News and articles
The success of Hungarian wines in the 11th VinAgora International Wine Competition
Date: 2010-06-23 00:06:02
The 11th VinAgora International Wine Competition was held between the 17th and the 20th of June in Visegrád, which received 552 wine samples from 21 countries. The event is among...
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Waste coordinating union was founded
Date: 2010-06-23 00:05:55
The RECOMPLEX founded by the eight leading domestic selective collection and recovery coordinating organisations, offering a complex service of selective collection and recovery. The RECOMPLEX Treatment Organizations Coordinating Association deals...
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New concept for the pálinka distilling
Date: 2010-06-23 00:05:02
The planned domestic legislation of pálinka distillation envisaged by the government, contradicts the EU law. According to the plans of the goverment the new regulation would treat pálinka as not...
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Hungarian products in the Romanian CORA stores
Date: 2010-06-23 00:03:59
In the first half of July, Cora visitors can get a taste of Hungarian products in Romania. The “Hungarian Weeks” will be held between the 2nd and the 11th of...
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Instore communication facilities in the stores of the COOP supermarket chain
Date: 2010-06-23 00:03:02
POS Media Hungary made an agreement with three members of the COOP group this spring, so now in the supermarket segment it is also possible to conduct a national instore...
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METRO to help flood victims with charitable actions
Date: 2010-06-23 00:00:55
The extreme weather conditions requires extraordinary attitude from everyone in Hungary. METRO therefore helps the flood victims with several charitable actions and campaigns. The latest example of it is the...
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Tesco: flood donations – 17 million HUF in one week
Date: 2010-06-23 00:00:28
From the 15th of June, Tesco helps the flood victims with fundraising cards. The total amount of customer donations can be followed at the www.tesco.hu site. The country's largest retail...
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Hungarian company to build hotel complex at a Serbia Cave
Date: 2010-06-23 00:00:10
Hungarian company is also interested in the hotel complex that will be built at the eastern Serbian Resavska cave – informed the competent office of Despotovac district. The Resavskai Cave...
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This year's cherry crop has poor quality
Date: 2010-06-23 00:00:01
The harvested cherry is larger, but has a lower quality. The harvest in Nagykörű, which known as the cherry garden of the country is near completion. As far as sales...
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Business sentiment in Germany is on its two year peak
Date: 2010-06-23 00:00:01
In Germany, the index, indicating the business sentiment, increased to its two year peak in June. According to the communication of the Ifo Economic Research Institute, released on Tuesday in...
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We are still not closer to the EU average after seven years
Date: 2010-06-22 00:05:12
According to preliminary datas of the European Union's statistical office in Hungary last year, the per capita GDP was the 63 percentn of the EU average. his also means that...
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The qualification requirements were abolished in several commercial professions
Date: 2010-06-22 00:04:25
One of the last step of the Bajnai government was the abolition of qualification requirements, at a part of the commercial professions. According to the trade unions; these steps downgrade...
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The Agrobank and the Compensation Fund can help the flooded farmers
Date: 2010-06-22 00:04:11
The agriculture sector could be the biggest loser of this year’s flooding – said Font Sándor the chairman of the agriculture committee of the National Assembly in Duna TV’s morning...
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European origin protection for the Gyulai and Csabai sausages
Date: 2010-06-22 00:03:44
The European Commission declared Gyulai and Csabai sausages as protected products – announced on Monday in Brussels. Both products were listed under 2-2 names (Csabai sausage and Csabai thick sausage,...
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Széchenyi Card: the 50 million HUF ceiling to come
Date: 2010-06-22 00:03:01
The government, because of the success of the Széchenyi Card program would once again raise the ceiling of the available credit to 50 million HUF. In the last one and...
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Hungary’s petfood export is fourth in the EU
Date: 2010-06-22 00:01:25
Hungary’s petfood export is fourth in the EU Member States and the seventh larger in the world. According to the datas of the Hungarian Petfood Union; 75 billion HUF worth...
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Fast food restaurants: what is popular abroad, not sure that is popular in Hungary
Date: 2010-06-22 00:01:02
The Hungarian market conditions are not surely favorable for the international fast food restaurant chains. Most of the major international companies have bankrupted, with a smaller or bigger loss. Those...
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Europe worries about unemployment
Date: 2010-06-22 00:00:21
The labor market situation is still the most pressing issue for the European nations. In the survey of GfK Association, the population of 8 out of the 11 countries, worry...
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China loses ten billions of USD on objectionable products
Date: 2010-06-22 00:00:05
The Chinese exporters because of “technical obstacles”, and complaints suffered a loss of a total 57 billion USD last year – states the survey of China's Quality Control High Authority....
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GKI’s prosperity index rose further in June
Date: 2010-06-21 00:04:02
The more than a year-long rise of the value increase of GKI’s prosperity index (seasonally adjusted) continued. After the nadir of April 2009 GKI’s consumer confidence index also Started a...
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The majority of the webstores had a good turnover last year
Date: 2010-06-21 00:03:55
According to the survey of WebShop-Experts Ltd.; a reduce occured in the turnover at the 18 percent of the surveyed webstores, compared to the previous year. So the turnovers in...
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Watermelon season delays
Date: 2010-06-21 00:02:11
Compared to the previous year, watermelon season will slip by three weeks, beginning on the 10th of July this year – said the president of the Hungarian Watermelon Association. Simonka...
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Super brands on the Superbrands video
Date: 2010-06-21 00:01:25
Hungary announces a tender entitled “The world of my Superbrands – my brandworld”. The task of the applicants is to make a 30-second video over their favorite brand. Anyone can...
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Tesco opened a hypermarket in Tiszafüred and a Tesco Express in Budapest
Date: 2010-06-21 00:01:02
On the 18th of June, a three thousand square meters Tesco hypermarket was opened in Tiszafüred, while a two hundred square meters Tesco Express opened its doors in the Népszínház...
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Holland laboratory tested the Hungarian tomato and strawberry
Date: 2010-06-21 00:00:52
Holland laboratory found the remains of banned chemicals in tomatoes and strawberries bought in Hungarian shops. The Agricultural Office did not found such chemicals in those products. The Levegő Munkacsoport...
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Danone aims the first place in Russia
Date: 2010-06-21 00:00:11
Danone will set up a joint venture with a local company in Russia. According to the plans, the company will play a leading role will in the dairy markets. The...
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Metro: four less stores in Germany
Date: 2010-06-21 00:00:05
The German supermarket chain Metro closes four of its wholesale stores in Germany: Closes the Cash & Carry store in Halle, in Berlin-Pankow and Berlin-Marzahnban and sells the store in...
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Food labels – the lobby won again
Date: 2010-06-18 00:04:02
The European Parliament voted for the mandatory nutrition labeling on foods, marketed within the community, but rejected the”traffic light” type of sign system requested by the NGOs. On the basis...
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E-commerce is the future
Date: 2010-06-18 00:03:59
The next market research issue, the Online Gold Rush of Jones Lang LaSalle Retail 2020 has been published. The interactive Retail 2020 site predicts the next 10 years of the...
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46 tons of detergents from Unilever to the flood victims
Date: 2010-06-18 00:03:11
Unilever helped the flood victims of Hungary with total of more than 35.5 tons of detergents and with 4 pallets of food. This is one of the largest amounts of...
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