Events
Agricultural Chamber: autumn sowings are in good condition
Autumn sowings are in good condition due to this year’s mild winter, without snowfall. According to the survey of the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK), 90 percent of the 1.6...
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The ÖRT checks the industry commitments
The Self-regulatory Advertising Board (ÖRT) does the industry-by-industry monitoring of the implementation of pledges made. For instance the examination of the EU Pledge commitments –voluntary limiting advertising to children – showed...
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Education of conscious consumers in Schools
The purpose of the National Chamber of Agriculture is to strengthen the trust in domestic products at quite a young age. Local producers and products were introduced in schools and...
Read moreThe number of Hungarian SMEs that are able to export has increased multiple over four years
The number of Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are able to export has increased several times between 2014 and 2018, Magyar Levente, Minister of State Secretary of the...
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Hungarian students can take part at L’Oréal Brandstorm’s international finals in Paris
The regional round of the L’Oréal Brandstorm Innovation Competition was organized on 10 April, where Hungarian, Czech and Slovak students of higher education presented their ideas to the jury. Participants...
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More than 50,000 visitors at this year’s Anuga FoodTec
Cologne hosted the Anuga FoodTec trade exhibition for the eighth time. There were a record number of visitors at the event which is organised every three years. This year 13 percent more...
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The vegetable sector calls for price reductions
The VAT on fruits and vegetables is only 3 percent in Spain and 6 percent in the Netherlands. However, the domestic producers have to face a 27 percent VAT in...
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Hungary produces soy well below the demand
Hungary produces soy well below the demand – Gyuricza Csaba, Director-General of the National Center for Agricultural Research and Innovation told M1 news channel on Monday. He said that the...
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Million-dollar developments at the Tokaj-Hegyalja World Heritage Sites
Castles, monuments, religious sites and historic streets are also being renewed in the framework of the “Development of the World Heritage Sites of Tokaj-Hegyalja Historical Wine Region” project. With its...
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ÁSZ: labor market indicators improved between 2006 and 2016
Labor market indicators improved significantly between 2006 and 2016 in Hungary: the number of employed increased by 10.7 percent, while the number of unemployed decreased by 26.3 percent, and the...
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Vodafone: significant progress is expected in the digitalisation of SMEs
Although the telecommunications development in Hungary started in the 1990s, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) started to integrate digital technologies only slowly in the sector, but the process can be...
Read moreHungarian wines at the Vinitaly Italian trade fair
The Hungarian wines will be presented at an own stand again at the Vinitaly International Wine Festival and Exhibition, which opened in Verona, Italy on Sunday. After a long period...
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The EU would allow higher import duties to be imposed on dumped goods
EU foreign ministers have adopted a position on the modernization of EU trade defense instruments, which would allow higher import duties to be imposed on dumped goods – the Council...
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The country’s largest clothing collection action was launched
The charity action called “Give-and-get-days” is the biggest g cloth collection of the country, whereby the organizers are waiting for the unnecessary, but good-quality clothes until 6 May at the...
Read moreGrowth in retail sales in the United States
In March, primarily due to car sales, retail sales in the United States increased more than expected – according to U.S. Census Bureau’s report published on Monday. In March, retail...
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A statue was set for the English giant cow
A statue was set for the English giant cow in the United Kingdom. The statue is made of steel and it is almost two meters high – agrarszektor.hu wrote. Source:...
Read moreUS retail sales declined further
Instead of the expected growth, retail sales decreased for the third month in February, compared to the previous month in the United States, according to the report of the Census...
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(HU) Valós verseny és további áremelkedés várható az ingatlanpiacon
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EU money also contributed to last year’s investment record
According to a report by the Central Statistical Office (KSH), the level of investment was up a never-before-seen 16.7 percent in 2017, after the 16-percent decline in 2016. However, in the processing...
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Hungarian grey cattle promoted from 90 million forints
The Association of Hungarian Grey Cattle Breeders successfully applied for HUF 90-million funding from the European Union for promoting meat products in third countries. Products made from the meat of Hungarian...
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Ministry of Agriculture cooperates with bee keepers
The Ministry of Agriculture and the association of Hungarian bee keepers have signed a strategic cooperation agreement. Within the framework of a development programme that started in 2010, the apiculture sector...
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Magazine: The ‘past 8 years’ and the ‘8 years which have almost passed’
Between 2002 and 2016 the consumption level of Hungarian households increased by 14 percent – reported GKI Economic Research Zrt. This was the slowest growth rate if the Visegrád Four...
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Drought prediction system to be launched soon
From mid-April the national drought prediction system is operational. The General Directorate of Water Management (OVF) runs the system that aims at preventing damages in agricultural production caused by extremely dry...
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New Future Lab concept at SIAL Paris
This year’s SIAL Paris programme has been made more exciting with the addition of a laboratory, a start-up programme and a virtual reality feature: between 21 and 25 October 2018...
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Nielsen chart of the month
Market share (in value) of the Top 10 best-selling household chemicals and cosmetics across the regions, from the 90 categories audited by Nielsen, in the February 2017 and January 2018 period...
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The European Commission has proposed the strengthening of EU consumer rights
The European Commission has submitted a package of measures to strengthen European consumer rights – the EU commission said. As it has been said, despite the strict consumer protection rules,...
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Protein Program: 6 reasonable moves to spend 8 billion forints
Almost everyone has heard about the National Protein Feed Program in the sector, and in the days it was also found that the framework for the “five-year plan” approaches nearly...
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Mangalica Festival in Debrecen
The mangalica festival has begun for the ninth time on the main square of Debrecen, the Kossuth square in front of the Reformed Great Church. Tóth Péter, president of the...
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The three-day celebration of the wine profession and the wine lovers ended in Budapest
During the three days of the VinCE Budapest Wine Show 2018, visitors could not only knew the best wines of the Hungarian wineries, but could also learn about the most...
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