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The price of poultry products may increase by 10 percent in the spring

According to the informations of the Magyar Hírlap, an annual 40-50 million chickens are slaughtered illegally in Hungary. In March a 10 percent increase may occur in the price of...

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Beer and soft drink brands and retail chains are also in competition for the Sports Campaign Award of the Year

The Nemzeti Sport, the Ringier Kiadó and the Felix Promotion are organizing the Sportsman of the Year vote for the third time. In the Sports Campaign category, among the candidates...

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Several countries have joined to the action against the Four Paws

The European Fatty Liver Association is exploring the possibility of how to act together against the Four Paws. The organization's actions caused losses to consumers, so senseless animal protection must...

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Sága’s action was popular

Sága Foods lotteried the winners of its “Uncover the new flavor of Saga!” action. 16 Hunguest Hotels prizes and the grand prize, a Toyota AYGO Cool car found new owner...

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Hungexpo – a larger than ever agricultural exhibition will be held in the Budapest Fair Centre

A larger than ever agricultural exhibition will be held between 30 January and 2 February in the Budapest Fair Center in the joint organization of Agromashexpo and Agrárgépshow exhibitions –...

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Magazine: The golden age of Ivan

Ever since the change of regime nearly all Russian restaurants were doomed to failure in Budapest. But soon Arbat shops appeared near Cora hypermarkets and were so successful that they...

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Slovakia prepares to introduce the “VAT Lottery”

The Slovak Finance Ministry plans to launch”VAT Lottery” later this year. The ministry would like to increase the VAT income of the state – Bratislava Pravda reported on Friday. According...

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Wine culture center opens in Tokaj- Hegyalja

The Basilicus Szőlőbirtok opens a Wine culture center in the first half of this year in Tokaj- Hegyalja. The facility aims to present the past and present of the historical...

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Tourism has become a key sector in Pest County

The increase in the number of tourists visiting and staying in Pest County was above the national average last year. The most popular tourist destination remained the Danube Bend, the...

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Are good restaurants multiplying?

After over two years serving as head chef at Noma, Matt Orlando will be leaving René Redzepi's restaurant to open Amass, his own venture. Orlando tells the local paper Politiken...

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Tully's Coffee with a new owner

Actor Patrick Dempsey, better known as television's “Dr. McDreamy,” promised to rescue Seattle's Tully's coffee chain with a $9.15 million bid to buy it out of bankruptcy. The “Grey's Anatomy”...

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Strong brands, strong Hungary

The Hungarian Brands Association held an Extraordinary General Meeting. Szijjártó Péter, the  Prime Minister's State Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations also attended the event. The Association presented...

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Food price increase may slow

Usually the year starts with a drop in prices. But the food prices fall lasted only for a week. In the second week of January prices became higher. According to...

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A new conference centered around packaging

A conference in Hungarian is going to take place on 16th August 2013 in Budapest (11, Bartók Béla út 152.), organized by CSAOSZ, based on the major, up-to-date questions of...

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Magazine: Cybermarketing

Part of the Facebook site’s popularity lies in its various applications, many of which are related to bars and restaurants. One of these was launched by San Francisco bars and...

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The local government of Gyula established a meat company

The local government of Gyula established a meat company under the Gyulahús Kft. name. Görgényi Ernő (Fidesz) mayor informed that the local municipality adopted the submission on the company’s establishment...

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The best videos of 2012 pt 7. – Video of the day

Here are some of the best videos of 2012: Contestants in Moscow race against the clock to eat half a kilo of black caviar, worth thousands of dollars. Report by...

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More than 54 million HUF offer by Tesco to those in need – video

Gerard Gray, CEO of Tesco-Global Ltd. has offered the Ecumenical Emergency Fund a cheque of more than 54 million HUF, the offers of Tesco customers on Thursday, within the compass...

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Pharmacy Pricer system already in Hungary

Electronic price display in broke into another area. In Hungary the Szigony Patika is the only pharmacy with Electronic price display. Open-shelf pharmacies also hit by the exact price displayed...

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Hungexpo closed a successful year

The Hungexpo Zrt.  closed a successful year in 2012: its sales revenue exceeded the target and reached 3 billion HUF – Ganczer Gábor, the company's CEO told at a press...

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The Leaseplan Group further strengthens in Europe

The world’s leading fleet manager the LeasePlan has announced that the company signed an agreement to the acquisition of the vehicle fleet leasing business of the  Italian Banco Bilbao Vizcaya...

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Good Christmas season at the British Tesco

Tesco closed a good Christmas season in Britain: the world's third largest retailer reached the largest increase in turnover of the past three years in the Christmas season – Világgazdaság...

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China buys wheat from America again

China buys wheat from the United States and from Canada again after domestic product prices have risen to a record high level, while wheat prices on the global markets became...

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Wine pouch systems – innnovative solutions

The wine pouch weighs about 20 times less than glass bottles. And if the wine is made & packaged for example in South Africa or South America and then shipped...

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KSH: the turnover of commercial accommodations increased by 6.1 percent in November

Foreigners spent 15.7 percent more guest nights in accommodation establishments in November, compared to last November. However their number of guest nights decreased by 3.0 percent. The total number of...

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The Balaton Sound became the best medium-sized festival in Europe

After Sziget Festival’s last year success – in another category – the Sziget Szervezőiroda’s newest music festival, won the first prize at the Festival Awards Europe contest. Among the “medium-sized”...

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GfK: Consumer sentiment has improved slightly

The value of GfK Hungária’s Complex Consumer Confidence Index as well as the value of  its Propensity to Buy Index increased slightly in the last quarter of 2012, while the...

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Analysts: foreign trade surplus remains high

Due to the low domestic demand, foreign trade surplus remains high this year – analysts told MTI. According to the preliminary datas of the Central Statistics Office (KSH) published on...

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KIK: the school milk program continues in the public schools

This year, the school milk program continues in the educational institutions, operated by the state – the Klebelsberg Intézményfenntartó Központ (KIK) (Klebelsberg Institution Maintenance Center) told MTI on Wednesday. As...

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Cooperation in order to develop the Chinese-Hungarian economic relations

The National Foreign Trade Office (HITA) and the Hungarian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (ChinaCham Hungary) signed an agreement on January 8. The HITA  and the ChinaCham Hungary wants to help the...

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