News and articles
Olympics can boost domestic hospitality
Date: 2012-07-20 10:10:41
According to the Tourism Association of Bükfürdő, the London Olympics can boost up the Hungarian hospitality. The organization wrote in its communication sent to MTI on Saturday, that a lot...
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Debrecen hosts Hungarian-Iranian business forum
Date: 2012-07-20 08:56:33
More than 15 companies were presented at a Hungarian-Iranian business forum in Debrecen (E Hungary). The forum was part of preparations for the arrival of a bigger delegation, including representatives...
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The Hungarian government adopted the Hungarian Product Regulation
Date: 2012-07-19 13:00:20
The government adopted the Hungarian Product Regulation on Wednesday – announced Fazekas Sándor, Rural Development Minister in Thursday morning's 180 perc show of MR1 Kossuth Radio. The Minister summarized the...
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The number of Internet users increasing slower than before
Date: 2012-07-19 12:55:38
In Hungary, 62 percent of the population aged 15-69, almost 4.6 million people uses the internet at least monthly. Although Internet penetration has not stopped, the pace slowed down considerably,...
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KSH: average gross wage was 220,700 in the first five months
Date: 2012-07-19 12:50:20
In the first five months of 2012 the gross average wages increased by 4.4 percent, the net average wages without taking the family allowances into account rose by 1.7 percent...
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Magazine: Consumer demand targets quality paper products
Date: 2012-07-19 12:34:55
The household paper market is stable, with a small restructuring taking place. Experts agree that the crisis is not over yet, consumers are price-conscious and promotion-sensitive. According to Judit Tóth,...
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Tesco exports a substantial amount of Hungarian melon
Date: 2012-07-19 12:25:04
Tesco has launched this year's melon-tasting action in its Tesco Extra store in Váci Road. The company in cooperation with the Rural Development Ministry and the Hungarian Association of Hungarian...
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QR-code payments before a break-through in Hungary
Date: 2012-07-19 12:20:48
Until the end of next year the number of buyers who are able to pay with QR code can reach the critical threshold of about 200 thousand smart phone users....
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METRO: “Donate to get them food!”
Date: 2012-07-19 12:18:29
Tokody Tibor, Koltai Tamás, Varga Roland, Molnár Péter, Pátkai Máté, the footballers of the Győri ETO FC football club received the Child Nutrition Foundation’s “Donate to get them food!” entitled...
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New product category in Hungary from July
Date: 2012-07-19 11:46:09
The success of energy drinks have proven that consumers are constantly thirsting for a boost. But will they ever want to come back down and reach for a nonalcoholic drink...
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SPAR has a new in-store media agency!
Date: 2012-07-19 11:05:49
Starting from this September, the media partner of SPAR Magyarország Commercial Ltd. is going to be Win-Store Media Consulting Ltd. The two companies have already signed the contract, and made...
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Fifty-two winemakers of five countries present their wines at this year's Kürti Wine Festival this weekend
Date: 2012-07-19 11:00:16
The event is taking place in the cellars of Kürt (Strekov) village on Saturday and Sunday. Exhibitors will arrive from Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, so the visitors...
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Lángos vote to be launched: Vénusz is looking for Hungary's favorite fried bread
Date: 2012-07-19 10:58:12
Sometimes the really good fried bread sellers can be found at hidden, lost places. Vénusz aims to change this and is looking for Hungary's favorite fried bread. The Lángos voks...
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Tourism organisations would like to have more Széchenyi Rest Cards acceptance points at the Lake Balaton
Date: 2012-07-19 10:45:10
The tourism organisations asked for the fast contracting of the Széchenyi Rest Cards from the banks at their event in Siófok on Tuesday. Kertész Rezső, the president of the Somogy...
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Gastronomic and local values festival in Nyíregyháza
Date: 2012-07-19 10:40:35
The festival promoting the gastronomy of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county and the local products of the region, on 21 and 22 July in Nyíregyháza-Sóstógyógyfürdő under the Guilds, Counties, People title. This festival...
