News and articles
KSH measured 5.7 percent inflation in 2012
Date: 2013-01-15 12:25:35
In 2012, consumer prices rose by an average of 5.7 percent, compared to the previous year, and in December were 5.0 percent higher than a year earlier. Consumer prices remained...
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Magazine: The door to another world – Flavour importers III.
Date: 2013-01-15 12:00:00
One of the oldest ‘national’ food stores in Hungary is the Asia shop in Budapest’s Great Market Hall. Sándor Varga and his wife opened shop in 1988 and they specialise...
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Onlinekassza.hu: The news portal helps in the connecting of cashiers to NAV
Date: 2013-01-15 11:43:57
The businesses will be informed from a new source about the connecting of cashiers to NAV. The recently launched Onlinekassza.hu news portal provides practical help to the businesses, beside the...
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HITA: SMEs can apply for 400 million HUF
Date: 2013-01-15 11:40:58
The National Foreign Trade Office (HITA) extended the deadline of the trade development tender with one month. New deadline is 15 February 2013. The tender aims to increase the export...
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Hungarian beet producers will buy the former sugar factory
Date: 2013-01-15 11:32:27
According to the informations of the Hajdú-bihari Napló, the former sugar factory in Kaba will be owned by Hungarians again. The owner the Eastern Sugár Zrt. has been trying to...
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Personnel changes in the leadership of Tchibo Budapest Kft.
Date: 2013-01-15 11:20:58
The Tchibo Budapest Kft. expands management team with skilled professionals in order to the dynamic development of its new business branches. The Tchibo Budapest Kft. appoints Mészáros Zsolt (44) as...
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Tesco relaunches its baby brand
Date: 2013-01-15 11:01:22
Tesco’s Baby brand, the “Tesco Loves Baby.” Will be relaunched. The British retail chain intends to increase its market share on the baby products market, in order to improve the...
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U.S. retail sales expanded
Date: 2013-01-15 11:00:21
Retail sales in the U.S increased by 0.5 percent last December instead of the expected 0.2 percent – the Ministry of Commerce announced. The bad news is that the atmosphere...
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A record surplus in the external trade of the Eurozone
Date: 2013-01-15 11:00:01
íThe aggregate external trade surplus of the Eurozone countries reached a record surplus – shows Eurostat’s data published on Tuesday. According to the first estimate of Eurostat, Eurozone’s external trade...
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The strawberry and blueberry may reduce the risk of heart attacks in case of women
Date: 2013-01-15 10:54:59
The consumption of strawberry and blueberry three times a week may reduce the risk of heart attacks in case of women by one-third – American and British researchers state in...
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Siófok was the star last year
Date: 2013-01-15 10:34:12
According to the summary statistics of Szállás.hu, last year more and more people have come together to travel. The cheaper hotels were the most popular and people rested more than...
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A Ministerial Commissioner to Coordinate Preparations for the 2013 Budapest World Water Summit
Date: 2013-01-15 09:56:57
In October 2013, Hungary will host an international conference on water with the participation of UN member nations and institutions, and all related economic and social players (The Budapest World...
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Fewer and fewer people are forced to suffer from the harmful effects of passive smoking in Hungary
Date: 2013-01-15 09:06:49
The smoking habits of young people in Hungary aged between 13-15 years have been studied for the third time as part of a WHO international research project. The results published...
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Ipsos: we look around many places, but do not really want to choose
Date: 2013-01-14 12:50:59
It is one thing to look around, but real commitment means something different. On average, 44 percent of the respondents followed the various brands in social media – shows the...
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About 2.6 billion HUF support to increase the number of pigs
Date: 2013-01-14 12:46:19
The government favors commodity production and food processing in the agricultural strategy; in order to increase the number of pigs a 2.6 billion HUF supportis available – Kardeván Endre, Minister...
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KSH: decrease in the growth of agri producer prices
Date: 2013-01-14 12:20:00
Agricultural producer prices rose by 18.5 percent in November, compared to the level of a year earlier, after the 24.5 percent price increase of the previous month. The price of...
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The world produces four billion tons of food – half of this amount ends as garbage
Date: 2013-01-14 12:10:41
Nowadays we produce roughly four billion tons of food each year. It is estimated that about 30 to 50 percent (from 1.2 to 2 billion tons) never make it to...
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The change of cash-registers may last until the end of the year
Date: 2013-01-14 11:26:24
The requirements in connection with the cash-registers are still not fixed yet. The development, licensing, or testing of the right tool may last until the end of the year –...
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The expansion of biofuels is pushing up food prices
Date: 2013-01-14 11:25:51
Europe and United States are encouraging the expansion of alternative fuels with laws in order to reduce dependence on oil. However, the plant-based fuel production can cause a drastic rise...
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The National Chamber of Agriculture elects a new leadership
Date: 2013-01-14 11:12:43
The National official elections of the New National Chamber of Agriculture begins on the first of February. The county list should be submitted until 21 January at the official premises...
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Industrial production declined in the euro zone in November
Date: 2013-01-14 11:00:53
In November, instead of a modest increase, industrial production declined in the euro zone and in the EU in November – the European Union's statistical office, Eurostat announced on Monday....
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Magazine: Little Britain
Date: 2013-01-14 11:00:00
Opinions diverge on British gastronomy, but an increasing number of Hungarians buy typically British products. Their needs are served by British Store in Budapest, which started as an on-line shop....
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Swiss-Hungarian businessman can buy the Zsolnay Porcelain Manufactory
Date: 2013-01-14 10:25:56
Bachar Najari, Syrian-born Swiss- Hungarian businessman won the tender of the Zsolnay Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt., that was aimed to sale the majority stake of the Porcelain Manufactory – Csizi Péter, Deputy...
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In the shadow of Big Brother – Video of the day
Date: 2013-01-14 10:25:43
Here's a dreamy video about the start-to-finish experience of dining at Albert Adrià's 41º in Barcelona. The short film was revealed at Gastronomika, the recent Spanish chefs symposium, showing off...
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New market research database
Date: 2013-01-14 10:20:23
Global market research company Euromonitor International announced today the launch of Passport: Cities, a database providing fully comparable data and in-depth analysis on 850 cities worldwide.Passport: Cities provides localized city...
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New EU-policy on additives
Date: 2013-01-14 10:18:29
Food additives are substances added intentionally to foodstuffs to perform certain technological functions, for example to colour, to sweeten or to preserve. Food additives are defined in Community legislation as...
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The cafeteria system in 2013
Date: 2013-01-14 10:15:18
The tax burden on cafeteria benefits will increase in 2013, but in several elements positive changes are expected. The RSM DTM tax consultant collected the most important tax changes on...
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The trip to the Bocuse d'Or finals is cheaper now
Date: 2013-01-14 10:09:41
MVI is organizing a trip to the finals of Bocuse d’Or, where a Hungarian chef is competing with the international scene for the first time. The event will take place...
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Food retail turnover increased by 5 percent in value
Date: 2013-01-11 13:00:11
Retail revenues increased by 5 percent, to about 1,370 billion HUF in the 90 food categories measured by Nielsen between December 2011 and November 2012, compared to the previous year's...
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Humans produce 300 million tons of meat every year
Date: 2013-01-11 12:10:00
The human kind’s “hunger for meat”has reached a record high level – a German report states. According to the reports, the consumption rate of beef, pork and poultry meat products...
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