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More changes in NETA rules from March
As of 1 March 2023 the government added a third exemption from the public health product tax (NETA) payment obligation: for products sold in the domestic market, which the buyer...
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Albert Heijn adds new products to its low-price private label selection
Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has added 100 new products to its Prijsfavorieten campaign, which seeks to offer affordable private label FMCG products for households. As part of a four-week campaign,...
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Hungarian strawberry growers expect a promising season
The heated cultivation of strawberries is slowly coming to an end, the domestic strawberry season begins with good flowering and crop prospects in the open field, although the cold weather...
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The Polish government has adopted a farmer support package
The Polish government adopted a package to help farmers on Friday, according to which, among other things, additional support will be paid to the purchase price of cereals and a...
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TeSzedd has started! waste collection action week
For the eleventh time this year, TeSzedd started on Earth Day! – The campaign for a clean Hungary is voluntary, the largest voluntary waste collection program in the country –...
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A shipment of beer had to be destroyed due to a violation of the protection of origin
The Belgian customs authority destroyed a shipment of beer from the United States, citing the European regulation on the geographical indication of origin, it was announced on Friday. The spokesperson...
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Jászság became the new center of truffles
The Jászság region is known for being one of the best places in Central Europe for summer truffle hunting. Despite the relatively small amount of forests with the necessary conditions...
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Greenpeace and Humus assess whether the bags sold as degradable actually decompose
Greenpeace Hungary, together with the Humus Association, buried plastic bags purchased from domestic food chains and offered as degradable in the Humus composter to check whether the bags decompose and,...
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More than five hundred customers were defrauded in a series of online scams
The police arrested three men who, together with their companions, harmed more than five hundred customers by advertising non-existent goods, and thus obtained more than fifty million forints, the Budapest...
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Rossmann Collaborates With SPAR Austria To Expand Business
German drugstore chain Rossmann has announced a collaboration with SPAR Austria as it seeks to offer its products in more international markets. As part of the collaboration, products of the...
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The first Festival Expo is organized in Sopron
With the aim of creating a tradition, the first Festival Expo will be held at SopronFest between April 27 and 30. Organized by the Shipyard, the Hungarian Tourism Program Foundation...
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The Romanian Competition Council is not opposed to negotiations on a temporary reduction in the price of milk
The Romanian competition council is not opposed to processors and retailers agreeing on the extent of jointly agreed price discounts in order to temporarily reduce the price of milk, but...
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The new pig farms of FirstFarms Hungary Kft. were handed over
The new pig farms of FirstFarms Hungary Kft. were handed over on Friday. The eight billion HUF investment was implemented by the Danish-owned company in Telekgerendás and Pusztaföldvár in Békés...
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Amazon Launches Programme To Identify And Track Counterfeiters
Amazon has launched its Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), an initiative to help retail stores label and track marketplace counterfeits as part of the e-commerce giant’s efforts to crack down on organized...
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A statue of the city’s iconic master chef was unveiled in Debrecen
The bust of gold-wreathed master chef László Boros, the work of the Munkácsy Award-winning sculptor Juha Richárd, was inaugurated on Friday in Debrecen, in the park in front of the...
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This is how our kitchen can be greener – 4 tips for Earth Day on April 22
Every year for more than 50 years, Earth Day has drawn attention to the importance of environmental protection and to the fact that we can do a lot for a...
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Oreo Café Opens At Doha’s Hamad International Airport
The first permanent Oreo Café outside of the US has opened at Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Doha, Qatar. The 116 square-metre cafe, located in the new North Node, offers...
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The tourism sector in Gyula had a good year in 2022
Almost 564,000 guest nights were registered at Gyula accommodation in 2022, which is only 3 percent less than the data of 2019 before the coronavirus epidemic, so despite the difficulties,...
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The Government is introducing mandatory promotions
The war and the failed sanctions policy led to unprecedented inflation across Europe. The Government’s goal is to protect families, pensioners, and full employment even in an economic situation affected...
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Gourmet snacks in the mousetrap – Picture of the day
Not everyone is a fan of the mice in the cartoons, at least that’s what we can conclude from the series of pictures we found on the Internet: not only...
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Grand Hotel Royal Budapest – The history of a luxury hotel in the museum
An exhibition titled Grand Hotel Royal Budapest – The history of the luxury hotel from the beginning to the present day opens on April 28 at the Hungarian Trade and...
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Wake up to the smell of bacon! – Video of the day
The iPhone, which represents the religion of preserving interior space, has recently allowed itself a great addition: a wake-up application can be connected to the device in the form of...
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Alexandra Szentkirályi: the government will oblige large food retail chains to announce promotions
In order to lower prices, the government will introduce a new tool from July 1 at the latest: it will oblige food retail chains with significant sales revenue to announce...
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The price caps will remain in place until June 30, and the price policies of the large food chains are being monitored
The government has extended the price caps until June 30 – announced the minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday in Budapest, on the Government Information. Gergely...
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Here is the GVH’s report on the milk market: we show which factors fuel inflation
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) released its draft report summarizing the results of the accelerated sectoral investigation on the market of milk and milk products for social consultation. GVH experts...
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K&H: SMEs are doing better now
The K&H SME confidence index continued to strengthen and may slowly reach the positive range, which after a 3-point increase in the first quarter is currently at -4 points. The...
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Customers hate it when they have to pay for product return
Customers are even ready to abandon their favorite brand if they have to pay for the return of the ordered product, according to the latest research by SAP Emarsys. Retailers...
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Role of e-commerce to strengthen in grocery retail this year
According to the experts of smart logistics service provider DODO, the proportion of online FMCG orders with home delivery will continue to grow this year. As the popularity of online...
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Gyermelyi Zrt handed over a new egg production facility
On Thursday, Gyermelyi Zrt. handed over an egg production unit created with an investment of HUF 1.4 billion in Máriahalom, thus the company created the largest egg production plant in...
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Szentkirályi is once again fighting for a good cause at the Vivicitta running race
As the official mineral water of the 38th Telekom Vivicittá Városvédő Futás, this year Szentkirályi uses the recycling of PET bottles to support two NGOs. On April 22-23, the award-winning...
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