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The country’s wild boar population needs to be reduced
The Hungarian wild boar population needs to be reduced in order to slow down the spread of African swine fever and to make the country free of the disease in...
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Despite the economic downturn caused by the pandemic, European investment has exceeded expectations
The volume of commercial real estate investments in Europe reached 275 billion euros last year. Although this represents a decrease of 17 percent, compared to 331 billion euros in 2019....
Read moreThe German government has downgraded its growth forecast
The German federal government has revised its economic forecast downwards, with the forecast presented on Wednesday showing that Germany’s gross domestic product (GDP) could grow by 3 percent this year...
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The world’s first, really green grocery store
The PCC Community Market in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle has become the world’s first Living Building Challenge (LBC) Petal-Certified grocery store. LBC Petal certification for PCC Ballard represents rigorous...
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New corporate affairs and communications leader joins Heineken’s Hungary team
Responsibility, sustainability and partnership are the three values of Heineken Hungária that the company’s new head of Corporate Affairs and Communications will continue to build upon. As of 1 March,...
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New AHDB Trials To Help Reduce Cabbage Waste
New treatments are being tested by the UK’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) to help reduce the number of cabbages lost in storage from diseases caused by extreme wet weather....
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Food upcycling – the new way to sustainability VIDEO
Sustainability has become a watchword of business in the 21st century, and it’s now common to find consumer products that incorporate recycled content. But with the global population expected to...
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Smarties Switches To Recyclable Paper Packaging
Nestlé has announced that confectionery brand Smarties has moved to recyclable paper packaging for its products at a global level. The initiative will remove approximately 250 million plastic packs, sold...
Read moreHungary is urging the EU to take immediate action in the pig sector
At a video conference of the European Union’s agriculture and fisheries ministers on 25 January, Hungary urged urgent measures to improve the situation in the pig sector. At the request...
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The Food Chain Safety Agency has found marking errors in the inspection of hazelnut creams
In this year’s first product test, 34 hazelnut creams were tested by the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih), none of which were problematic in terms of food safety and...
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Daikin launches circular economy program to reuse refrigerants in air conditioners and heat pumps
The challenges of climate change must not be forgotten despite the times of coronavirus – the latest Eurobarometer survey on climate change in 2019 points out. The research commissioned by...
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World-class developments created from tender sources on the Kaposvár Campus of the Szent István University
Eight Centers of Higher and Industrial Cooperation (FIEK), financed partly from EU and partly from domestic sources, provide space for organized cooperation between the research community and industrial actors in...
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Dietary: fiber intake strengthens the immune system
At the time of the pandemic, it is extremely important to support our immune system with a healthy diet and proper fiber consumption – the dietitian Somogyi Kovács Anita called...
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This year, the donut festival in Nagykanizsa will take place online, but with the possibility to buy
In line with the coronavirus pandemic, the 13th Carnival Donut Festival programs will be held online. The donut baking competition will be held and those interested will be able to...
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Kőröstej recalls cheeses
As a precaution, Kőröstej Kft. withdraws some of its products called Kőrösi cheese discs from distribution, because there may be pieces of glass in them – the company called attention...
Read moreIMF Improved this year’s world economic growth forecast
World economic growth could pick up in the second half of the year, thanks to stimulus fiscal and central bank monetary measures and the launch of mass vaccinations, according to...
Read moreBusiness sentiment in Germany deteriorated in January
As a result of the severe situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, business sentiment in Germany deteriorated more than expected in January, according to a survey by the ifo economic...
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Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, according to Brand Finance
After three years, Apple is once again the most valuable brand in the world according to the 2021 Global 500 rankings of the British Brand Finance market research and business...
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Walmart positions itself as key COVID-19 vaccine provider for rural America
Walmart expects to be able to administer between 10 million and 13 million COVID-19 shots per month at its more than 5,000 in-store pharmacies in the United States and Puerto...
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Soft drink made of Christmas trees to come
An Estonian company makes a pine-flavored tonic from discarded Christmas trees. The minced needles of the pines are flavored with cardamom and lemon peel, so this is a sweet-bitter drink...
Read moreA new record in freight transport
A special freight train has departed from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong to Russia, origo wrote. The cargo arrives in Moscow in just 15 days, reducing delivery time by...
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Carrefour Suspends Sales Of Strawberries Until Mid-February
French retailer Carrefour has suspended the sales of strawberries in its stores until mid-February. Through the initiative, the retailer is aiming to educate customers about seasonality and offer better tasting strawberries. The...
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Spar Austria, REWE Offer Free FFP2 Masks As Governments Tighten Rules
Spar Austria is offering free medical-grade FFP2 masks to shoppers as the government has made it mandatory on public transport, shops and businesses, pharmacies, hospitals and medical practices. It has...
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Meet Tengai, the World’s First Job Interview Robot – VIDEO
Tengai is a very smart robot. It can speak up to 40 languages, can express emotions, but what is really interesting about it is that it is able to decide...
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PepsiCo plans to become a zero emission company by 2040
PepsiCo Inc seeks to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its supply chain by 2040. The makers of Doritos chips and Tropicana juice said: first they will cut greenhouse gas...
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CSR Hungary Summit: COVID has created the opportunity for a new beginning
The 2-day CSR Hungary Summit was organised online at the end of last year. On the first day participants discussed many COVID-related issues. Júlia Takács, founder and managing director of...
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Metro AG is the new owner of Davigel Spain
Metro AG has announced the takeover of food service distribution company Davigel Spain – for an undisclosed fee. Davigel Spain supplies more than 4,000 partners in Spain, mainly on the Balearic and...
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Asda is testing a vegan butcher counter
Asda has teamed up with vegan concept creator Kbox Global, to test a supermarket vegan butcher counter for this year’s ‘Veganuary’. In Asda’s Watford store a counter named Veelicious was built,...
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FrieslandCampina introduces 100-percent recycled PET bottles
Starting in February 2021, FrieslandCampina plans to produce bottles from 100-percent recycled PET (rPET) – for its brands sold in the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Hungary. This step will make...
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SPAR Austria continues to reduce sugar content of products
SPAR Austria’s sugar reduction scheme – which was launched in 2019 – will continue in 2021. Since 2020 11,454 tons of sugar has been removed by SPAR’s partners in the initiative. SPAR Austria has cut...
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