Events
Changes in the system of agricultural higher education
NAK opines that the system of agricultural higher education needs a restructuring, in order to give students more complex and practical knowledge. The chamber has also stressed that it is...
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Magazine: Uncertainty in the financial markets
InthesecondhalfofAugust the world’s leading stock exchanges suffered a 10-20 percent drop. The reason behind this was the Chinese economy’s fear of slowing down, which resultedinthe government imposing measures to avoid...
Read moreProcessed meats rank alongside smoking as cancer causes
Bacon, ham and sausages rank alongside cigarettes as a major cause of cancer, the World Health Organisation has said, placing cured and processed meats in the same category as asbestos,...
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GKI: mobile payments in Hungary
The first solution that helps to manage our finances on mobile phone appeared in Hungary in 2002. Over the past 13 years several mobile payment solutions have appeared, but except...
Read moreAccording to analysts, the negative inflation is temporary
The September inflation data of minus 0.4 percent is lower than the market expectations, but analysts considered the slip into negative territory only temporary and they expect an annual average...
Read moreThe payment of the withheld agricultural subsidies has started
The payment of the withheld agricultural subsidies started on Friday. Czerván György, Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI, that the 8.4 billion HUF support comes...
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KSH: exports and imports equally increased by 6.2 percent in August
In August the euro-denominated value of exports and imports increased by 6.2 percent compared to the same month of last year. The trade surplus was 459 million euros, 25 million...
Read moreHungarian business service centers plan staff increases
The almost 30 Hungarian service centers (SSC) plan a 9 percent staff increase in the following year, that took part in the survey of the Hungarian Service Industry and Outsourcing...
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The Vértesi Erdő Zrt. inaugurated a forest delicatessen shop and a lookout tower
The shop in Tatabánya is offering the products of the state-owned forestries. The Vértesi Erdő Zrt also handed over the renewed lookout tower in Vértessomló. The third delicatessen store in...
Read moreInvitel makes high-speed Internet available in additional 40 thousand households
By the end of the year, the Invitel makes 100 Mbit bandwidth Internet services available in additional 40 thousand households – the company announced on Wednesday at a press conference....
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Alexandra Béres is Caola’s new ambassador
Fitness world champion and mother of two Alexandra Béres is the new face of Caola cosmetics. She told that it is very important to her and her children to use...
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Expanding TCC
Customer loyalty programme specialist TCC has acquired Denmark-based mobile marketing firm Gametation. Gametation develops game software campaigns designed for mobile devices that can help companies get new customers and increase...
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Magazine: Wiener: they are buying it!
Wiener and frankfurter sales are growing but the main driver of this growth are private label products. According to Zoltán Szántó, senior product manager of Pick Szeged Zrt. the volume...
Read moreAmazon enters the Italian FMCG market
Amazon started selling FMCG products in Italy: in the online shop customers can choose from nearly 20,000 products, including brands such as Barilla, Valfrutta, Knorr, Rio Mare, San Benedetto, Mulino...
Read moreFAO: global food prices are low
Agricultural commodities are going through a period of lower and less volatile prices, according to the FAO Food Outlook released today. After several dramatic upward price spikes from 2007 through...
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The retail sales of household chemical goods and cosmetics increased by six percent
The revenues of the stores from household chemicals and cosmetics grew by 6 percent this year to about 230 billion HUF from January to August. In volume, a 1 percent...
Read moreFood prices increased despite declining inflation
The average level of consumer prices was 0.4 percent lower in September 2015, than a year before, while compared with August, prices decreased by 0.6 percent – the Central Statistics...
Read moreMLSZKSZ: the migratory crisis made the transportation of goods more expensive
The intense migratory wave and the related actions of the EU member states have posed serious challenges to the logistics and supply chain companies: due to the unplanned, temporary closures...
Read moreThe first calls for proposals of the Rural Development Programme were published
The first calls for proposals of the Rural Development Programme were published on Wednesday – the Prime Minister's Office told MTI on Thursday. According to the information of the Prime...
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The trading house launched an SME Export Expressz program
The Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) launched a new professional complex program called Export Expressz based on three pillars to help the export activities of the domestic small and medium-sized...
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The Nébih suspended the operations of two vegetable cleaning plants in Budapest
Due to food safety and food hygiene deficiencies, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) suspended the operations of two vegetable cleaning plants in Budapest with immediate effect. During the...
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New opportunities in supporting small-scale farmers
New support scheme options have appeared in the CAP calculator on the NAK website. The calculator helps small-scale farmers join the funding programme. Farmers who have a 5-hectare or smaller...
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Pannonpower buys more biomass this year
In the 12-month period ending at the end of June the Pécs-seated power plant purchased 180,000 tons of biomass from farmers in the region. In the next year Pannonpower plans...
Read moreVP-book published for the agriculture sector
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) published its new manual, with lots of useful information about the new Rural Development Programme (VP) for those who wish to tender for funding....
Read more2015 may be an excellent year for winemakers
Wines made in 2015 have great potential – reported seed grain and pesticide specialist Snygenta Hungary. In the regions where there have been no diseases or hail damage winemakers are...
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Magazine: The traps of online dating
The internet has already helped many people to find a partner, but it has also discouraged several others from dating online. One of my agency’s customers, a 37-year-old man told...
Read moreNGM: the market followed the changes came with the Sunday rest day
The market followed the changes came with the Sunday rest day: there is a labor shortage in the Hungarian retail, on which the companies operating in the sector may react...
Read moreFM: the volume of wine exported from Hungary increased in the first half of 2015-10-07
Hungary this year exported 349 thousand hectoliters of wine in the first half of the year, 5.2 percent more than in the year before. The primary trading partners remained the...
Read moreThe GMO-free foods will be labeled
Those food manufacturers that produce their products from the products of animals that are eating GMO-free feed can indicate this exemption on the foods they produce. The Ministry of Agriculture...
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The Cooperatives loses thousands of euros
The European Court of Justice rejected the Hungarian action in a six-year lawsuit, which intended to force Brussels to pay more support refunds to the Hungarian fruit and vegetable sector’s...
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