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How do university students choose wine?
According to e recent survey conducted by the Budapest Metropolitan University (METU) with 250 students as participants, Hungarian students are less concerned about a wine’s vintage year or place of...
Read moreIn co-operation with its suppliers, the Tesco supports the Hungarian Food Bank Association with more than 7.7 million HUF
Tesco supports the Hungarian Food Bank Association with over 7,7 million HUF donations. The chain of stores, in cooperation with its suppliers, offered 1% of the revenue from the sales...
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The turnover of the baths in Budapest increased considerably
The turnover of the baths in Budapest increased significantly in the heat. On Tuesday and Wednesday on the 11 beaches more than 46,000 people were bathing – the Budapest Gyógyfürdői...
Read moreThe number of guest nights grew by 7.3 percent in the first half of the year in Romania
In Romania, the number of guest nights grew by 7.3 percent in the first half of the year, compared to the same period of last year – the Romanian National...
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The power of bubbles
Schweppes Premium Mixer tonics are more carbonated than ordinary tonic water; each bottle contains nearly 20 million bubbles. Thanks to this, they are better for making cocktails and long drinks,...
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Nestlé helps young people to get a job with dual training
In just two years Nestlé would like to triple the number of young people participating in the company’s training programme. In 4 school years Nestlé wants to involve 44 confectionery...
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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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Tourism agency: foreign visitors of the world cup are extremely satisfied with Hungary
The foreign tourists visited the 17th FINA World Championships to go back home with great impressions of Hungary. They are extremely satisfied with the country, with safety and appreciate the...
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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 joys of summer
The growing popularity of cold and iced coffees, and the rapid spreading of cold brews have made these drinks the competitors of mass-produced iced coffees available in shops. New products...
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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...
Read moreSpain received more than 36 million foreign tourists in the first half of the year
The number of tourists visiting Spain has exceeded 36.3 million in the first half of this year, 11.6 percent more than in the same period last year, the Spanish Statistical...
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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...
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NAV’s position statement on tips and the VAT classification of in-house events
As regards tips, the National Tax and Customs Administration’s (NAV) position is that if the sum appears in the so-called petty cash till and it isn’t separated from other sums...
Read moreTens of thousands of tourists visited Budapest due to the Water World Cup and the Formula One
Tens of thousands of tourists have arrived in Budapest over the last few weeks, mainly because of the Water Sports World Cup and and Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix –...
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The Talibean contra sushi – Video of the day
Bentoya restaurant is the first sushi restaurant in Afghanistan. Chef Hiromi Yasui moved from Japan to Kabul in 2001, to cover the war for Japanese news. She ended up staying...
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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 moreOn average, Hungarians travel for eight days on vacation according to a survey
More than half of Hungarians go on vacation, between June and August in the summer season, most of them in July or August for an average of eight days. The...
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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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The foundation stone of a four-star hotel was laid in Nyíregyháza-Sóstógyógyfürdő
The foundation stone of a four-star hotel was laid in Nyíregyháza-Sóstógyógyfürdő on Wednesday. The 4 billion HUF worth investment will be ready for the next tourist season. MTI Photo: Balázs...
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