Events
The growth of retail sales decreased in the Czech Republic in May
Date: 2019-07-09 11:02:15
In May, the retail sales growth in the Czech Republic dropped to 2.7 percent, while rose by 6.9 percent in April – the Czech Statistical Office announced on Tuesday in...
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Nébih: Fressnapf calls contaminated dog food back
Date: 2019-07-09 11:00:24
Fressnapf calls back dog food contaminated with salmonella – the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) told referring to the chain store. According to the information published on the Nébih...
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Raspberry Picking Robot
Date: 2019-07-09 08:50:27
A new robot could help farmers pick up to 25,000 raspberries a day, according to Manufacturers Fieldwork Robotics. The robot was developed by Dr Martin Stoelen, a lecturer in robotics...
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Coles Launches Mum’s Sauce
Date: 2019-07-09 08:30:53
Australian retailer Coles has launched Mum’s Sause to help raise money for sick children in hospitals across Australia. Fifty cents from each of Mum’s Sause Bolognese 500g jar sold will...
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Brazil Gets Its First ‘Healthy’ Supermarket
Date: 2019-07-09 08:10:25
Super Saudavel, the first supermarket in Brazil to offer ‘healthy’ products selected by a team of nutritionists, has opened its doors to customers. The store is located in the Alto...
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Magazine: Technology brings major transformation to the Hungarian financial services market
Date: 2019-07-09 07:38:50
At the end of April more than 400 experts gathered at the FinTechShow conference, where Hungary’s fintech strategy and the fintech programme of the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) were...
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Analysts: growth in retail sales is lower than expected
Date: 2019-07-08 11:40:14
The slower than expected retail sales of May surprised the analysts. Most of them expect further downturns in the second half of the year, compared to what they saw in...
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There is plenty of Hungarian grain for export
Date: 2019-07-08 11:33:55
Similarly to last year, five million tons of wheat production is expected in Hungary this year, and not only the supply of the country is secured, but there is also...
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AM: punishment for food counterfeiters to be tightened
Date: 2019-07-08 11:30:33
According to the amendment of the law of the Parliament, the punishment of food counterfeiters is stricter and they can no longer hide behind other companies after the fraud –...
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Nagy István: to maintain the EU agricultural budget a joint action by the region is needed
Date: 2019-07-08 11:25:23
The EU agricultural budget for the next seven years should not be reduced, even by increasing the contribution of individual countries, Nagy István, Minister of Agriculture said on Friday in...
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The prosecutor’s office found an infringement at every checked webshop
Date: 2019-07-08 11:14:37
In order to protect the rights of consumers, the prosecutor’s office examined the terms and conditions of sixteen webshops and found an illegal clause in each of them Szabó Ferenc,...
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AM: co-operation is essential in agriculture
Date: 2019-07-08 11:13:13
Co-operation is essential in agriculture. It is important for farmers to recognize that being a member in a producer co-operation is not a risk, but a security – Feldman Zsolt,...
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A conciliation body is needed to make businesses ready for consumer protection
Date: 2019-07-08 11:04:12
The experience of the first half of the year shows that it is necessary to prepare businesses for consumer protection in the 21st century – the Budapest Conciliation Body (BBT)...
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The National Soil Center has started
Date: 2019-07-08 11:03:28
Another strong bastion was created with the launch of the National Soil Center (NFK), which serves the competitiveness of Hungarian agriculture and the transparency of the related activities – Nagy...
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Retail sales in the euro area were weaker than expected
Date: 2019-07-08 11:01:16
Retail sales in the euro area were weaker than expected in May. In a monthly comparison, decline occurs for the second consecutive month in the volume of traffic as a...
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GKI: Business expectations fell sharply in June
Date: 2019-07-08 10:21:58
After reaching its two-year low in April and an improvement in May, the GKI economic sentiment index fell to its level of early summer 2017. The deterioration in business expectations...
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The future of fuel cards
Date: 2019-07-08 09:34:27
At the end of May Shell held their ‘Make the Future Live’ event: a 4-day festival in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, where the focus was on innovative ideas. The...
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Carrefour to expand home delivery in France
Date: 2019-07-08 08:50:25
Carrefour is preparing to extend the coverage for its home delivery in its home market to all urban areas with more than 10,000 inhabitants by 2020. According to the reports...
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Gruppo VéGé Pledges To Tackle Food Waste With New App
Date: 2019-07-08 08:30:39
Italy’s Gruppo VéGé has partnered with Last Minute Sotto Casa (LMSC) to launch a smartphone app to tackle food waste. LMSC is a portal that brings together, in real time,...
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Asda steps up partnership with Just Eat
Date: 2019-07-08 08:10:59
Asda has announced an expansion of its partnership with Just Eat, as part of wider activity to bring new ideas to the customer experience. Through a new Express grocery delivery...
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Campaign to encourage sour cherry consumption
Date: 2019-07-05 11:30:52
Hungary is a great power in the production of sour cherries, but the consumption of the extremely healthy fruit is low. The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) and the Agricultural Marketing...
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KKM: The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan has been discussing on Hungarian pig meat exports in Budapest
Date: 2019-07-05 11:27:01
The Director of the Food Safety and Consumer Protection Office of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture discussed the delivery possibilities of Hungarian pork in Japan – the Ministry of Foreign...
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Nébih: an average Hungarian throws out six kilos of vegetables and fruits a year
Date: 2019-07-05 11:25:06
An average of six kilograms of vegetables and fruits are thrown out annually by an average Hungarian – the head of the Department of Plant, Soil and Agri-Environment Protection of...
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Chamber of Agriculture: So far six thousand students participated in the From Home To Home campaign
Date: 2019-07-05 11:08:04
Interactive lectures were held for six thousand primary and secondary school students so far, within the From Home To Home Campaign – the Zala County President of the National Agricultural...
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It is possible to breed cattle that emit less methane
Date: 2019-07-05 11:05:06
It is possible to reduce the methane emissions of cattle according to scientists. The genetics of cattle have a strong effect on the composition of microorganisms in the rumen of...
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This year’s development budget for the farm development program doubles, compared to last year
Date: 2019-07-05 11:01:58
The proportion within the total amount of the farm development program have been set so that the people living on the farms can get more resources than the local governments,...
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FAO Food Price Index steady in June
Date: 2019-07-05 10:17:11
Global food prices declined marginally in June, as lower prices of dairy products and vegetable oils more than offset a significant jump in maize quotations, and are now very close...
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Customised glasses – made using 3D printing
Date: 2019-07-05 09:48:27
Hoya and Materialise developed Yuniku, the world’s first 3D-tailored eyewear. The technology works as follows: the human face is scanned and based on this the perfect frame is designed and...
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Online shops to pay bigger fines
Date: 2019-07-05 09:46:15
Ákos Kara, secretary of state responsible for infocommunication and consumer protection informed that the name of online shops that don’t comply with the regulations will be registered in an online...
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Spar Austria Introduces New Organic Biscuit Range
Date: 2019-07-05 08:50:24
Spar Austria has launched a new range of organic biscuits in partnership with the Vienna-based start-up NUSSYY. The product does not contain added sugar or palm oil, and it is...
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