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Sága and Heineken in the same boat
Date: 2012-07-19 10:13:17
Sága Foods, the company behind the market-leading sausage brand Füstli and Heineken's famous Hungarian beer Soproni are playing in the same team now: the best meal in the hot summertime...
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Wonderduck carried out ALDI's birthday prize show
Date: 2012-07-19 09:37:10
Similarly to the previous year, Wonderduck has carried out Aldi's successful birthday promotion this year, too. The prize this year was valuable, again: 4 new Audi A1 cars were handed...
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Safe playgrounds for even more kids
Date: 2012-07-19 08:09:20
Within the compass of Delikát's “Cook a playground” program, 44 up-to-date, EU-conform playgrounds have been built by Unilever Magyarország Ltd. This year, this number may even grow, in order to...
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OKSZ: trade’s position can improve
Date: 2012-07-18 13:20:57
The most important elements of the job protection action plan is expected to contribute those sectors that have diverse employment structure, such as the trade – told the National Trade...
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Melon Market: cooperation with the trading companies
Date: 2012-07-18 12:40:05
To reach success in the Hungarian agriculture, including the watermelon sector cooperation is essential – emphasized Fazekas Sándor Rural Development Minister on Wednesday in Budapest, at the opening event of...
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HENT: every seventh Hungarian bought fake products in the past year
Date: 2012-07-18 12:35:29
In the past year, 14 percent of the population purchased fake products at least once, while in the previous year this figure was 13 percent – the National Board Against...
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NÉBIH: most of the wheat, barley and canola has been harvested
Date: 2012-07-18 12:20:08
Most of the wheat, barley and canola has been harvested. Harvest is completed on 81 percent of the arable land of the three plants on more than 1.4 million acres...
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Magazine: Western trends in Hungarian grill product counters
Date: 2012-07-18 11:48:57
Grill product importer Landhof Hungária Kft. is also working on bringing international innovations to Hungary. Key account manager Péter Gnám told us that demand for new products is growing. This...
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Tetrapak: eco-friendly donation to the Children’s Hospital in Tűzoltó Street
Date: 2012-07-18 11:01:03
The 2.4 tons donation consists of more than 1 million worth recycled paper products, preceeds the cutting of thirty trees. The donation was handed over by the Tetra Pak Hungária...
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Alcoa bought a beverage can manufacturer
Date: 2012-07-18 11:00:36
The world's largest aluminum industrial company the U.S. Alcoa acquire total control in the world's largest aluminum drink can manufacturer the U.S. Evermore Recycling, by buying out the company’s previous...
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Investigation due to the bankruptcy of Shlecker
Date: 2012-07-18 10:59:18
The Stuttgart state prosecutor's office started an investigation against Anton Schlecker and thirteen other defendants, due to the bankruptcy of the Shlecker German drugstore chain. Proceeding has started against the...
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Budapest Airport is the best in gastronomy
Date: 2012-07-18 10:58:59
“The world's best food and drink offerings – among the airports with less than ten million passengers” – this prize was awarded to the Budapest Airport, by the most prestigious...
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Sopron organizes “Bike in the vineyard!” program
Date: 2012-07-18 10:55:11
The program links the presentation of cultural landscape with cycling tourism, which will be organized on Saturday in the Sopron wine region for the first time entitled “Bike in the...
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Budapest, Lake Balaton, Western Transdanubia – the most powerful tourist regions
Date: 2012-07-18 10:15:27
After Budapest and Balaton, the Western Transdanubian region is Hungary’s third strongest tourist destination with a 13 percent share – told the regional marketing director of the Hungarian National Tourist...
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Three million Unilever products helped big families
Date: 2012-07-18 09:04:57
Throughout the 1.5 month of their charity-project, Coop and Unilever have collected more than a total of 3 million HUF to the Associaton of Big Families. Within the compass of...
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