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Eurostat: 2.03 percent of the EU’s GDP was spent on research and development last year

The Member States spent 2.03 percent of the European Union’s gross domestic product (GDP) on research and development (R & D) last year, just as in the previous two years....

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Eurostat: the Union’s tourism continued to grow in 2017

The number of guest nights spent in hotels in European Union member states continued to grow in 2017, exceeding 3.2 billion, which is an increase of 5.1 percent compared to...

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The EU would make the recyclable plastic packaging mandatory

All plastic packagings should be recyclable by 2030 in the European Union, and the use of disposable plastic materials should be reduced according to the strategy currently presented by the...

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Chinese tourism to the EU has increased threefold

Chinese tourism in the European Union has tripled over the past ten years, and the number of guest nights spent by Chinese has reached nearly 25 million in 2016 –...

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The chicken debate continues between the EU and the US

There is still a serious controversy between the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU). According to EU accusations, US companies supply chlorinated chicken meat to the...

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Restrictions may come in case of the EU agricultural subsidies

Restrictions have to be taken in the Union’s new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) between 2020 and 2027, according to EU Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger. While the British withdrawal leads to...

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The EU and Mexico are arguing on a cheese variety

An argument is taking place over the origin of Manchego cheese and it is hindering the completion of a trade deal between the EU and Mexico agrarszektor.hu wrote. The Latin...

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Thousands of jobs can be created if more goods will arrive from the Far East

Thousands of jobs can be created, as well as substantial investments and will increase revenue of the state budget if it will be possible to get more merchants from the...

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The EP voted beside a simpler agricultural policy

At the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, measures were adopted to simplify agricultural policy and to strengthen bargaining power for farmers in the supermarkets. According to the...

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FM: the sources of CAP should support the farmers

According to Gulyás Andrea, Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture, the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020 should support the farmers. According to the Ministry’s announcement...

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The retail sales of the euro area declined in October

Compared to the previous month, retail sales in the euro area declined with the largest extent of the past four years in October – the European Union’s statistical office Eurostat...

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European Commission: the Makó Parsley Root also receives a protected geographical indication

The European Union has approved that the Makó parsley root should also be protected as a protected geographical indication (ofj) – the European Commission said on Tuesday. The Geographical Indication...

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The European Commission has presented the main principles on the common EU agricultural policy

On Wednesday, the European Commission presented its proposals on the main principles of the common EU policy on agriculture, focusing, among other things, on giving Member States wider powers on...

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Euro area’s GDP grew by 0.6 percent in the third quarter

According to the expectations, the euro area and the European Union’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose by 0.6 percent in the third quarter as reported by the European Union’s statistical...

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South American chickens can be imported into the EU with duty discount

The EU poultry market can be adversely effect if the European Union wants to offer a preferential / duty free import tariff quota for the South American Free Trade Association...

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The milk producers demonstrated in Brussels again

The EU milk producers demonstrated in front of the European Commission’s (EC) headquarters in Brussels again – agrarszektor.hu wrote. The farmers are pushing for action to get a fair share...

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Another EU step towards protecting consumers: here is the trademark reform

The new comprehensive EU trade mark reform has come into force: “Certain Community trademarks may be canceled after a 5-year grace period on the basis of the report of a...

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A Hungarian initiative is being discussed on honey in the European Union

A Hungarian initiative is being discussed on honey, apiaries and bee keeping in the European Union, Erdős Norbert Fidesz MEP said at a press conference in Budapest on Sunday. According...

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The EU is investing 30 billion euros for innovation

The European Commission is investing 30 billion euros for new solutions to the societal challenges and breakthrough innovations in the 2018-2020 period from the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework...

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Brussels’ VAT return: 150 billion euros losses due to VAT frauds

At the beginning of October, the European Commission (EC) presented a reform plan for the EU VAT law, the main objective is to reduce the scope of VAT frauds and...

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Hungary stands by the two-pillar EU common agricultural policy

Hungary stands by the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP). This is the interest of the Hungarian farmers – the Minister of Agriculture told M1 news channel. Fazekas Sándor recalled that...

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EU: the lack of digitization hinders precision farming

By 2020, the European Commission will cover the European Union with a high-speed broadband Internet network – agrarszektor.hu wrote. The biggest obstacle to agricultural implementation is that elderly farmers do...

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The EU supported the fight against climate change with 20 billion euros last year in the developing countries

The European Union supported the combat against climate change with about 20 billion euros (6,200 billion forints) in the developing countries last year – the Council of EU Member States’...

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The EU would easen the opportunities for food donation

The European Union would facilitate rules on food donation, thereby reinforcing action against the emergence of food waste, the EU commission announced. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture...

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The foreign trade surplus of the euro area has declined

In August, the foreign trade surplus of the euro area declined and was lower than expected, according to Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office. In August, the trade surplus of...

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Nearly a quarter of the EU’s population is under threat of impoverishment

23.4 percent of the European Union’s population, 117.5 million people were threatened last year by poverty or social exclusion, according to a report released on Monday by the EU’s Statistical...

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Free wifi access points to come all over Europe

The European Union will fund the establishment of at least 6,000 free wireless internet access points across the bloc by 2020 under a scheme called WiFi4EU, the European Council said...

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In trade with Russia, the EU lost 30 billion euros due to the sanctions

In trade with Russia, the European Union lost 30 billion euros due to the sanctions against Russia until 2017, according to a study published on Friday by the Austrian Economic...

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Eurostat: European coffee production grew by 10 percent in 10 years

In 2016, the European Union (EU) imported nearly 3 million tons of coffee, 10 percent more than 10 years ago. Imports amounted to 6.9 billion euros, Eurostat said in a...

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The number of business trips fell sharply in the EU

The number of business trips decreased to nearly half between 2007 and 2015 in the European Union – Eurostat’s survey was published on Tuesday. According to the data of the...

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