News and articles
Goverment cuts utilities prices further
Date: 2013-01-04 12:23:10
The government could reduce retail gas, electricity and district heating prices again this year after cutting them by 10% from 1st January, a new annoucment on kormany.hu tells us. The...
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Last year one and a half percent more beer was brewed in the Czech Republic
Date: 2013-01-04 12:22:02
One and a half percent more beer was brewed in the Czech Republic last year, the preliminary datas show – Jan Vesely, president of the Czech brewers association said on...
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NFH: still a lot of offenses at product presentations
Date: 2013-01-04 12:14:49
There are still many infringements occur at product demonstrations, although some improvement can be detected compared to the previous years – shows the report of the National Consumer Protection Authority...
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Agreements with the Catholic Church restrict the opening hours in a few stores in Slovakia
Date: 2013-01-04 12:11:21
Two business networks in Slovakia restricted its Sunday opening hours of a few of its stores, due to an agreement signed with the Catholic Church – the Sme Slovak daily...
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Polaroid opens Fotobar stores in the United States
Date: 2013-01-04 12:00:38
Polaroid opens ten “Fotobar” stores in the United States where digital photos can saved, edited and printed from by using community services such as Instagram, Facebook or Picasa – the...
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Europe's richest businessman is the owner of the Zara fashion brand
Date: 2013-01-04 11:42:02
According to a recent summary, published on Thursday, Amancio Ortega, Spainish businessmen became the richest in Europe. The assets of the owner of the Inditex textile group including the Zara...
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Hundreds of Russians are celebrating the Orthodox Christmas in Héviz
Date: 2013-01-04 11:02:05
Hundreds of Russians are celebrating the Orthodox Christmas in these days in Hévíz. The fifth Russian charter plane will land on Saturday at the Hévíz-Balaton Airport on Saturday – the...
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Magazine: Salami shop
Date: 2013-01-03 17:41:04
Salami shop is located in downtown Budapest and in the 22m² Zsolnai tile-decorated room we find more than fifty products from Balatoni Meat and different artisan products. Sausages cost HUF...
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Magazine: Salami shop
Date: 2013-01-03 17:41:04
Salami shop is located in downtown Budapest and in the 22m² Zsolnai tile-decorated room we find more than fifty products from Balatoni Meat and different artisan products. Sausages cost HUF...
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The best videos of 2013 – Video of the day
Date: 2013-01-03 17:26:15
Here are some of the best videos of our popular Video of the day series. The New York-based NoMad restaurant is the first solo project from Daniel Humm and Will...
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Rural Adventure Chosen as Europe's Best Communications Programme
Date: 2013-01-03 16:53:15
The Vidék Kaland (“Rural Adventure”) Programme has won the competition for communications programmes related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) launched by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural...
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Frozen pancakes from Mosonszolnok
Date: 2013-01-03 16:50:33
The Cool Foods Kft. created a food plant in Mosonszolnok with a 80 million HUF investment. The plant that specialized for manufacturing pastas will soon give work to twelve employees....
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New Waste Management Regulations
Date: 2013-01-03 16:47:22
Some of the implementation regulations of the new Waste Management Act that came into force on January 1 have been issued. Among others, the new regulations concern the distribution of...
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Opten: 28,305 companies were terminated last year
Date: 2013-01-03 16:45:47
Last year, 28,305 companies were terminated in Hungary, around 4000 more than in 2011 – Opten Informatics Ltd. announced on Thursday. The firm founding mood was skyrocketing in the first...
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Which books are left accidentally in hotels?
Date: 2013-01-03 16:43:13
In a bid to flee reality for a world of fantasy and fiction, Britons have become a nation addicted to trilogies according to the Travelodge 2012 books left behind index....
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A newer food scandal in China: carcinogen materials in cooking oil
Date: 2013-01-03 16:42:38
A recent food abuse have come to light in China: During a national inspection, ten percent of the products did not meet the standards – the sina.com news portal reports....
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Nestlé would expand in China
Date: 2013-01-03 16:35:53
The world's largest food group would increase its market share in China, which soon can be the second largest market for Nestlé behind the United States. The breakthrough came in...
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An unlawful coffee shop and an invoice factory were closed by NAV
Date: 2013-01-03 16:32:00
The tax authority closed an illegitimate coffee shop and an invoice factory. The finance officers seized cash, property and vehicles in a total value of 820 million HUF and 23...
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Ecotourism program guide in the scope of a Hungarian-Austrian cooperation
Date: 2013-01-03 16:31:59
The Directorate of the Fertő-Hanság National Park (FHNP) offers an ecotourism program guide in German and Hungarian languages for the tourism service providers. The ecotourism program contains canoe tours, observation...
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Praktiker opened a small store in Komárom, Hungary
Date: 2013-01-03 16:18:15
Praktiker inagurated its twenty-first Hungarian store on Thursday in Komárom. The store offering DIY tools and equipments was made with a 50 million HUF investment On 1000 square meters more...
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Still no final decision on food VAT
Date: 2013-01-02 12:59:27
There is still no final decision on the reduction of the VAT on basic foodstuffs – the National Economy Ministry (NGM) informed Népszabadság. The government not yet answered to the...
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Fazekas Sándor: the agrarian economy this year can increase its positive export balance
Date: 2013-01-02 12:58:21
According to the preliminary datas, the Hungarian agriculture can increase its positive export balance this year, which is expected to exceed 3 billion euros, ie 800-900 billion euros – said...
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The school milk program will receive more support in 2013
Date: 2013-01-02 12:55:01
This year, the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) provides an about 1.5 billion HUF for the continuing school milk program, 300 million HUF more than in 2012 – the ministry...
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The best videos of 2012, part II – Video of the day
Date: 2013-01-02 12:41:13
Here are some of the most interesting and popular videos of 2012, from our series Video of the Day. Where even the napkin is black tie Jugglers of the bar...
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The BMI of December indicates a shrinkage
Date: 2013-01-02 12:25:42
The purchasing managers' index (BMI), indicated the shrinkage of the manufacturing industry in December. The 48.9 percent value declined by 3.2 percentage points compared with the previous month – the...
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Kassa will be the guest of honor of the Meat Jelly Festival in 2013
Date: 2013-01-02 12:15:07
Kassa will be the guest of honor of the Meat Jelly Festival in 2013 in Miskolc. In connection with the three-day-long European Capital of Culture (ECOC) 2013 event, Kassa will...
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Magazine: Wines close to the consumer
Date: 2013-01-02 12:13:06
Evan Mitchell and Brian Mitchell, two trade marketing experts from the USA recently published a book, titled The Psychology of Wine. In this they also give advices about how to...
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The Várda Drink Group is not making losses
Date: 2013-01-02 12:04:33
The Kisvárda-based Várda-Drink Group, dealing with the production and distribution of alcohol reduced its annual more than 300 million HUF loss to zero at the end of last year –...
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The A38 ship and the Millenáris Theater was chosen among the world's best clubs
Date: 2013-01-02 12:03:15
The voters of the Electronic Beats website chose the A38 ship and the Millenáris Theater among the world's best clubs: the former became the first the latter ended on fourth...
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Törley and the Magyar Bármixer Unió organized a Festive Cocktail Competition
Date: 2013-01-02 12:02:20
The Törley Festive Cocktail Competition 2012 was held on 10 December, organized by the Magyar Bármixer Unio and the Törley Pezsgőpincészet. The competitors had to use a minimum of 7...
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