Tag "EU"
GKI’s economic sentiment index hardly changed in September
Date: 2022-09-26 01:55:21
Business and consumer expectations in Hungary deteriorated for the fourth month in a row in August. In the case of consumer expectations, this continued in September, whereas the business confidence...
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Opinions differ as to why bread is the most expensive in Hungary
Date: 2022-09-21 15:23:54
The opposition links it to the prime minister, experts prefer to explain why the inflation of food, including bread, has shot up with the Russians’ war against Ukraine. Euronews discusses...
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153 million tons of food are thrown away in the European Union every year
Date: 2022-09-20 11:37:55
About 153 million tons of food are thrown away in the European Union every year, almost 15 million tons more than what is imported, the British daily Guardian wrote on...
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Bread, meat, cheese, beer, and tea rose in price the most in Hungary within the EU
Date: 2022-09-19 15:32:44
There are many foods and beverages whose prices in Hungary have increased most brutally in one year, examining the entire European Union. The price of bread is skyrocketing, but also...
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From now on, companies can also move freely within the EU
Date: 2022-09-12 07:27:33
From September 1, not only individuals can move from Hungary to another EU member state, but also companies. Although you have to wait quite a few months at the border,...
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AM: European farmers should not be burdened with excessive regulations
Date: 2022-09-08 10:27:13
At the invitation of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Henryk Kowalczyk, the EU agriculture ministers met in Bialystok, Poland, on the occasion of the 19th International...
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Will the Netherlands become a testing ground for EU food strategies?
Date: 2022-09-07 13:06:48
The Dutch government is still not budging from its radical plan to reduce nitrogen emissions, which would lead to the closure of more than 11,000 livestock farms and the slaughter...
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In July, retail sales rose in the euro area and the EU
Date: 2022-09-05 13:44:03
In July, retail trade turnover increased by 0.3 percent compared to the previous month in both the euro zone and the countries of the European Union, based on the Monday...
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FruitVeb: gardeners fear a shortage of fertilizers
Date: 2022-09-05 12:48:44
The EU’s sanctions policy also affects the supply of fertilizers, as the gas crisis worsens, a shortage may develop – read the statement of the FruitVeb Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit...
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The Association of European Fertilizer Manufacturers is asking the EU for help due to high gas prices
Date: 2022-09-02 21:43:53
According to Fertilizers Europe, much of European fertilizer production has been forced into temporary or complete shutdown due to exploding gas prices, which are more than 1,000% higher than a...
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Stable points in an unstable period…
Date: 2022-08-28 09:10:10
…as the experts saw it back in May. On 26 May the Business Dinner – a meeting for FMCG executives – took place in Hungexpo’s new Congress Centre, with the...
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The Ministry of Agriculture has set a new goal for the Hungarian food industry
Date: 2022-08-25 19:06:10
Despite the difficulties of the past months, the domestic food chain proved its readiness, performance and safe operation even during the pandemic, which is also thanks to the exemplary cooperation...
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Will people born after 2010 no longer be able to buy tobacco products in the EU?
Date: 2022-08-24 17:12:37
The European citizens’ initiative called “Call to achieve a smoke-free environment and the first European smoke-free generation by 2030” will be registered, the European Commission announced on Wednesday. The organizers...
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GKI: Hungarian companies perceive the effects of climate change, but do not invest in environmental protection projects
Date: 2022-08-17 08:32:56
Most Hungarian businesses perceive the effects of climate change, 50 percent of companies have goals related to environmental protection, compared to the EU average of 41 percent; at the same...
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Europol: illegal plant protection products were seized
Date: 2022-07-26 11:03:27
In the framework of a large-scale international raid covering 31 countries, dealers of illegal plant protection products were raided. . Ten people were detained, 1,150 tons of unauthorized plant protection...
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DPA: the EU member states accepted a 15 percent reduction in gas consumption
Date: 2022-07-26 09:57:28
The German news agency DPA learned already in the morning that the EU member states have accepted the emergency plan, which is about reducing gas consumption. However, the official confirmation...
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Consumer confidence in the euro area and the EU deteriorated in July
Date: 2022-07-20 11:11:10
Consumer confidence in the euro area deteriorated more than expected in July. On Wednesday, the European Commission announced as preliminary data that the value of the consumer confidence index in...
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In June, there was another inflation record in the euro area
Date: 2022-07-19 11:10:46
In June, the annual inflation rate of the Eurozone rose to a new record of 8.6 percent from 8.1 percent in May, according to the European Union’s statistical office Eurostat’s...
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EU research center: almost half of the EU territory is threatened by drought
Date: 2022-07-18 11:22:12
46 percent of the territory of the EU, mainly the southwestern parts of Europe, is threatened by drought – drew attention to the report published by the Joint Research Center...
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AM: the Derecske apple has received EU protection
Date: 2022-07-13 11:25:30
The European Commission has approved that the Derecske apple as a name receives EU protection, to be added to the list of products whose names are protected in the European...
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France becomes first EU country to ban plant-based meat terms
Date: 2022-07-11 11:40:22
France, the largest beef producer in the European Union, will ban the use of meat names such as “steak” and “sausage” on plant-based foods from October, according to a new...
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Retail turnover increased in the euro area and stagnated in the EU in May on a monthly basis
Date: 2022-07-06 11:25:22
Retail sales increased in May in the euro zone and stagnated in the European Union in a monthly comparison. The statistical office of the European Union, Eurostat, announced on Wednesday...
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The increase in producer prices slowed down on a monthly and annual basis in the euro area and the EU
Date: 2022-07-04 11:12:43
The increase in producer prices in the euro area and the European Union slowed down both in a monthly and annual comparison. The EU’s statistical office, Eurostat, announced on Monday...
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Unemployment in the euro area has fallen to a record low
Date: 2022-06-30 11:08:47
Unemployment fell to a record high in the euro area in May, while it stagnated in the European Union. The EU’s statistical office, Eurostat, said on Thursday that the unemployment...
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(HU) GKI: Júniusban az üzleti várakozások kevésbé, a fogyasztóiak jelentősen romlottak
Date: 2022-06-27 02:05:35
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The EU would introduce legislation to reduce the use of plant protection products
Date: 2022-06-22 11:20:36
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed legally binding targets for reducing the use of chemical pesticides and restoring nature and biodiversity in the EU. Under the proposal, the EU would...
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The EU doesn’t feed but eats the world, shows new report from WWF Europe
Date: 2022-06-14 13:02:33
WWF Europe, that has been actively participating in debates around the steps necessary to make Europe’s food system more sustainable and tackling challenges of the war in Ukraine, published a...
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Hungarian young people still buy counterfeit products and consume pirated contents
Date: 2022-06-08 08:31:26
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Fear of recession breeds EU economic reform
Date: 2022-06-06 09:06:57
EU economic commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Saturday he intended to put forward a reform of the eurozone’s stability pact after the summer, adding that the new rules could likely...
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Retail sales declined in the euro area and the EU
Date: 2022-06-03 11:20:33
Retail sales declined in April in the euro area and the European Union on a monthly basis. The European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat, said on Friday that retail sales fell...
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