Tag "EU"
The European Union tightens rules on tobacco products
Date: 2016-05-20 11:18:58
The European Union tightens the regulation on tobacco products – the European Parliament informs on Friday. The European Parliament told that according to the data, one in four young Europeans...
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Consumer prices continued to fall in the EU
Date: 2016-05-18 11:30:25
Consumer prices continued to fall in the EU in April in an annual comparison inthe European Union (EU28) and in the euro zone after the stagnation of March. According to...
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The share of domestic food stop signs should be removed in Slovakia
Date: 2016-05-17 11:01:30
According to a European Union (EU) provision, the practice that indicates the proportion of Slovakian food should be abolished by the end of the year – the Új Szó wrote...
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MEPs would make the indication of origin on milk and meat products mandatory
Date: 2016-05-12 11:30:55
The Members of the European Parliament (EP) in their non-binding resolution adopted on Thursday's plenary session suggested that the dairy and meat product labels should show the country of origin....
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Retail sales fell in the EU in March
Date: 2016-05-04 11:07:46
The volume of retail sales declined in both the EU and in the euro zone in March – Eurostat’s figures were published on Wednesday. According to the seasonally adjusted data...
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Fazekas Sándor: the EU must urgently help the pig and dairy sector
Date: 2016-05-02 11:35:11
An extremely serious situation has developed in the European milk and pork market. The EU must act urgently, due to the low purchase prices and due to the Ukrainian and...
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KSH: Hungary's economic performance is in the midfield in the EU
Date: 2016-04-29 11:45:13
The performance growth of the Hungarian economy continued in 2015. The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.9 percent in 2015, compared to a year before. With this economic output...
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Economic growth is accelerating in Europe
Date: 2016-04-29 11:03:32
This year’s first quarter growth rate was higher than in the previous quarter both in the European Union and in the Euro Zone – the European Union's statistical office, the...
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European Union produces 88 million tons of food waste a year
Date: 2016-04-28 10:25:40
The European Union produces 88 million tons of food waste a year, in the value of nearly EUR 143 billion – reported the FUSIONS project, in which the Hungarian Food...
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GfK: a boom may come in domestic retail
Date: 2016-04-27 11:50:41
The annual conference of the Hungarian Association of Shopping Centers (MBSZ) was held on 25-26 April 2016. The 170 representatives of the domestic retail analyzed the developments of the past...
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The EU issued more than two thousand alerts for dangerous products last year
Date: 2016-04-26 11:09:38
The EU issued more than two thousand alerts for dangerous products (consumer protection) last year. Nearly two-third of the products came from China – the European Commission announced on its...
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Improved consumer sentiment in the euro zone and in the EU in April
Date: 2016-04-21 11:07:11
Consumer confidence has strengthened in April in the euro zone and in the European Union – according to the European Commission's preliminary flash estimate that was published on Thursday. The...
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The EU could pay simpler
Date: 2016-04-07 11:26:40
Hungary urges a reduction in the administration of the EU’s greening agricultural subsidies as well as the simplification of environmental regulations – the agrarszektor.hu wrote. Hungary would easen the excessively...
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The European Union intends to modernize Value Added Tax
Date: 2016-04-07 11:20:57
Today's Action Plan is the first step towards a single EU VAT area which is equipped to tackle fraud, to support business and help the digital economy and e-commerce. The...
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EU about to rethink tax systems
Date: 2016-04-07 10:42:16
The European Commission have shared the contents of their Anti-Tax Avoidance Package (ATAP) with the public. There are three main courses of action: introducing a common consolidated corporate tax base;...
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Declining economic sentiment in Europe
Date: 2016-03-30 11:14:00
Economic sentiment declined in the euro zone and in the European Union in March for the third consecutive month. According to the report issued by the European Union’s Economic and...
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Economic growth in the eurozone strengthened in March
Date: 2016-03-22 11:05:57
The pace of economic growth intensified in the euro zone’s private sector in March, while the deflationary pressure remains due to discounts granted in response to the depressed demand –...
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Hotel Association: the EU institutions support the strengthening of hotel ratings
Date: 2016-03-17 10:50:04
The institutions of the European Union support the further strengthening of the Hotelstars Union’s (HSU) certification system used on the European hotel industry – the Association of Hungarian Hotels and...
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A decision was born in Brussels on the temporary reduction of EU milk production
Date: 2016-03-16 11:50:45
The European Union backed temporary cuts in milk production on Monday, in an emergency move intends to tackle excess supply. The overproduction of milk has been a problem since the...
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New warnings may be place on the labels of the beer and wine bottles
Date: 2016-03-16 11:30:55
The Hungarian consumer protection propose new kind of labeling on the labels of the alcoholic beverages to the European Union. They want to reach to indicate the calorie content of...
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Fake handbags and suitcases cause 1.6 billion euros damages each year in the EU
Date: 2016-03-10 11:05:45
It is estimated that the industry loses approximately 1.6 billion euros revenue each year due to the presence of counterfeit handbags and luggage in the EU marketplace, corresponding to 12.7...
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The retail of the EU and the euro zone increased in January
Date: 2016-03-03 11:13:33
Retail sales in January increased in the euro zone and in the European Union, compared to the previous month. EU's statistics office, the Eurostat announced on Thursday that, according to...
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Consumer prices decreased in the euro zone in February
Date: 2016-02-29 11:15:20
According to preliminary data of Eurostat consumer prices in February fell by 0.2 percent, compared to a year before. After January's 0.3 percent growth, the analysts expected a stagnation. Consumer...
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Consumer sentiment deteriorated in the euro zone and in the EU as well
Date: 2016-02-19 11:14:51
Consumer confidence deteriorated in February in the euro zone and in the European Union – according to the European Commission's preliminary flash estimate that was published on Friday. The sentiment...
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Magazine: Migrants in the labour market: crisis or opportunity?
Date: 2016-02-18 07:33:27
Last year more than 1.2 million people asked for asylum in the European Union, twice as many as in 2014. Many experts say that from an economic and labour market...
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Foreign trade expanded in Europe
Date: 2016-02-16 11:22:50
Last year, both the euro zone and the EU increased their exports and imports, and the trade surplus increased in both regions as well – the European Union's statistical office,...
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Measures against honey forgers
Date: 2016-02-15 11:39:34
The European Commission developed a control plan in order to eliminate industrially created import honey imported to the EU. In Hungary the fake honey have been basically eliminated. The NÉBIH-...
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Hungary performs well in the EU export competition
Date: 2016-02-15 11:20:06
According to the first approximation, the euro zone’s 19 Member States shipped 167.5 billion euros worth goods to the rest of the world in December 2015, which is a three...
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EU apple and pear may be allowed to enter the USA
Date: 2016-02-15 10:40:24
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a draft regulation that gives a green light to apple and pear import from the European Union. This is great news for...
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Economic sentiment improved in Hungary and deteriorated in the EU in January
Date: 2016-01-28 11:18:50
The economic sentiment index of the eurozone and the European Union deteriorated in January, while improved in Hungary and in the Central and Eastern European countries – it the European...
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