News and articles
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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Makó established an award
Date: 2013-01-02 12:01:46
One should apply to deserve the Best of Makó trade mark, which will be awarded by an independent jury of experts among the candidates in catering, accommodation and leisure services...
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Russia banned beer sales at night
Date: 2013-01-02 12:01:07
In order to fight against alcoholism beer cannot be distributed in Russia in street stores under 50 square meters from Tuesday. At night beer cannot be sold in any stores....
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Stella Artois campaign for Christmas
Date: 2013-01-02 10:47:17
There are a lot of men who'd love to see Alice Eve gift wrapped under their tree on Christmas morning. And thanks to a new viral campaign by Stella Artois,...
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New year's resolution 2013: beautiful, healthy teeth
Date: 2013-01-02 10:26:37
cientists have discovered a new molecule that will make your teeth cavityproof and may change dental care forever. They have appropriately named it Keep 32—for your 32 teeth—and it can...
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Magazine: Our cocktail!
Date: 2013-01-01 20:40:15
Despite Hungary’s relatively poor cocktail culture our bartenders achieve good results in different competitions and at the annual Drinks International Boutiq’Bar (Budapest) was named one of the world’s 50 best...
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Basic molecular gastronomy
Date: 2013-01-01 20:16:46
Molecular gastronomy or molecular cuisine is the science of cooking but it is commonly used to describe a new style of cuisine in which chefs explore new culinary possibilities in...
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Nielsen: the Hungarian consumers would buy especially food products if they would have more money
Date: 2013-01-01 14:00:22
If the Hungarian consumers could spend 10 percent more money each month, they would spend the most part of it (2.4 percent) for food and drinks, that can be consumed...
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The fisheries are entirely using EU supports
Date: 2013-01-01 13:25:37
The 150 EU fishing projects’ support value excessed 7.8 billion HUF. Along with this the sector implements a total of 47 billion HUF investments, taking advantage of the full funding...
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GVH: consumer affairs in focus
Date: 2013-01-01 13:23:16
The Competition Authority closed about 110 cases in 2012, and launched about the same number of legal proceedings. Consumer protection issues made up the majority of cases that were initiated...
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FrieslandCampina to close its factory in Debrecen
Date: 2013-01-01 13:22:36
The FrieslandCampina dairy company will close its plant in Debrecen from September 2013 but signed a memorandum of understanding with a possible purchaser, so it is possible that the factory...
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More than one million bottles of champagne and hundreds of tons of sausage in the Tesco
Date: 2013-01-01 13:15:17
More than a million bottles of champagne, kids champagne, sparkling wine, as well as 350 tons of bulk packs and 700,000 pre-packed sausages awaited the customers before New Year's Eve...
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The local government of Pápa increases the capital in the Pápai Hús 1913 Kft.
Date: 2013-01-01 13:12:41
The local government increases its current eight percent ownership to fifty percent in the Pápai Hús 1913 Kft. – the mayor of Pépa announced, who did not disclose the exact...
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Family-owned venison meat processing plant began operation in Nógrád
Date: 2013-01-01 13:10:54
A family-owned venison meat processing plant began operation in the village of Nógrád. The company is processing 15 to 20 wild animals per week – Villányi Péter, the owner of...
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The Balatoni Crown has lived up to the expectations
Date: 2013-01-01 13:03:43
The Balatoni Crown (Balatoni Korona) can be be used in 200 places. The local currency was introduced end of March this year – Leitold László, President and Chief Executive Officer...
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Hungarians spend a quarter more time with traveling at the end of 2012
Date: 2013-01-01 12:32:14
In the last month of 2012, Hungarians spend a quarter more time away from their homes, compared to 2011. In the Christmas and New Year’s Eve period the most popular...
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