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The EU would improve the quality of life of city dwellers in the European Union

European Union ministers meeting in Amsterdam have endorsed a “Pact of Amsterdam” aimed at improving living conditions in towns and cities throughout the EU28. With 70 percent of the EU's...

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Improved consumer sentiment in Europe

Consumer confidence appreciably strengthened in May in the euro zone and in the European Union as a whole – according to the European Commission's preliminary flash estimate that was published...

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The European Union tightens rules on tobacco products

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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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