News and articles
The interest rate saga is over: banks compete for savings with promotions
The years 2023–2024 brought a golden period for retail government bond investors: the Premium Hungarian Government Bond and the Discount Treasury Bond provided a risk-free return of up to 15–19%....
Read more
Nutella Plant-Based: the world-famous spread is now available in a vegan version
Ferrero has launched Nutella Plant-Based, a vegan version of one of the world’s most famous peanut spreads. The product is completely plant-based, making the classic Nutella experience accessible to vegans....
Read more
The winning projects of Tesco’s competition supporting children, young people and local communities can start with the start of school – nearly 2 million people voted for them
After the first bell rang on September 1, children once again took center stage in schools. Just as part of the summer break was spent preparing for the autumn period...
Read more
A new PENNY store has opened in the 15th district
Budapest’s newest PENNY store awaits customers on Nyírpalota Street, where in addition to the usual budget-friendly prices and attractive product range, the discount chain also prepared a prize game, opening...
Read more
World-leading white wine from Somló at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles wine competition
Kancellár SomlAI Cuvée 2021, blended by Artificial Intelligence /AI/, won the International White Wine Revelation (highest scoring white wine of the competition) award as the absolute winner. The 32nd Concours...
Read more
Pepco celebrates 10 years in Hungary – dynamic expansion continues
Pepco is celebrating its tenth anniversary in Hungary this year, and the company is not slowing down: it plans to open more stores – it was revealed at the company’s...
Read more
Romanian retail trade expands despite austerity measures
Romania’s retail sales rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in July, according to data adjusted for calendar effects, the country’s statistics office said. The increase came despite the country’s parliament recently passing...
Read more
Danubius Hotels launches special support
On the occasion of World Charity Day, Danubius Hotels has prepared a special cake to support the work of Bátor Tábor, with which it also invites its guests to do...
Read more
4 guilt-free tips for kitchen decisions
What’s for dinner? This seemingly harmless question is asked a million times a day in Hungarian households – yet it often becomes the biggest mental burden for women. POLCZ’s expert...
Read more
Minister of Agriculture: New call for proposals encourages generational change in agriculture
A 22 billion forint non-refundable grant has been launched to encourage generational change, and applications can be submitted from November 20, the ministry announced on Tuesday, according to a statement...
Read more
Giorgio Armani, an iconic figure in the fashion world, has died
Kilencvenegy éves korában elhunyt csütörtökön Giorgio Armani olasz divattervező – nincs az Armani divatház. A közlemény szerint a legendás divattervező békésen hunyt el milánói otthonában, szerettei körében. A gyászolók szombaton...
Read more
Several prominent international speakers at this year’s Marketing Summit
On September 18, the Marketing Summit Budapest will be held again at the MÜPA, one of the largest annual meetings of the marketing, communication and business sectors. The event offers...
Read more
There is room and demand for expanding soybean production in Hungary
The Ministry of Agriculture supports soybean growers and the professional organizations they have established thanks to domestic and European Union funds, and we are focusing on knowledge transfer, emphasized Minister...
Read more
The Downtown Beer Festival has begun
Visitors can taste more than two hundred and fifty types of beer specialties from thirty domestic and international breweries at the Downtown Beer Festival on Szabadság Square from Tuesday to...
Read more
AKI: the volume of live animal slaughter increased in the first half of the year, except for poultry
Domestic slaughterhouses slaughtered less poultry, more pigs and cattle in the first half of this year than in the same period in 2024 – according to the summary published on...
Read more
LG to unveil new space-saving and energy-efficient refrigerator series at IFA 2025
LG Electronics (LG) will introduce its latest refrigerator collection for the European market at IFA 2025. The new French-door and bottom-freezer models were developed specifically for European homes and consumer...
Read more
AI strategy: education in focus
Education will play a key role in the artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, emphasized László Palkovics, the government commissioner responsible for AI, at the presentation of the discussion paper entitled Forward,...
Read more
Tourism organization: negative sentiment in the sector in Brussels
Although the number of hotel nights in the Belgian capital increased slightly during the summer months, the Brussels hospitality industry did not see a breakthrough in the season, with the...
Read more
Farmers’ interests must be protected by joint efforts
The new draft budget for the European Union agriculture after 2027 is unacceptable in its current form, so we must act together against it – said István Nagy, Minister of...
Read more
Aldi US Plans Its First Store Near Times Square
Aldi is planning to open its first store in Central Manhattan near Times Square in 2026, marking a significant expansion into a high-footfall urban area, according to media reports. The...
Read more
Shopify upgrades fulfillment capabilities
Ecommerce software provider Shopify has announced that it is upgrading its built-in fulfillment capabilities. It has new partnerships with multiple global carriers and offers more streamlined logistics workflows within its...
Read more
Nespresso axes 200 UK jobs amid store shutdowns
Nespresso has cut more than 200 jobs in the UK as part of a wider restructuring that saw the coffee giant close 11 locations across the country in 2024. The...
Read more
15 percent more new agricultural machinery sold in the first half
The agricultural machinery market is undergoing a significant transformation worldwide – and Hungary is no exception – which is also influenced by technological development, weather extremes, and changes in support...
Read more
HUN-REN and the University of Singapore organize a conference on healthy living
The HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network and the National University of Singapore (NUS) will jointly organize the Healthy Living 2025 Symposium in Budapest from September 17-19. At the three-day event, researchers,...
Read more
NKFH: TRS brand Indian curry powder recalled due to unauthorized coloring
Based on a notification received through the European Union’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed Safety (RASFF), an unauthorized dye, Rhodamine B, was detected in TRS brand Indian curry...
Read more
AM: the Ministry of Agriculture supports ornamental gardeners with several application opportunities
Ornamental gardeners make our world more livable, more beautiful and better with their work, and that is why the sector can count on government support – stated István Nagy, Minister...
Read more
Agrometeorology: mostly dry, summery warm, sunny weather helps the harvest
The agricultural drought has ended in a large area in Transdanubia, and has eased in many places in the east, and in the future, mostly dry, summery warm, sunny weather...
Read more
Margin freeze: prices of hundreds of products have decreased, the government may expand the scope
Speaking to M1, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation, Róbert Zsigó, said that since the introduction of the margin cut, the prices of several food...
Read more
Tourism: slightly deteriorating economy, but still the best among economic sectors
In August 2025, the Tourism Business Index (TKI) stood at –5 points on a scale from –100 to +100, indicating that sector participants overall assessed their situation as slightly negative....
Read more
Eurozone economic activity strengthened minimally in August
The eurozone private sector’s economic activity improved marginally in August, according to the composite purchasing managers’ index (BMI) released by Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (HCOB) and S&P Global Market Intelligence....
Read more