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Brazil Agribusiness Joins With NGOs To Call For Action On Amazon
Brazil’s leading meat export industry group and other agribusiness associations on Friday joined with nongovernment organisations (NGOs) to call for an end to deforestation on public lands, demanding government action...
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Timberland to plant 50 million trees within five years
Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland has committed to planting 50 million trees around the world by 2025. The move builds on Timberland’s previous tree planting efforts; since 2001, the brand...
Read moreEuropean Commission: Hungary’s digital development has improved
According to DESI’s 2019 data showing the development of the digital economy and society, Hungary’s performance over the past few years has improved at a pace similar to the EU...
Read moreAM launches a wine promotion program with a budget of 3.5 billion HUF
The Ministry of Agriculture plans to launch a 3.5 billion HUF wine promotion program to support the sale of quality wines, Feldman Zsolt, Minister of State of the Ministry of...
Read moreKSH: Exports and imports rose by 7.6 percent in July
In July, exports and imports both rose 7.6 percent year-on-year, and foreign trade surplus became 276 million euros, 19 million euros higher than a year before – the Central Statistical...
Read moreBeer and Trotters Festival is organized in Siófok for the first time
Siófok is coming up with a new Autumn Gastronomy Festival: the first Beer and Trotters Festival will be held between 13th and 15th September on the Main Square. The organizers...
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ITM: special attention to be paid this year on students’ consumer awareness again
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) will continue to focus on providing students consumer protection knowledge this school year. The Ministry is launching its “Consumer Awareness School” competition for...
Read moreMore than 7,300 young people start their education in the institutions of the Ministry of Agriculture
“More than 7,300 young people start their education in the institutions of the Ministry of Agriculture” – the Ministry of Agriculture told MTI. “The school system, which responds to the...
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Ten million eggs that wouldn’t make a chick
Bloomberg reports on an unusual government idea from Indonesia. Jakarta would force record-low poultry meat prices to rise by recommending the destruction of eggs to the poultry farmers – origo...
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Growth in the euro area private sector picked up but remained modest in August
Growth in the private sector of the euro area increased but remained modest in August, after the service sector was only partially able to offset the decline in manufacturing performance...
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The euro area faces the most pessimistic investor sentiment of the past five years
Investor sentiment in the euro area fell to the lowest value of the past five years, according to a study released on Monday by the Sentix Economic Research Institute in...
Read moreLidl Germany: Reusable Net Bags Instead of Plastic
Discounter Lidl has announced that it will introduce reusable net bags for unpacked fruit and vegetables across all outlets in Germany. Starting 26 August, the new bags will be available...
Read moreTesco: Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Tesco has announced the second phase of its ‘Remove, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ plan aimed at tackling excess packaging in private-label as well as branded products. As part of the...
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Labelling issue solved by Brewers of Europe
A few years ago, UNESCO added Belgian beer culture to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It highlighted how deeply this culture is embedded across Belgium’s towns and...
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Together Against Plastic Waste
A global alliance of plastic makers and consumer goods companies said on Tuesday it would prioritise much of its $1 billion (€900 million) funds to curb plastic waste in Southeast...
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Magazine: Mixed strategies to get satisfaction
‘Marketing and psychology’ was the title of the presentation László Mérő, professor of mathematics and psychology at ELTE in Budapest and Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, gave at the June meeting...
Read moreAnalysts: the rise in wages lays the foundations for retail sales growth
In July, after two months of modest growth, retail business turnover increased dynamically again. The double-digit wage growth predicting continued sustained growth in consumption and retail, thereby remaining an important...
Read moreNagy István: there is 60 percent higher production potential in Hungarian agriculture
Hungarian agriculture has 60 percent more production potential than today – the Minister of Agriculture said at the opening ceremony of the 32nd Bábolna Farmers’ Day on Thursday. Nagy István,...
Read moreWine festival at the Buda Castle during the weekend
A wine festival is held this weekend in the Buda Castle: around 160 wineries will be presented at the Buda Castle Wine Festival starting on Thursday. Nagy Gábor Tamás, Mayor...
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There are online advertisements that are welcomed by Hungarian consumers
NetADclick, an online advertising specialist, has surveyed the growing popularity of vegan cosmetics. Well-positioned, informative advertisements are even enjoyed by members of the group – according to a survey of...
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European Commission: VAT losses has been reducing in EU countries for years
The difference between the calculated and the actual amount of VAT collected has been decreasing for years, reaching 137 billion euros in EU countries in 2017 – the European Commission...
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Meat is very expensive in Switzerland
Switzerland is rich – but food costs almost 70 percent more than the EU average – privatbankar.hu wrote. Not to mention meat: its average price is 2.3 times the EU...
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Employment growth in the United States was stronger than expected in August
Employment growth in the United States was much stronger than expected in August – according to data released on Thursday by the ADP Labor Data Processing Institute. The Automatic Data...
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FAO: World food prices dip in August
Global food prices declined in August, driven by sharp falls in the prices of staple cereals and sugar, according to a report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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Origami cranes: Nestlé Japan to switch out plastic for paper on KitKats
Nestlé Japan is replacing the plastic wrapping on its KitKat candy bars with paper in a bid to become one step closer to its commitment of 100 percent recyclable or...
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Amazon India Plans To Scrap Single-Use Plastic
Amazon.com Inc’s India unit plans to replace single-use plastic in its packaging by June 2020, the company said on Wednesday, the latest move by an ecommerce giant to weed out...
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Costa Coffee launches “commuter focused” store
Costa Coffee has launched its first ‘commuter-focused’ concept store in Lewisham, London. The site is one of eight new mini-format stores opening in the city’s busiest rail stations over the...
Read moreKSH: retail sales growth accelerated further
According to the raw data, retail sales grew 6.9 percent in July, while calendary effect adjusted by 6.4 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year, following the...
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Nébih: The summer seasonal food chain inspection ended with mixed experiences
The summer seasonal food chain inspection ended with mixed experiences: during the inspection of 4,307 establishments and nearly 12,000 products, more than 34 tonnes of food products were withdrawn and...
Read moreNébih: African swine fever infected area expanded further
The area infected with African swine fever (ASF) has been further expanded in Hungary, with measures primarily affecting game farmers, the National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nebih) published on its...
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