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Nébih: Bird flu detected in a goose farm in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
The laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) confirmed the presence of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus in a goose farm in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. The affected flock...
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NAV: you can find out where and what types of inspections are expected from the Tax Traffic Pax section
The National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) always acts in accordance with valid and effective legislation, and in the Tax Trafficking section of its website it indicates in advance where...
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Spain records record number of foreign tourists in 2025
Spain welcomed 96.7 million foreign tourists last year, 3.2 percent more than in 2024, setting a record for the third consecutive year, the Spanish statistics agency (INE) said on Tuesday....
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SAP Forecast: 5 AI Trends in 2026
SAP, the world’s leading company in business applications, cloud solutions and intelligent enterprise technologies, has again outlined its expectations for the beginning of the year. Of course, primarily in the...
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NKFH: glass cup recalled by distributor due to heavy metal leaching
The distributor has recalled glass cups from Flying Tiger stores due to heavy metal leaching – the announcement published on the website of the National Trade and Consumer Protection Authority...
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Márton Nagy: Hungarian tourism has made history again
Hungarian tourism has made history again. The Ministry of National Economy contributed to the top-notch result in 2025 with numerous targeted measures, which clearly demonstrates the sector’s continued distinguished role...
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A fruit day doesn’t cure or sustain you – that’s why most corporate well-being programs don’t work
Most corporate well-being programs start with good intentions, yet fail to deliver real health or business results. The reason for this is not that “well-being doesn’t work”, but rather that...
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There are no unhealthy foods, only poorly chosen quantities
Why do we really eat? Just to avoid hunger, or to stay healthy in the long term? For most of human history, food was primarily for survival: we needed enough...
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Passenger traffic at Romanian airports increased by nearly 10 percent in 2025
The passenger traffic at Romanian airports in 2025 was more than 28.5 million people, the Association of Romanian Airports (AAR) announced on Tuesday. This is the highest number ever, exceeding...
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Less corn to be sown this year
The International Grains Council’s January projection indicates a global corn harvest of 1,313 million tonnes in the 2025/2026 marketing year, 6 percent more than in the 2024/2025 marketing year. Utilization...
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MFB Director: Interest-free loans worth HUF 39 billion will help businesses develop energy efficiency
The Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) is supporting the energy efficiency developments of enterprises with a new interest-free loan, almost 39 billion forints are available in the EU co-financed loan structure...
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MLSZKSZ: Hungarian maritime containerized goods traffic increased by more than 17 percent in 2025
A magyar tengeri konténeres áruforgalom 2025-ben éves összevetésben több mint 17 százalékkal nőtt a konténerek száma alapján, konténer egységszámban (TEU) kifejezve elérte a 426 484 darabot; a bővülést döntően az...
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The country’s largest hemp producer, Dutch HempFlax, is withdrawing from Romania
The country’s largest hemp producer, Dutch HempFlax, is withdrawing from Romania, economica.net reports, citing a company statement. The company has entrusted real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield Echinox with the...
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Clean beauty market to triple as retailers ditch synthetic legacies
Asia underpins growth driven by ingredient transparency. The global clean beauty retail market size was valued at $8.3b in 2024 and is projected to reach $23.7b by 2033, expanding at...
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MBH: the prospects for the agricultural sector are different
The prospects for the agricultural sector this year show a significant difference: while the crop-growing sectors are somewhat more optimistic, because the winter weather has been favorable for them so...
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Anyone who travels with BudapestGO can win a ticket to the country’s largest comic book festival
BKK and Budapest Comic Con are offering a special prize draw for regular public transport users. Anyone who purchases one of the specified passes in the BudapestGO app in February...
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Tesco Tests Retail Crime Reporting Platform
Tesco will implement a retail crime reporting platform as part of a ten-week pilot project in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, UK. Starting 26 January 2026, employees at 40 Tesco stores will...
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The country’s largest hemp grower, Dutch HempFlax, is withdrawing from Romania
The country’s largest hemp producer, the Dutch HempFlax, is withdrawing from Romania – economica.net reports based on the company’s announcement. The company has entrusted the real estate consultant Cushman &...
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PepsiCo jobs in Spain at risk
The US giant is making changes to the way it distributes products in the European country and axed staff last year. PepsiCo has outlined plans to cut more jobs in...
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Domestic and imported pear prices have also increased
According to the forecast published by the Central Statistical Office in December for 2025, the pear harvest in Hungary decreased by 17.5 percent compared to the previous year. Its imports...
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MLBKT: BMI seasonally adjusted value for January: 49.3
The January 2026 Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) decreased from 54.0 points in December. In January, respondents reported a contraction in the manufacturing industry compared to the previous month, the Hungarian...
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ESG obligations: communication can become a major stumbling block
With the exception of the very largest companies, Hungarian businesses have been granted significant extensions and relief in meeting their ESG obligations. At the same time, for many companies this...
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Not a campaign, but regular help: tens of thousands of donations for shelter dogs and cats
The cooperation between SPAR Hungary and the National Animal Welfare Foundation continued in 2025, allowing customers to support dogs and cats living in shelters across the country. During the year,...
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MTÜ president: Hungarian tourism made history last year
Last year, Hungarian tourism made history, which is a common success for the tourism industry; growth was measured in all segments in 2025 – the president of the Hungarian Tourism...
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ALDI offers a money-back guarantee on fresh vegetables and fruits
In order to ensure customer satisfaction, ALDI Hungary offers a quality guarantee for all fresh vegetables and fruits sold in its stores. If customers are not satisfied with the quality...
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RASFF raises alarm – summary of Hungarian cases in 2025
According to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), more than 240 risky products had to be taken into account in Hungary in 2025. The cases affecting...
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Sz. Variant from Debrecen won a WorldStar award with a Stühmer packaging
Sz. Variáns Kft. from Debrecen won one of the WorldStar Packaging Awards organized by the World Packaging Organization for the second time in 2026: according to the announcement, the company...
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A Mastercard Európában elsőként vezeti be az UEFA Champions League digitális passion kártyát az OTP Bankkal együttműködésben
Budapest, February 2, 2026 – Mastercard and OTP Bank announced that Europe’s first UEFA Champions League digital passion card image is now available to OTP Mastercard cardholders. The new card...
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Swiss watch exports rose 3.3 percent in December and fell 1.7 percent last year
Exports of Swiss watches grew by 3.3 percent in a year, to 2.1 billion Swiss francs in December, and fell by 1.7 percent to 25.6 billion francs last year overall,...
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The Earth is warming faster than models can track – air pollution has so far masked the true severity of the situation
The pace of global warming has accelerated dramatically: the average temperature of the Earth is already 1.4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels – it seems inevitable that we will overshoot...
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