renewed store in Watford, West-London is based on the concept of experiental shopping. According to Chris Bush, Tesco's UK managing director, the customers avoid the shops, due to internet...
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Széchenyi Rest Card datas for July: another 10 billion HUF to tourism and to the hospitality industry
Date: 2013-08-13 10:20:36
The growth tendency of tourism continues during the summer months. According to the first semi-annual guest traffic datas published by the Central Statistical Office (KSH), between January and June the...
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Instannt beer is coming soon
Date: 2013-08-13 10:14:58
Soon you'll be able to purchase condensed and powdered beer and soda for your next multi-day expedition into the wilds. Pat’s Backcountry Beverages, an Alaska-based company, is launching a line...
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Food is addictive indeed
Date: 2013-08-13 10:02:21
Food could be as addictive as class-A drug heroin and nicotine in cigarettes, claims a new study. Researchers have found substance abuse and food with a high glycaemic index –...
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August is great for open-air cooking, too
Date: 2013-08-13 08:00:12
The Hungarians are cooking outdoors in the summer, at least once a month, usually in a cauldron – was found in the recent survey of MAGGI. The most popular Hungarian...
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Domestic cattle stocks have increased
Date: 2013-08-12 12:40:24
The Hungarian cattle population increased between 2010 and 2013, due to the recovery of the internal market and the support system in the sector – Feldman Zsolt Deputy Minister of...
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Food became more expensive
Date: 2013-08-12 12:20:08
While the purchase prices barely changed in the food industry, the processors are trying to enforce their cost growth in vain, while the more optimistic chains slowly increase their consumer...
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MADOSZ: better-than-average tobacco crop is expected this year
Date: 2013-08-12 12:18:27
A better-than-average tobacco crop is expected this year. Its quality will be similar to the quality of the previous years’ crop – Bényei Illés the President of the Hungarian Tobacco...
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The Wholesale Market develops from hundreds of millions HUF
Date: 2013-08-12 12:14:03
The Budapesti Nagybani Piac Zrt. (Wholesale Market of Budapest) will spend almost 100 million HUF to solve the traffic chaos, caused by the retailers’ trucks on the Nagykőrösi road. The...
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Tobacco shops: New contest for the unsuccessfully applied places
Date: 2013-08-12 12:00:00
The new tender for the unsuccessfully applied places has been published. According to the information published on the website of kormany.hu, the deadline for the application is 2 September 2013....
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Magazines: Oak-aged beers
Date: 2013-08-12 12:00:00
Special whisky aromas are often created in Scotland by aging the whisky in oak barrels, in which previously Port or sherry were aged. Scottish brewery Innis and Gunn produces ale...
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More than seven million tons of wheat and rye was grown in Romania
Date: 2013-08-12 11:21:50
More than seven million tons of wheat and rye was grown in Romania this year. It is the best harvest in the last eight years – Daniel Constantin Romanian Minister...
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Weak results for Adidas
Date: 2013-08-12 11:00:39
Adidas had a poor second quarter in Western Europe, which makes the entire company's performance worse. The second quarter revenue became 3.38 billion euros instead of the expected 3.43 billion...
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Sziget Festival: the number of guests has reduced
Date: 2013-08-12 10:25:38
About 360-370 thousand visitors attended to this year's Sziget Festival, which is slightly lower than last year’s 379 thousand visitors, but Gerendai Károly considers that the festival went well. Gerendai...
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New trademark system for quality accommodation sites
Date: 2013-08-12 10:22:03
A new national certification trademark system is applied to qualify the services of the hotels in Hungary, after the mandatory qualification of the hotels was eliminated – the Ministry of...
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