Events
Europe is slowing down, but we aren’t
Date: 2019-09-16 12:24:19
Like-for-like retail sales augmented by 3.4 percent in Europe in the 2nd quarter of 2019. The sales growth in this period was 7.7 percent in Hungary – this was the...
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A community food stand opens on thousand square meters
Date: 2019-09-16 11:23:51
The Agricultural Marketing Center has been promoting Hungarian food in the form of community appearance at countless foreign exhibitions for decades. As this year’s OMÉK focuses on the food industry...
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The Ministry of Agriculture helps the competitiveness of Hungarian livestock farmers with subsidies
Date: 2019-09-16 11:21:25
The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) also provides subsidies to Hungarian livestock farmers to help the sector cope with strong international competition – the Ministry announced on Friday. According to the...
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MNB: card payments ratio continued to expand in the second quarter
Date: 2019-09-16 11:20:19
The infrastructure of card payments and the rate of card payments also expanded in the second quarter of this year -the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) announced on its website...
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Thirty-five wineries and 50 programs at the Villányi Red Wine Festival
Date: 2019-09-16 11:17:16
Thirty-five wineries and nearly fifty gastronomic, cultural and pop music programs await the visitors to the Villányi Red Wine Festival, which will be organized for the 32nd time between October...
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Madosz: the quality of tobacco is better than last year
Date: 2019-09-16 11:16:50
The quality of the tobacco produced this season is expected to be better than last year, and the quantity will be good as well – the president of the National...
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A record number of Hungarian companies presented themselves at the Agromalim trade show in Arad
Date: 2019-09-16 11:12:28
The CED Central European Economic Development Network Nonprofit Ltd. has presented a record number debuting opportunities of its twenty-two Hungarian partners at the Agromalim Agro-Food Trade Fair in Arad, held...
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African Swine Fever: pig breeders can get free disinfectants
Date: 2019-09-16 11:12:19
Pig farmers can get free disinfectants from their veterinarian – the National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nebih) has published on its website. In a statement, the agency stressed that it...
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The University of Pécs terminates the purchase of PET bottled beverages
Date: 2019-09-16 11:06:35
The University of Pécs (PTE) terminates its supply of plastic, PET-bottled water and beverages – the institute announced on Monday. It is reported that the leadership of PTE – as...
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NAV draws attention to the marketing conditions of new types of tobacco products
Date: 2019-09-16 11:05:48
“Smoke-free” alternatives to smoking, such as refillable electronic cigarettes or heating devices containing real tobacco but at a much lower temperature than conventional cigarettes, are also spreading in Hungary –...
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Retail sales in the United States grew faster than expected
Date: 2019-09-16 11:01:09
Retail and hospitality sales in the United States expanded at a higher rate than expected for the sixth consecutive month, indicating that the steadily rising consumer spending is likely to...
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The earliest direct evidence of human milk consumption has been discovered in Britain
Date: 2019-09-16 11:00:19
The earliest direct evidence of human milk consumption to date has been identified in Britain – BBC’s news portal wrote. The authors of the study, published in the journal Archaeological...
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European retail in 2019
Date: 2019-09-16 10:45:06
A study made by GfK has revealed that purchasing power grew considerably in the European Union in 2018. The engines of this growth were Latvia (+10.3 percent) and the Czech...
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An economic slowdown has started
Date: 2019-09-16 10:34:04
In the 2nd quarter the Hungarian economy was growing by 4.9 percent; this rate was faster than expected and the fastest in the European Union. However, an economic slowdown has...
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Expensive tomato
Date: 2019-09-16 10:16:25
As of 1 January 2019 the VAT on UHT and ESL milk reduced from 18 to 5 percent. Data from the first 32 weeks of the year indicate that the...
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Wine Festival 2019
Date: 2019-09-16 10:08:52
Budapest Wine Festival opened its gates to wine lovers for the 28th time in September. Visitors got the chance to taste several thousand wines of more than 160 Hungarian and...
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Online is stronger if combined with offline
Date: 2019-09-16 09:58:23
According to data published by EuroShop, it has a positive influence on the sales performance of online shops if they open an offline store. There is a so-called ‘halo effect’,...
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Minimalizing food waste by LG
Date: 2019-09-16 09:50:40
By storing your food well, you can make it last longer as well as maintaining the best taste and temperature. Find out how. Whether you’re a carnivore, pescatarian, vegetarian or...
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Hungary’s biggest wine exporter
Date: 2019-09-16 09:40:08
Lidl Hungary has organised the Lidl Wine Expo Hungary for the sixth time. The event’s goal is to promote Hungarian wines in Europe and facilitate their market entry. In 2018...
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Too much wine is a problem too!
Date: 2019-09-16 09:31:12
According to data from the National Council of Wine Communities, 392,000 tons of grapes was harvested in Hungary in 2018, from which 3.75 million hectolitres of wine was made –...
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The 40th National Wine Competition
Date: 2019-09-16 09:11:28
This year the National Wine Competition was organised for the 40th time, with the Kunság wine region as the host. The National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) organised the competition,...
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Nielsen: Hungarian retail trade is second in Europe
Date: 2019-09-13 11:58:20
Brexit insecurity continued to affect the retail sector across the continent, but retail sales in Europe increased by 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the same...
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Growth in agricultural producer prices has slowed down
Date: 2019-09-13 11:50:05
In July, the annual growth rate of agricultural producer prices declined to a single-digit level. Following a 10.5 percent rise in June, acquisition prices were 8.5 percent higher in July...
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The turnover of non-alcoholic radlers has exploded over the last five years
Date: 2019-09-13 11:38:54
The turnover of non-alcoholic beers and radlers at HEINEKEN Hungária has increased significantly over the last five years. Heineken 0.0 Non-alcoholic Beer has doubled its turnover in one year, while...
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Feldman: the new support in the meat industry can bring a quality change
Date: 2019-09-13 11:32:23
The beef bull-breeding support program in the meat sector could bring a qualitative turn by allowing more domestic meat to reach consumers – the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture...
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NAK: average quantity but good quality plums this year
Date: 2019-09-13 11:30:30
This year, about 60-70 thousand tons of plums were produced in Hungary, which corresponds to the average of recent years, but the quality of the fruit is very good this...
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The number of pig slaughterings has decreased
Date: 2019-09-13 11:30:03
After a long timethe number of pig slaughterings in slaughterhouses again decreased in the first half of this year. This is partly due to strong demand for live animals in...
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Children are becoming more aware of nutrition
Date: 2019-09-13 11:17:17
Children are now informed about nutrition through social media and influencers, but for more than three-quarters of the participants the parents’ opinion is the most important – according to a...
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The Harvest Days of Szekszárd have begun
Date: 2019-09-13 11:17:16
The Harvest Days of Szekszárd have begun, with Varga Judit, Minister of Justice, inaugurating the series of programs on Friday. The head of the ministry, as the patron of the...
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The irrigation of the Trans-Tisza lands is also ensured by the renewal of the Eastern Main Canal
Date: 2019-09-13 11:16:32
More than three billion HUF of EU funding has been used to renovate the tools of the Eastern Main Canal in the last three years, which will allow irrigation of...
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