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New Leaders at HEINEKEN Hungária
Date: 2013-07-09 11:20:36
New CEO manages the HEINEKEN Hungária Sörgyárak Zrt. The Dutch Joris Huijsmans replaces Oladele Ajayi. Joris Huijsmans arrives from Singapore where he was working as an integration manager at Asia...
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A scone-record will be attempted in Zánka
Date: 2013-07-09 10:58:01
A Scone-record will be attempted in Zánka: they plan to fry the world's biggest scone. Its diameter will exceed 210 centimeters. The current Guinness record for a scone is 12.7...
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More robust performance from hypermarkets
Date: 2013-07-09 10:41:32
Last year the annual grill sausage market was around HUF 1.2 billion. The season lasts from May until August each year (85 percent of sales were realised in this period...
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There is no department at the ministry dealing with catering
Date: 2013-07-09 10:08:46
Due to new set-up at the tourism and catering department of the Ministry for National Economy, the catering department founded in October 2011 was eliminated. This way, there is no...
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Cake shovel-exhibition
Date: 2013-07-09 10:03:06
A special exhibition is about to open its gates on 1st August 2013, at The Hungarian Commercial and Tourism Museum. Cake shovel. It is a device we use every day,...
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E-toll – the freighters are requesting the temporary shutdown of the system
Date: 2013-07-08 12:28:31
The carriers are requesting the temporary shutdown of the E-toll system, because, according to their experiences it is billing incorrectly, thereby making losses to the entrepreneurs – Peredi Péter, Secretary...
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Varga Mihály: this year’s task is to help the exports of the SMEs
Date: 2013-07-08 12:20:04
Varga Mihály, Minister of National Economy called the support of the export activities of the SMEs as the priority task of the year – in his opening speech at the...
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AKI and NAK are helping each other
Date: 2013-07-08 12:00:49
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and the National Agricultural Chamber (NAK) would institutionalize their cooperation. They decided to set up a working group, that will work out the framework...
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More and more people joins to the Bread of the Nation initative
Date: 2013-07-08 11:12:08
The public awareness and the success of the Bread of the Nation charitable initative increases in Felvidék. It is expected that this year more people will take part than last...
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Peach festival in Boldogkőváralja
Date: 2013-07-08 11:10:12
The Gönci Barack Vigasság (Gönci Peach Feast) will be held for the second time in Boldogkőváralja. Among the variety of unique products of the Abaúj region apricots are probably the...
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China builds a one hundred million yuan worth food inspection system
Date: 2013-07-08 11:05:11
China builds a system that will enable the better monitoring of food from 100 million yuans in the country's 24 regions – the Chinese securities market magazine informs. The government...
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Magazine: Long live the new king!
Date: 2013-07-08 10:58:00
British magazine Restaurant organised The World’s 50 Best Restaurants voting for the 11th time this year. Last year’s runner-up El Celler de Can Roca (Spain) reached the top this year,...
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Bigger plate, more food
Date: 2013-07-08 10:53:00
Small kids who are given large plates and then allowed to serve themselves take more food and consume more calories, new research finds. The study used 41 first-graders in a...
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The most delicious food and wine pairings at the Lake Balaton
Date: 2013-07-08 10:25:05
The Lake Balaton is Hungary’s most popular summer destination. Thanks to its valuable fish stocks and significant historic wine regions it is a great field to make experiments with summer...
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MKB Széchenyi Rest Cards: 98 percent of the 2011 grants were used until the deadline
Date: 2013-07-08 10:22:05
Only two percent of the 2011 grants were not used by the owners of the MKB Széchenyi Rest Cards, so only 5 million HUF needed to be transferred to the...
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Special Hungarian cuisine was presented in Moscow
Date: 2013-07-08 10:20:15
Specially prepared and served food lines were presented the Hungarian cuisine in the Russian capital, where the opening of a Hungarian restaurant is planned. “Hungary has an incredible 'retro' cult...
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Webstores keep increasing their turnover last year
Date: 2013-07-08 10:10:20
73 percent of the Hungarian webstores recorded a sales increase in 2012. Every third of them were able to increase their revenues by more than 50 percent, and only 9...
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Mobile Wallet testing has started
Date: 2013-07-08 09:30:35
In the not-so-distant future we will not need a thick wallet: Thanks to smartphones and the NFC non-contact technology, we can manage our everyday finances with our mobile phones as...
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A sharp increase in the K&H SME confidence index
Date: 2013-07-05 12:10:23
Compared to the previous quarter, the K&H SME confidence index increased by 15 points, now standing on -11 points. The K&H SME confidence index is indicating the business expectations of...
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VM: watermelon promotion again this year
Date: 2013-07-05 12:02:22
As the result of the process began three years ago the watermelon promotion continues this year – Budai Gyula, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs of Ministry of Rural Development...
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The Pápai Hús and the Pápa-Ser Kft. have become strategically important
Date: 2013-07-05 12:00:56
The government classified the Pápai Hús 1913 Kft. and the Pápa-Ser Sertéstenyésztő- és hízlaló Kft. as strategically important economy organization. The government regulation was published in the Wednesday issue of...
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Varga: the fiscal situation would not require the introduction of the advertising tax
Date: 2013-07-05 12:00:17
Varga Mihály said that they support to involve such sectors into taxation that have not participated enough in it, but the government has considered that whether is there a need...
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Harvest has started
Date: 2013-07-05 11:59:56
The harvest of barley has been completed by the farmers in most areas of the country. Wheat harvest starts in a few days. The yield can be considered as a...
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Henkel: 20 billion HUF investment in Hungary in the past five years
Date: 2013-07-05 11:40:56
Over the past five years, the Düsseldorf-based Henkel group implemented investments in Hungary in an amount of 20 billion HUF in Hungary. Fábián Ágnes, managing director of Henkel Magyarország Kft....
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China is investigating imported milk powder manufacturers due to suspected price fixing
Date: 2013-07-05 11:32:04
China has launched investigations against imported milk powder manufacturersín China, due to suspected price fixing – the state media reported. The affected companies are the Swiss Nestle, the French Danon...
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Wine Wednesday evenings at the Hungarian National Gallery
Date: 2013-07-05 11:10:24
Four wine regions will present themselves with different themed programs at the Wine Wednesday evenings of the Hungarian National Gallery from 10 July, for four weeks. At the panoramic terrace...
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Farmers' market opened in the Palace Quarter of Józsefváros
Date: 2013-07-05 11:05:09
A Farmers’ Market opened on Saturday in Józsefváros. The vendors await the costumers with all their products every Saturday until Christmas at the intersection of Rákóczi and Gyulai Pál street....
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Czech retail sales rose in May
Date: 2013-07-05 11:00:17
Retail sales increased in the Czech Republic in May. While in April, increase was 1.5 percent in May it was 1.2 percent, compared to the previous year – the Czech...
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It’s official: A pint a day helps your heart
Date: 2013-07-05 10:38:57
A pint of beer a day is actually good for you, according to new research. The drink improves the state of blood vessels around the heart, improves blood flow and...
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We visited the Rudi factory in Mátészalka
Date: 2013-07-05 10:33:44
Pöttyös Túró Rudi, the real hungaricum has opened the gates of its factory in Mátészalka for a day , in order to answer questions like where and how it is...
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