Company and Personal News
New Executive Director at Syngenta
Matthew Pickard is the Managing Director of Syngenta Magyarország from 1 August. Czigány Tibor, the former head of the Hungarian company, continues his career at Syngenta’s Africa Division. Matthew Pickard...
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Changes in Croatia
This year Croatian supermarket chain Konzum will close 80-100 stores. The company’s spokesperson told: every year they close some of the stores that don’t perform well, but this year’s restructuring...
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Social card from Russian retailer X5
Russia’s biggest retail chain, X5 has announced their participation in a state programme, in which people in need can purchase food using social cards. The programme is launched in the...
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The HEINEKEN Hungária has became the producer of the Fradi beer
From now the HEINEKEN Hungária produces the beer of Ferencváros. The bottled Fradi beer will debut at the store shelves with renewed packaging from August. The co-operation between the new...
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Heart-to-heart moments with the new patient monitors
With permanent medical, nursing care and continuous central monitoring, premature babies can be strengthened in a familiar environment in the Premature Baby Mom’s Rooms of the Semmelweis University II. Department...
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The Vegetarian Festival will be held in Budapest at the end of August
Relaxation sessions, food tastings, eco- and bio-product presentations, music and dance shows, and movie screenings are awaiting for the audience at the Budapest Vegetarian Festival on August 26 and 27....
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Hungary is participating in the 2020 World Expo in Dubai
The government has decided to participate in the World Expo in Dubai in 2020; The Hungarian Tourism Agency will carry out the organizing tasks. According to the Government Decree published...
Read moreWine and Jazz Days of Debrecen begin on Thursday
During the four days of the Wine and Jazz Days of Debrecen 76 wineries of 18 wine regions will be showcased as well as 179 jazz artists from 12 countries...
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GVH: Hungast can gain control over Sodexo
The acquisition of Hungast Holding Zrt. (Hungast) over the Sodexo Magyarország Kft. (Sodexo) does not significantly reduce the competition in the companies’ activity area, so Hungast can gain control over...
Read moreBeer can shaped football benches at the Viktoria Plzen Stadium
New beer can shaped football benches were presented in Pilsen, West Bohemia (Plzen) during the first round of the Czech football championship last weekend. The unique solution of the football...
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The new Mozaik Komlós development from Dreher is available in limited edition
The new Mozaik Komlós expands the range of the Dreher beer specialties: its taste is characteristic and fruity, in which the consumers can discover the citrus, pine, cranberries, blackcurrant and...
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The Pöttyös supports the olympians of the future
Hungary’s first domestically organized Olympic event, the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), has finished. Athletes from 50 countries took part at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr. As in...
Read moreA farm equipment meeting will be organized along the Válicka Creek
The 1st Tractor and Equipment Meeting near Válicka Creek (I. Válickameti Traktor és Géptalálkozó) will take place on 12 August in Zalaegerszeg-Botfa. At the meeting, sixty-seventy tractors, a large number...
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The INTERSPAR in Tatabánya to be renewed
The SPAR Magyarország is modernizing the INTERSPAR store in Tatabánya from more than 2.5 billion forints. The hypermarket, which was opened in 2000 will be closed during the renovation and...
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In Auchan, parents choose quality, kids choose popular products
According to Auchan’s experience, when shopping for school, the family typically comes up with a pre-designed shopping list and when selecting the most important school supplies, parents want to fulfill...
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Coca-Cola’s sales surpassed expectations
Coca-Cola had better data than expected for the second quarter, with revenue rising instead of 9.65 billion to 9.70 billion USD, while earnings per share increased to two cents higher...
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The coolest shoe brand to be purchased
Luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo has been bought by Michael Kors Holdings in a deal which values the firm at 896 million pounds. The British firm, which was put up for...
Read moreThe Wine Road Show has ended
The Wine Road Show program series launched in July by the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) and the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) ended on Wednesday in Pécs. The experts...
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Rossmann won the Green Brand Award
The drugstore has achieved enormous success with its Alterra and enerBIO own branded products. Rossmann has won the Green Brand 2017/2018 award in Germany with two own branded product lines....
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New leader at Fornetti Group
Balthas Klein is the new head of the Fornetti Group since June 2017. The expert is working in the management of the company since the change of ownership in 2015...
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A cool coffe and a dessert in one – The Tiramisu Iced Latte is the favorite coffee of the Summer
The ice coffee recipe of Kárai Dávid, blogger, the founder of Íz Huszár, won the Nespresso’s blogger ice coffee recipe contest. During the ice coffee recipe contest, there were a...
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Pálinka competition and handicraft fair at the Panyolafest
Folk music and folk music concerts, folk dance show, puppet theater, the presentation of local and county values, and a pálinka show will be held from 3 to 6 August...
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MARS named Europe’s best workplace
For the second time in a row Mars was voted the best workplace in Europe, in the category of multinational companies. Mars’ representatives received the award on 8 June in...
Read moreJubilee International Honey Fair and Beekeeping Meeting in Jászberény
On the first weekend of August, Jászberény will host the third International Honey Fair and Beekeeping Meeting in Jászberény, which is the largest event of honey producers, beekeeping equipment manufacturers...
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About 1000 students to spend their training time at SPAR
The SPAR has been involved in vocational training for more than 25 years. The company, which employs nearly 14,000 people, continues to expand its professional opportunities from September. “The high-quality...
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Message in the bottle: a brewery for a greener world
The HEINEKEN Hungária Zrt. has recycled 98 percent of the generated waste and 22 percent of its energy consumption is from renewable sources. The HEINEKEN Hungária Zrt. also reduced its...
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Foam or without foam? This is the question!
The Pilsner Urquell thanks to its quality program is training bartenders and caterers around the world to provide the same quality and taste beer as in the Czech Republic. For...
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The Diószegi Bakery and the Hungarian National Trading House concluded an agreement
The Sepsiszentgyörgy-based Diószegi Bakery and the Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) concluded a strategic cooperation agreement. The strategic cooperation agreement aims to help the delivery of the company’s bakery product...
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The Waberer’s closed the acquisition of the Link Carrier Company
The acquisition of the Link sp. z o.o. (Link) and Link Services sp. z o.o. (Link Services) has been completed. The final and aggregate purchase price of the two companies...
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A chemist may be Jack Daniel’s eighth distillery master
Chris Fletcher has been fond of his chemistry since his childhood, but even in his boldest dreams he would not have thought that this could make him one of the...
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