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Retail giant plans to close stores
Date: 2012-03-19 13:08:39
The U.S. retail giant Sears plans significant cost reductions. In the first half of this year, the company intends to implement the closure of 62 stores out of its 4010...
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The world's leading brands are keeping off Hungary
Date: 2012-03-19 12:50:21
London, Paris and Moscow attract most of the top brands, these brands are only appearing at outstanding locations, which cannot be found in Hungary currently – told Jones Lang LaSalle...
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Egg prices are increasing throughout Europe
Date: 2012-03-19 12:40:44
Czechs are buying large quantities of eggs from German stores near the border, because eggs are much more cheaper there than in the Czech Republic. Therefore, German stores strict the...
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Henkel published its 2011 sustainability report
Date: 2012-03-19 12:30:31
The contents of the Report reflect the Henkel relevant and material challenges of sustainable development. The selected topics include the results of our continuous dialogue with a large circle of...
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Additional restrictions to preserve the GMO-free status of the Hungarian agriculture
Date: 2012-03-19 12:26:18
In order to preserve the GMO-free (genetically modified organisms-free) status of the Hungarian agriculture, the rural development minister introduces additional restrictive measures. The regulation was published on Monday in the...
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The most well-known chef of the world is a journalist
Date: 2012-03-19 12:23:13
Lia Abend is working as a journalist at Time magazine, and still she is probably the most popular gastroblogger of the world. The magazine has made an interview with the...
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Plastic shopping bags may be banned
Date: 2012-03-19 12:16:08
According to a study, the European Commission is considering to regulate the use of plastic shopping bags similar to the carbon dioxide emissions, to protect the environment, but does not...
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Nestlé’s Diósgyőr-based plant manufactures Easter chocolate figurines for twenty countries
Date: 2012-03-19 12:15:29
About 1,300 tons of Easter chocolate figurines were produced for this year's Easter season at Nestlé’s Diósgyőr-based plant. 80 percent of this quantity – more than two billion HUF worth...
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Business and Style Conference in Symbol, Budapest
Date: 2012-03-19 12:09:25
Various delicate subject matters of the business life will be discussed at the Business and Style Conference in Symbol in Budapest on 29th March, where 150 business people, executives and...
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The food specialty of Kapuvár would be named after its creator
Date: 2012-03-19 12:05:34
The sticker liver should wear the name of its “inventor” – Németh Csóka Gábor deputy mayor of Kaposvár has raised the idea at the opening ceremony of festival dedicated to...
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The Domro Borgazdaság Kft. will be liquidated
Date: 2012-03-19 11:00:49
The Domro Borgazdaság Kft. wine distributor company of Imrehegy will be liquidated. Last year, the food safety authority found hundred thousand bottles of unknown origin wines in the company’s storehouse....
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Wages increased the most in Fejér, decreased the most in Nógrád county
Date: 2012-03-19 10:48:12
According to the salary survey of Fizetesek.hu, operated by the Workania job portal, the national average gross salary in 2011 was 212,600 HUF. The average wage was the highest in...
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Magazine: Good housewives keep their home clean
Date: 2012-03-16 12:06:30
– Although most housewives are not particularly keen on cleaning, a clean home is important for the majority of them because a clean or dirty home reveals a lot about...
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More resistant grape varieties are under experimentation in Szekszárd
Date: 2012-03-16 11:33:33
In the scope of a three-year long EU program, grape varieties are under experimentation in the plantation of the Mészáros Borház Borászati Kft. in Szekszárd, that are more resistant against...
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The turnover of spa towns doubles during long weekends
Date: 2012-03-16 11:27:05
The turnover of spa town doubles during long weekends, this time of the year 60 to 70 percent of the accomodation facilities are being reserved – a press release by...
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Eurozone retail sales rose in month of January 2012
Date: 2012-03-16 11:21:28
In the month of January 2012, the volume of retail trade grew by 0.3% in the Eurozone (EA17) and by 0.4% in the EU27. In December retail trade decreased by...
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Sunday opening is free during the Olympics
Date: 2012-03-16 11:10:12
The British government suspends the law banning Sunday opening hours in London during the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. According to the plans of the British Conservative-Liberal government coalition, from...
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List of products banned by the Agricultural Office
Date: 2012-03-16 11:09:56
The following herbal products, care products and auxiliary materials have been removed off the list of tradable goods by the Agricultural Office: Name of the product Applicant Date od deletion...
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Alimentaria 2012 – the world's largest food trade fair will be held at the end of March
Date: 2012-03-16 10:55:05
The Alimentaria is one out of the world's three largest food and hospitality trade exhibitions. The fair is being held every second year in Barcelona this year from March 26...
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István Rápolthy was voted ‘Restaurateur of the Year’
Date: 2012-03-16 10:38:52
MVI named this year’s Restaurateur of the Year: István Rápolthy is the owner of Tuba Tanya nearby Hajdúszoboszló. He has more than three decades of experience and has already won...
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Meeting of wine-friends and cooking competition at the 20th Gastroblues Festival in Paks
Date: 2012-03-16 10:00:46
On the first weekend of July, the Gastroblues Festival will be held for the twentieth time in Paks. The Festival is the joint celebration of music and gastronomy. This year,...
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Two weeks to announce agricultural danages
Date: 2012-03-16 09:39:47
The Ministry of Rural Development has prepared a three-tier package of measures to aid farmers who have suffered frost damage, the second tier of which is comprised of an interest...
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Merényi Viktor, chef of the Hungarian Embassy won the Embassy Chef Challenge Grand Prix in Washington
Date: 2012-03-16 09:32:53
Merényi Viktor, chef of the Hungarian Embassy won the culinary competition of the chefs working in diplomatic missions Washington. The task of the 15 master chefs was to prepare 400...
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Coffee drinking is not linked to chronic diseases
Date: 2012-03-16 09:27:39
Numerous studies of coffee's links to myriad diseases have provided head-spinning results, but a new paper finds java drinkers have no more risk of illnesses such as heart disease or...
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Jean Reno plays a chefs! – Video of the Day
Date: 2012-03-16 09:15:22
Recently culinary-inspired film were rare, but nowadays, the fans of these films can not complain. It would be too long to list the films that were dealing with the “adventures”...
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Tamási cards are popular
Date: 2012-03-16 09:10:41
So far, almost a hundred people applied for Tamási cards since the introduction of the card at the Tamási local government. The issuing of the card was started on March...
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Ipsos: half of the employees are satisfied with their working conditions
Date: 2012-03-16 09:10:28
Worldwide, 47 percent of the workers consider their work environment as safe and healthy, 27 percent of them have opposite view, while 26 percent’s position is located between the two...
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Budapest’s first Macaron Day to come
Date: 2012-03-16 09:10:25
With the “Macaron Nap Magyarország” titled event, Budapest joins to the program series that have a great popularity in New York and Paris for years. The program series are designed...
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Ham purchase saw a growth both in terms of value and volume
Date: 2012-03-14 14:34:58
More and more ham is being purchased in the stores during Easter-time. Last year, customers spent nearly 5 billion HUF on ham, which is 4 percent higher than in the...
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The Central and Eastern European economies will have a weak year
Date: 2012-03-14 13:02:11
The Central and Eastern European economies will have a much weaker, “challenging” year than last year. Many of them – including Hungary – is expected to spend year 2012 in...
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