Events
A new Hungarian trading house was opened in Africa
A new Hungarian trading house was opened in Africa on 21 March 2015. The Sudanese – Hungarian Trading House will open its doors soon officially in Khartoum (Republic of Sudan)...
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Laurel’s best year ever
The Laurel Group’s sales amounted to a record HUF 4.8 billion. The group does the maintenance of about 16,000 cash registers, from which 4,500 run on the company’s Laura software....
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If you cannot shop, the net will be good too? – Online shoppers and Sunday closing hours
From 15 March 2015, Sunday opening hours will be prohibited in the vast majority of the stores. In order to judge the impact of the regulation on online retailing, the...
Read moreSavings Bank: GDP may expand by 3.2 percent this year
According to the analysts of the Savings Bank (TakarékBank), the Hungarian gross domestic product (GDP) may increase significantly this year, by 3.2 percent. The engine of growth will primarily be...
Read moreThousands of student employees are also affected by the Sunday store closure
The experts of the euCSOPORT complex HR services group have prepared to the labor market challenges that will arise in connection with the Sunday closing hours. The mandatory Sunday closure...
Read moreNAV: ekáer helps the fair taxpayers
The electronic control system for road freight (ekáer) not only suppresses VAT frauds, but delivers markets to the fair taxpayers – Sinkáné Csendes Ágnes, Tax Director General of the National...
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The consumer protection authorities imposed fines of 711 million HUF last year
The National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) imposed fines of 711 million HUF last year in nearly 43 thousand processes. Szente István, the Acting Director General of the National Consumer Protection...
Read moreRomania can export pork to China
Romania can start pork exports to China, after the authorities of Far Eastern country approved the exporting activities of a company in Romania – Victor Ponta Romanian Prime Minister announced...
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Magazine: Our skilled bartenders!
Krisztián Nagy, the winner of the Finlandia Vodka Longdrink contest told Trade magazin that he learns about the latest trends on the internet and at international competitions. Mr Nagy believes...
Read moreOKSZ: exemption cannot be given currently
Only those exceptions are exisiting under Sunday store closure that were voted by the National Assembly at its meeting on March 17. The Government’s decree was published on Tuesday. According...
Read moreMost of the shops will open on Sunday before Easter
On 29 March almost all the shops will open – the hvg.hu wrote. The law provides five opportunities to be open on Sundays. The stores plan to use four occasions...
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Why advertising useful to everyone?
The Hungarian Advertising Association and the Hungarian Association of Communication Agencies launched a campaign on 18 March 2015 to raise the consumers’ awereness to the importance of the advertising industry...
Read moreThe FAO reviews the phytosanitary trade standards
FAO estimates that between 20 and 40 percent of global crop yields are reduced each year due to the damage wrought by plant pests and diseases. “Once a pest becomes...
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Natural disasters caused 70 billion USD damage to agriculture between 2003 and 2013
About the quarter of the damages caused by natural disasters affect the agricultural sector in developing countries – the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) states in its recent...
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Consumer prices decreased in the EU in February
Consumer prices fell by 0.2 percent in the European Union (EU) in February, on an annual basis, after the 0.5 percent decline in January – the Eurostat announced. According to...
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Day-old chicks and hatching eggs were sent to Eritreia
Within the Southern opening 100 thousand day-old chicks and 30 thousand hatching eggs from Bábolna were sent to Asmara capital of Eritrea. The value of shipment exceeds 200 thousand euros...
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ICF: Hungarian coaches at the forefront of the world
An innovative Hungarian initiative won the I Care For award of the world's largest professional organization, the International Coach Federation (ICF). The Coach up! program founded by the Hungarian Branch...
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Vitafort and the Dairy Product Council continue their cooperation
Vitafort First Feed Production and Distribution Zrt. and the Dairy Interprofessional Organisation and Product Council renewed their pledge to cooperate. The agreement was signed by Vitafort CEO Zoltán Kulik and...
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Shops open on Sundays listed online
Hungarian-owned browsing-content service provider NPMobileComm-NaviPro, which is also present in many other countries, joined forces with 20,000 partners in the retail and tourism sectors to launch the website VasarnapiNyitvatartas.hu in...
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Vitaliano Torno is O-I Europe’s new managing director
Owens-Illinois Inc., the world’s biggest container glass manufacturer put Vitaliano Torno in the managing director’s seat for Europe. Mr Torno has been serving O-I since 1990, having worked as director...
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Magazine: Loyalty building doesn’t get any better than this!
Loyalty programme specialist The Continuity Company AG (TCC) invited journalists from our region to visit their Solution Creation Centre (SCC) in London, which has been operational for 18 months now....
Read moreThe Sunday closure rules were extended to other stores
The National Assembly on Tuesday adopted the legislation banning Sunday work in stores on the territory of the fuel stations that do not sell fuel, as well as those commercial...
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Nielsen: chocolate bunnies are the most popular again
Food retail is selling more and more Easter sweets. Still the rabbit and the egg figures are dominating this segment of the market. It is a new situation that the...
Read moreThe Regulation on the authorization of stores’ Sunday opening was published
The government’s decree on the authorization progress was published in the Magyar Közlöny (Official Gazette) on Tuesday. According to the regulation the exceptional opening hours can be authorized by the...
Read more42 percent of the Hungarian Internet users usually buy online
40 percent of the Hungarian internet users, about 2.8 million people are buying from Hungarian sites and 16 percent of the population, 833 thousand people are buying from foreign sites....
Read moreDouble Sunday wage to the employees of shops that will open only 5 occassions a year
The National Assembly amended the Labour Code on Tuesday. The amendment was accepted with 138 votes in favor, 37 votes against an 1 abstained. According to the amendment, those commercial...
Read morePálinkavédjegy application again!
The Pálinka Trademark system announced a new application period from 30 March 2015. The unique initiative guarantees that the bottles with stickers contain really high quality pálinkas. The initiative was...
Read moreThe Most Beautiful Kitchen Garden program continues
The number of municipalities has doubled since the 2012 start of the Most Beautiful Kitchen Garden program. So far 180 municipalities have joined this year. The deadline expires on March...
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The Villány wine region’s website was expanded
The community website of the Villány wine region was expanded with responsive design technology. The www.villanyiborvidek.hu now provides rapid informations and more great contents, to meet the expectations of the...
Read moreHooters Girl Barstool Beer Trick – Video of te day
You know them, you love them, the Hooters Girls. But some of them have even more talent than others! Check out what this one's doing (for charity, no less) with...
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