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Online purchase on the podium of online activities

MasterCard's latest research shows that online shopping and the associated browsing are the third most popular online activity in Hungary, only preceded by reading news and e-mailing. 38 percent of...

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The price of eggs increasing dynamically

In January, the increase of agricultural producer prices has stopped, the producer price level of agricultural products was only 0.3 percent hiigher, compared to the previous year's level – the...

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Manpower: fewer employers planning redundancies

According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, 17 percent of Hungarian employers intend to reduce their workforces during the second quarter of 2012 while only 14 percent of employers plan...

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Magazine: Recession? What recession?

French company En-K de Caviar offers ‘A little luxury for every moment’. They sell a slick, original tin containing 15 grams of sturgeon caviar. It comes with a special caviar...

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U.S. retail sales increased

U.S. retail sales increased the fastest extent in February in the last five months; a 1.1 percent increase occurred, compared to January. As analysts expected U.S. retail sales increased seasonally...

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Chips are not responsible for the salt intake

How is it possible that in Hungary, salt intake is twice twice as much per capita than in the U.S., despite Americans consume 23 times more chips than the Hungarians?...

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Frost damage is around twenty percent in the Tokaj Wine Region

On average, 20 percent of buds has damaged, due to this year’s hard frost in the Tokaj Wine Region – states the researchers of the Vine and Wine Research Institute...

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Germans eat forty kilograms of pork annually

Last year, the revenues of the German meat distribution and event services increased by 3.2 percent. According to the Tuesday published datas of the German Meat Processors Association, consumption of...

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We finally work with seafishes again – part 2

Péter Palotás is the owner of PLP Seafood Ltd which is specialized in the most sophisticated form of fine dining, with high quality sea-products, in irder to serve the taste...

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Who will be the beersommelier? – Video of the day

Birnbaum and Zablocki decided back in 2002 to combine their respective backgrounds in business and the culinary arts. Initially, they thought of opening a wine bar in Williamsburg. But when...

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The Hungarian National Tourist Office launches a movement to promote tourism among the Hungarians living in Austria

The Hungarian National Tourist Office launches a diaspora program among Hungarians living in Austria to help increasing the number of guest nights spent by Austrians in Hungary. The program  is...

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Agárdi Pálinkafőzde's number one expert receives state award

Tibor Véres from Agárdi Pélinkahouse has received a special state award (the Silver Cross) from Sr. Sándor Fazekas, minister of rural development. The expert was also the brewer of the...

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NIVEA Tour is about to start!

NIVEA Tour is about to open its gates for the sixth time, and will go on for more than a month with a serious of various sport-events for free in...

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Weak domestic consumption continues to hold back imports

According to the preliminary datas, the foreign trade value, calculated in euros, slightly increased by 2 percent in January, compared to the previous year's high levels – the Central Statistical...

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Increasing risk of bankruptcy

According to Hungarian companies, the number of bankrupt businesses will slightly rise this year as well, following an all-time high of last year. They expect a particularly strong wave of...

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Costumers travel for special flavor vegetables and fruits

The old Hungarian fruit and vegetable varieties will reappear probably on the local and regional markets, which establish the reputation of the Hungarian horticulture. In recent decades, the old, local,...

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We finally work with seafishes again – part 1

Péter Palotás is the owner of PLP Seafood Ltd which is specialized in the most sophisticated form of fine dining, with high quality sea-products, in irder to serve the taste...

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Magazine: Vinegar cocktails

Shrub is back: having disappeared at the beginning of the 20th century, it now seems to make a triumphant return to American bars. Shrub is an alcoholic beverage, usually made...

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Hungarian distilleries are preparing the apricot pálinka of the year together

After last year's joint success Hungarian distilleries will prepare the pálinka of the year jointly again, this time from apricot. The special brew will debut in the spring, at the...

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Warsaw is the second most attractive commercial real estate market in Europe

According to CBRE international consulting firm, Warsaw is the second most attractive commercial real estate market in Europe. The survey’s results were published in the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper. In 2012,...

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Rézangyal acquires Ördögi

Rézangyal has purchased its greatest Budapest-based competitor Ördögi. The company now owns both the pálinkabrand Ördögi and Györkönyi, but the right to produce is still at Raiker td....

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Attendance record at the third Hungarian Artisan Flavours Fair

About 17 thousand visitors supported the Hungarian producers with tens of millions of forints at the third Hungarian Artisan Flavours Fair. According to their votes, the Mézmúzeum (Honey Museum) became...

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Visegrádi mineral water to conquer in “diamond bottles”

After several months of planning and development work, one of the oldest mineral water of Hungary will be distributed on the markets with new design in February 2012. The new...

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Trip to the best London pubs for the Olympics

2012 is the year of the Olympics, thos the publisher Hibernia Nova has issued a new guide book with the title Szurkolj Londonban (Be a fan in London). The book...

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SIAL returns in May

After a record-breaking first edition in Toronto in 2011, the Salon International de l'Alimentation is back in Montreal from the 9th through the 11th of May, 2012 at the Palais...

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Revenues of Somogy county merchants and restaurateurs declined

According to the survey of the Trade and Tourism Advocacy of the Entrepreneurs in Somogy County (KISOSZ), more than half of the merchants and restaurateurs of Somogy county reported about...

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Zsolnay Visual Manufactory to open in Pécs

The Visual Manufactory – opens on Tuesday in the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter – will acquaint the visitors with the manufacturing procedures of the Zsolnay porcelains. The Zsolnay Örökségkezelő Nonprofit Kft....

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Russia bans the European pork imports

From the 20th of March, Russia bans pork imports from the European Union, due to the Schmallenberg virus emerging in Europe. The Russian veterinary authorities explained on Monday that the...

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GDP forecasts for 2012

The external demand, the performance of agriculture and the lack of credit can be the biggest risks in the evolution of next year’S GDP, which according to analysts interviewed on...

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Hungarian-Russian trade close to its pre-crisis level

The Hungarian-Russian trade dynamically evolving and it is getting close to the pre-crisis levels – said Alexei Kazacskov, deputy commercial counselor of the Russian Federation at a conference in Győr...

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