News and articles
Online purchase on the podium of online activities
Date: 2012-03-13 13:10:25
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
Date: 2012-03-13 13:05:18
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
Date: 2012-03-13 13:00:37
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?
Date: 2012-03-13 12:55:49
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
Date: 2012-03-13 12:40:08
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
Date: 2012-03-13 12:20:30
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
Date: 2012-03-13 12:15:52
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
Date: 2012-03-13 12:08:09
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
Date: 2012-03-13 11:45:19
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
Date: 2012-03-13 11:26:10
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
Date: 2012-03-13 11:10:13
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
Date: 2012-03-13 10:43:28
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!
Date: 2012-03-13 09:34:41
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
Date: 2012-03-12 14:00:59
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
Date: 2012-03-12 13:45:50
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
Date: 2012-03-12 13:28:48
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:55:28
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:50:29
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:50:15
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:40:40
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:39:23
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:30:18
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”
Date: 2012-03-12 12:20:56
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:12:30
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:06:46
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:06:11
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:05:58
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
Date: 2012-03-12 12:05:16
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
Date: 2012-03-09 13:45:26
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
Date: 2012-03-09 13:35:01
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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