News and articles
75 thousand pounds for a bottle of white wine
Date: 2011-07-27 11:50:06
A 200 years old 1811 vintage Chateau d'Yquem white wine was sold for seventy-five thousand pounds – 22.5 million HUF – in London at an auction. The buyer is a...
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The ability to adapt to ever-changing needs: EIPA’s first 30 years
Date: 2011-07-27 11:12:24
The National Institute of Public Administration and the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) jointly organised the meeting of the EIPA Board of Governors, on 6-7 June 2011, in the...
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Tourism-related information for smartphones in Croatia
Date: 2011-07-27 10:36:55
Croatian company active in software development for mobile platforms has developed customizable tourist navigator application with full OS integration. Application is currently available for iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian and...
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John Dalli to push full smoking ban across European Union
Date: 2011-07-27 10:33:03
The European Commission announces it is preparing to introduce legislation in 2011 to ban smoking in public places right across the union. Euobserver.com reports that European Commissioner for health and...
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Hungary will penalize planting, distribution of GMO seeds
Date: 2011-07-26 14:45:05
The Hungarian goverment is going to penalize planting and distribution of genetically modified seeds with fines of up to 2 billion HUF, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács pointed out at a...
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Women are better at shopping than man according to Hungarians
Date: 2011-07-26 14:18:41
The average Hungarian person is convinced that women are the most suitable persons in charge when it comes to shopping and purchasing items necessary to do household chores – the...
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Retail turnover rose in May
Date: 2011-07-26 14:00:53
In May, retail sales turned out to be better than expected, but there is no reason for joy: the Swiss franc has started to soar, and the pension fund real...
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The majority of the population does not trust in the social impact of the chips-tax
Date: 2011-07-26 13:50:04
Although two-third of the population supports the introduction of the new public health product fee, called chips-tax, the majority of the respondents still skeptical of its social impact – shows...
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The commercial property sector is beyond the nadir
Date: 2011-07-26 13:40:00
The Hungarian commercial real estate sector commercial shows a varied figure, hovewer it can be stated at all segments that the market is beyond the low point and entered into...
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(HU) Hazai tejtermékek kerülhetnek be az uniós segélyprogramba
Date: 2011-07-26 13:30:29
Domestically produced dairy products can be included to the EU's food aid program in Hungary in the next year. The(UHT) milk and cheeses, that do not require cooling, will be...
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What is the size of the Slovakian Tokaj wine region?
Date: 2011-07-26 13:20:42
The representatives of seven villages in the eastern Slovakian Tokaj wine region called the government in Pozsony to immediately close the negotiations with Hungary and mark out the region's borders....
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Master Good: The Secret of Success
Date: 2011-07-26 12:40:08
Every day hundreds of thousands chickens are slaughtered in the Kisvárda plant of Master Good which operates an integrated poultry processing company. The company dealing with feed, breeding and processing...
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CBA denies the allegations of the Watermelon Association
Date: 2011-07-26 12:21:28
The CBA Kereskedelmi Kft. rejects that the company distributes melons under the purchase price in its network. The President of the Hungarian Watermelon Association told to MTI on Monday, that...
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Henkel's new products require new packages
Date: 2011-07-26 12:15:18
Henkel announces that it has worked with STMicroelectronics, one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies and advanced chip packaging technology developers, to validate the performance of Henkel’s Ablestik C100 conductive...
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The Bábolna-based IKR Zrt. will be splitted
Date: 2011-07-26 12:10:20
Saved from bankruptcy, but the Bábolna-based IKR Zrt. will be splitted into two parts and became the it splits in two and will belong to a Czech argri company. The...
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Personnel changes at Univer Product Ltd.
Date: 2011-07-26 11:36:29
From 1st August 2011, Lídia Marosfi Györgyné is leaving the sales annd marketing vice-CEO position at Univer, and gives her place to Zita Csanádi, leader of the PRivate Label division....
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ALDI prize show is over now
Date: 2011-07-26 11:19:12
ALDI Hungary has just closed its prize show in which 367 valuable prizes went to the most loyal customers, among them the main prize: an AUDI A3 car. The promotion...
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More than three million tonnes of wheat are in the warehouses
Date: 2011-07-25 14:31:45
More than three million tons of high quality wheat was transported into the warehouses. This year's harvest covers the 2.5 million tonnes annual needs of the country of which 1.2...
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Fruit growers may receive a good price
Date: 2011-07-25 14:20:08
This year there are almost no amount of volume that could not be sold from cherry, sour cherry, apricot and raspberry. Noone can complain about the prices; cherry, raspberry can...
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GKI’s economic index also decreased in June
Date: 2011-07-25 14:00:42
The seasonally adjusted value of the GKI economic index continued to decrease in July. The downward trend continues for months and the business and consumer confidence is also on the...
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The situation of the civil consumer protection organizations in the EU is deteriorating
Date: 2011-07-25 13:50:53
The situation of the civil consumer protection organizations is difficult, indeed, in some cases deteriorating in the European Union and in the Central and Eastern European Member States – states...
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More than 4,000 kilograms of radiant meat was transported to the Japanese stores
Date: 2011-07-25 13:40:41
After the disaster Fukushima, the cesium contamination is an increasing challenge for the Japanese food trade. 58 farms are involved. The Japanese Agriculture Ministry reported that 58 farms, and 2,600...
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The melon tasting continues in the Auchan
Date: 2011-07-25 12:50:09
The Auchan awaited its costumers on July 15 to 16 and 23 across the country, in each of its stores with watermelon-tasting. The action contines on 5th of August. “Hungarian...
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World trade regained its April decline in May
Date: 2011-07-25 12:38:12
According to the Monday published datas of the Dutch CPB Economic Analysis Center; world trade rose in May in terms of volume after the decline of April, after the exports...
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Free Mobile Net in four Tesco stores in Britain
Date: 2011-07-25 12:20:43
Tesco provides Free Mobile Net in four Tesco stores in Britain currently. In the future they will extend this service for the full chain. With this extra service the customers...
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Google Chrome accelerates
Date: 2011-07-25 12:10:54
However the Internet Explorer can be found on more than half of the computers Google Chrome increases its share at a faster pace than any other browsers The Google+ Community...
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Hungarian apricot is facing a successful year
Date: 2011-07-25 11:57:49
Hungarian apricot is facing a successful season this year: the season's has produced 30 percent more, namely around 50 tons of apricots this year in Hungary, while Europe is facing...
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Winner of the Best Job of The World published
Date: 2011-07-25 09:15:38
Erika Tóth, Kerekes Áron and the dog Denisz from Nyíregyháza has won the competition The Best Job Of The Country: they are going to be the experience controllers of Szarvas...
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Here is the fourth Ördögkatlan Festival
Date: 2011-07-25 08:53:13
The fourth Ördögkatlan Festival is about to take place on 3rd August at the following venues: Nagyharsány, Kisharsány, Palkonya, Szoborpark, Vylyan Pincészet. The unique celebration of wine will see artists...
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Community portals are expensive spots for advertising
Date: 2011-07-25 08:09:44
As more and more major brands start spending the money they previously spent on TV and print advertising on online ads, Facebook ads price soar by 74% compared to last...
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