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The removal of wine by-products and distillation will be simplified

The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) simplifies the procedures related to the removal of  wine by-products (marc and lees) and the procedures related to distillation will be more simple as...

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Samsung leads on the market of smart phones

Samsung increased its lead in front of Apple and Nokia on the global smartphone market – states the analysts of the Reuters news agency. Samsung, thanks to its new top...

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Magazine: Pop-up ice cream parlour

A simple but brilliant idea: opening a pop-up ice cream parlour in the summer. In this case we are not talking about simple ice cream but gelato, which is made...

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Collective agreement renewed at Spar

The Spar Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. has signed the renewed collective agreement with its own meat plant, the TANN Magyarország Kft., and with the Trade Union  of the Commercial Employees (KSZ)....

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Holiday vouchers are getting increasingly popular

The customer community sites are conquering more space for themselves. The Kupon Világ which is the most directly accessed coupon / bonus company, in one year saved 3.2 billion HUF...

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Warm beer – Video of the day

Here's thehilarious SNL skit, “Schmitts Gay Beer” commercialwith Adam Sandler and Chris Farleyfrom 1991. The SaturdayNightLiveclipfeaturesmusicbyVan Halenwiththe song BeautifulGirls. Here is the video....

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Coca-Cola music for the Olympic Games

Coca‑Cola and Grammy award-winning music producer Mark Ronson have travelled the world, capturing the sounds of five different Olympic sports and blending them into one song that brings the spirit...

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Tesco supports the paralympic team with 35 million HUF

The CEO of Tesco has given a total of 35 million HUF support to the president of the Hungarian Paralympic Committee, within the compass of the official farewell-party of the...

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EC is not willing to get involved in the issues of the milk-market

Since the beginning of 2012, a drop in the demand for dairy products on world markets has led to a significant decrease in market prices for these products between January...

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Black grain trade decreased by more than 50 percent

Black grain trade in Hungary decreased by more than 50 percent, following the 1 July introduction of the  reverse VAT – Vancsura József, Chairman of the National Association of Cereal...

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Magazine: Preferential Sourcing System: economising and market opportunities

VOSZ-BESZ Zrt. was founded by the National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ). It worked out a Preferential Sourcing System (KBSZ): those companies that join the system provide SMEs with...

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In Europe we are the champions in price increases

In the EU Member States, the harmonized consumer price index was 2.6 percent, in the euro zone it was lower: 2.4 percent. The EU’s statistics show that in Hungary this...

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Company establishments are weakening due to coupon offers

The demand for company establishments are weakening for years: while before 2008 the number of businesses increased generally by 5-6 percent annually, it has fallen below 2 percent nowadays –...

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Melon exports started in Eastern Hungary

Melon exports have started from the East-Hungarian region. The region's largest exporter company, the Nyíregyháza-based Rádium Kft. has shipped about 50 trucks of melons to the Northern European countries until...

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Tesco bought a hypermarket in Komárom

The Tesco chain will will take over the Hypernova hypermarket and its petrol station  on 17 September in Pozsonyi Road in Komárom – TASR Slovak state news agency informs. The...

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Lidl does not increase prices due to the telecommunications tax

Similar to Tesco Mobile, Lidl’s Blue Mobile will not increase its minute fees and SMS tariffs, due to the telecommunications tax introduced from 1 July. Lidl launched its own branded...

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Wine and guitar in the wineries and winehotel of Farkasmály

The wineries and winehotel of Farkasmály, Gyöngyös was the home to the closing night and gala of the 4th Guitar Days of Gyöngyös from 14th to 16th July 2011, the...

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More than a week of pancake frying in Derekegyháza

Pancakes were prepared for more than a week in Derekegyháza, Csongrád county. During this time, more than 35 thousand pieces of pankakes were made. Sárai Zsolt, organizer of the festival,...

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U.S. retail sales further declined in June

Instead of the expected rise, the U.S. retail sales continued to decline in June – announced the United States Department of Commerce. After the 0.2 percent drop in May, sales...

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Four to six hundred festivals in Hungary

According to datas of the Central Statistical Office, 4.2 percent of the foreigners comes to Hungary to attend a festival. Hungary is the country of festivals. On the list of...

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Is wine really the new energy drink?

The active ingredient of red wine, the resveratrol increases physical performance, so Canadian researchers hope to use the ingredient in the form of stamina tablets. Resveratrol discovered long time ago...

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TV Eaters – IPTV on the Rise

In Hungary leisure time at home has become synonymous with television viewing in the last 25-30 years. Watching TV is a typically passive activity for which content providers found no...

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Human Telex is into glass

Guardian, one of the world's greatest manufacturers of float glass and fabricated glass products has signed a contract with Human Telex Creative Agency in order to carry out their new...

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VM: the chamber of agriculture will be the interest reconciliation forum of the entire agri-food industry

The most important aim of the law on the Hungarian Agriculture, Food and Rural Economic Development Chamber is to create a unified agricultural chamber, in which farmers, processors and traders...

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Agricultural producer prices have increased by 1.8 percent

In May, the producer price level of agricultural products rose by 1.8 percent, compared to the level of the previous year. The price of crop products fell by 1.7 percent,...

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The food industry increased beside declining industrial production

In May, industrial production fell by 0.4 percent, compared to the previous year – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Friday. The working-days adjusted index shows a 1.9 percent...

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The promotion of Hungarian watermelon has started

The promotion campaign of the Hungarian watermelon has started. The campaign aims to increase the consumption of watermelon, produced in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs counties – said Budai Gyula Secretary of...

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Chamber of Agriculture: significant yield loss can occur in case of corn

This year corn was cultivated on a record-size area on 1.262 million hectares in Hungary, and in early June, the experts expected a good harvest. According to the report of...

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Magazine: There are few strong cheese brands

The 1-percent drop in volume sales and the 7-percent rise in value sales measured by Nielsen mean that despite growing cheese prices households try to maintain their consumption. Quality cheese...

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The Hungarian commercial real estate rents remained unchanged

While the commercial real estate rents in Hong Kong increased by 19, in New York by 15 percent in the second quarter, and in Western Europe a shortage occurred of...

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