Tag "EU"
All EU proposals will be announced by the end of the week
Date: 2017-03-28 11:05:46
Until 2020, the country will receive approximately 9 thousand billion HUF from EU funds, while roughly three thousand billion HUF will be from the state budget – Bánki Erik (Fidesz),...
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Brexit – British food sector: a free trade agreement with the EU is essential
Date: 2017-03-27 11:04:11
According to the British food producer and retail networks, the sector will definitely need a free trade agreement with the European Union after the termination of the British EU membership....
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Food adulteration is the largest business after drug trafficking in the EU
Date: 2017-03-16 11:30:50
According to the survey of the European Union, forgery and tax evasion are the biggest illegal business after drug trafficking – Helik Ferenc of the National Food Chain Safety Office...
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Inflation increased in the euro area and in the EU in February
Date: 2017-03-16 11:03:56
Euro area’s annual inflation became 2.0 percent in February 2017, up from the 1.8 percent in January. In February 2016 the rate was -0.2 percent. European Union annual inflation was...
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Fazekas: a strong CAP is needed after 2020
Date: 2017-03-09 11:32:05
Hungary will do everything to ensure to give a strong and appropriate budget to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. In order to reach this goal the Member States...
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Fifth of the honey on the EU market is fake
Date: 2017-03-08 11:45:34
The European Commission’s highlighted honey investigation has confirmed the suspicion of farmers. Thanks to the most modern methods it turned out that fifth of the honey available in the common...
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EU action is needed to protect European rice production
Date: 2017-03-08 11:35:03
EU action is needed to protect European rice production – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture, told – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) informed MTI. The FM told that Fazekas Sándor...
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January retail sales in the eurozone
Date: 2017-03-06 11:15:35
Eurozone’s retail sales increased by 1.2 percent year-on-year in January 2017, following an upwardly revised 1.2 percent growth in December and missing market expectations of an 1.6 percent gain. Retail...
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The number of employees broke a record in the EU and in the euro area again
Date: 2017-03-05 11:01:57
In July-September, the number of employees in the European Union and the euro area has risen to a new record for the third consecutive quarter, indicating that the labor market...
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FM: Hungarian farmers lost twice
Date: 2017-03-02 11:45:55
The crisis on the pork and dairy market highlighted the fact that the Hungarian agriculture does not have enough storage and processing capacity, which is why the Hungarian farmers lost...
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EU’s agri-food exports increased significantly in 2016
Date: 2017-02-27 11:30:10
The European Union’s agri-food exports increased outstandingly in 2016, exceeding the previous year’s figure with 1.7 billion euros, reaching 130.7 billion euros – the European Commission said on Monday. According...
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Inflation is accelerating in Europe
Date: 2017-02-22 11:26:07
Consumer prices in the Euro Area increased 1.8 percent year-on-year in January of 2017, following a 1.1 percent rise in December and in line with preliminary estimates. It is the...
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EU’s energy consumption fell below its 1990 level
Date: 2017-02-20 11:06:20
Energy consumption in the European Union in 2015 was below its 1990 level the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat announced on 20 February. EU dependency on imports of fossil fuel imports...
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The NAK urges unified EU actions to mitigate food waste
Date: 2017-02-15 11:10:10
The National Agricultural Economics Association (NAK) urges unified EU actions to mitigate food waste – the public body told MTI on Wednesday. The NAK supports the proposal – that encourages...
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Slower growth in the EU and in the euro area
Date: 2017-02-14 11:20:16
Compared to the flash estimate, the economies of the euro area and the European Union grew slower in the fourth quarter of last year – according to the second estimate...
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EU-level voucher system
Date: 2017-02-13 10:12:07
As of 1 January 2019 stricter and much more complicated rules will regulate the voucher system, because the European Union has adopted a directive aimed at harmonising and clarifying the...
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FM: the EU is satisfied with the Hungarian precautions against avian influenza
Date: 2017-02-10 11:28:21
The European Union’s food health commissioner is satisfied with the Hungarian authorities’ precautions against avian influenza. Vytenis Andriukaitis EU commissioner indicated that Hungary can continue to count on the financial...
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Our agri-food export to Greece has seen better days
Date: 2017-02-10 09:27:32
Hungary used to export agri-food products in the value of EUR 150 million to Greece after our accession to the European Union, but our direct export has reduced by half...
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European retail chains getting stronger
Date: 2017-02-09 10:39:21
In Q3 2016 the sales revenue of European retail chains increased – according to a report by Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s vice president Vincent Gusdorf told: the good performance is...
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Cheap pre-financing can compensate the delay in payment tender
Date: 2017-02-08 11:11:11
In a few weeks the European Union’s tenders will start. The remaining tenders of the 2014 to 2020 budget period should be published by the end of March. The Prime...
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EU-level voucher system
Date: 2017-02-08 09:57:24
As of 1 January 2019 stricter and much more complicated rules will regulate the voucher system, because the European Union has adopted a directive aimed at harmonising and clarifying the...
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Economic growth accelerated in Europe
Date: 2017-02-01 11:09:41
Economic growth accelerated in Europe both in the European Union as a whole and in the euro area in the last quarter of last year – according to the first...
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Honey falsification: EU needs to take actions against honey adulteration
Date: 2017-01-31 11:34:07
If the beekeepers would sell their honey at current price it would mean bankruptcy for them – Nagyernyei Attila, president of the Tolna County Apiary Association told. The purchasers offer...
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Economic sentiment improved in the euro area and declined in the EU
Date: 2017-01-31 11:01:30
In January, the economic sentiment improved slightly in the euro area and deteriorated somewhat in the EU – according to the communication of the European Commission Directorate-General for Economic and...
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Csepreghy Nándor: Hungary is at the forefront in the use of EU funds
Date: 2017-01-26 11:18:25
Hungary is ranked as the first among the Visegrád countries in the utilization of the European Union funds, while in the European Union’s 28 member states Hungary is among the...
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The EU would like to stabilize the higher milk prices
Date: 2017-01-25 11:26:42
The past few months brought milk price increase globally. In Hungary, the national average producer price of raw milk was 88.65 HUF per kilo in December 2016. The average price...
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The number of overnight stays broke a record last year in the EU
Date: 2017-01-24 10:34:23
The number of overnight stays broke a record again last year in the European Union, despite the fact that far fewer people visited the tourist facilities of France and Britain,...
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Hungary asks for the European Commission’s crisis support
Date: 2017-01-23 11:12:56
In order to easen the economic impact of the bird flu, Hungary officially asks for the European Commission’s crisis support – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI on Monday....
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Consumer sentiment improved slightly in Europe
Date: 2017-01-23 11:02:38
According to the preliminary data published by the European Commission’s Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN) on Monday, the sentiment index rose by 0.2 points to minus 4.9 points in the...
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China has become one of the most important trading partner of the EU and Hungary
Date: 2017-01-23 11:01:30
At a panel discussion at the Lámfalussy conference, Palotai Dániel, managing director of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) emphasized that China has become one of the most important trading partner...
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