Tag "Európai Unió"

Record inflation emerged in the euro area in December

According to preliminary data, a record high annual consumer price index occured in the euro area in December, according to a quarterly report from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office....

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Magazine: Farm to Fork: The promise of healthier food

The European Parliament (EP) welcomed the Farm to Fork strategy and stressed the importance of producing sustainable and healthy food, so that the Green Deal objectives in the fields of...

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Portugal bans single-use plastics as of July

Single-use plastics are banned in Portugal after a European directive enters into force on 1 July 2021. The Portuguese government had wanted to implement the measure last year, but the...

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Farm to Fork Strategy: 65 companies and associations sign the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices

Today, the Commission, alongside industry stakeholders, officially launched the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices, another deliverable under the Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy. This...

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Consumer confidence in the euro area and the EU improved in May

Consumer confidence in the euro area and the European Union has improved in May, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by the European Commission on Friday. In the eurozone,...

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EU gave the green light to flour worms as food: Hungary opposes decision

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From 2021 Ukraine imposes no import duty on European wines

Next year Ukraine will abolish import duties on wine produced in the European Union, as part of its obligations under a trade and association agreement with the EU. In 2019...

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Online retailers in the EU are about to become more competitive

As of 1 July 2021 the European Union will end the 22-euro import VAT exemption of the goods that are purchased from non-EU sellers. This step means that import VAT...

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Economic sentiment improved in June in the euro area and in the EU

The economic sentiment index for the euro area and the European Union rose more than expected to a four-month high in July, in parallel with governments’ further easing of measures...

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European wine consumption is declining

According to forecasts, wine consumption in the European Union will decrease by about 8 percent this season due to the coronavirus epidemic – we read on blog.syngenta.hu. The closure of...

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Love in the Time of Cholera aka a warning from Mother Earth

The famous book by Gabriel Garcia Márquez has become topical from a different perspective recently. Perhaps the most important conclusion that can be drawn from it is there is only...

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Magazine: Sipping on innovations

The Association of Hungarian Brewers reported that the unusually cold weather in May 2019 entailed a considerable sales decrease in the beer category, and there were no long hot periods...

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GKI: Uncertainty is increasing

The Hungarian economy expanded by 4.9 per cent in 2019. It was the second fastest growth rate in the EU after Malta, almost 3.5 percentage points higher than the EU...

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EU on alert as report warns of bankruptcies across bloc

The end of the EU transition period at the end of the year is set to have detrimental consequences for EU member states, according to a report by insurance company...

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Brexit: longer wait, more paperwork await the companies

Regardless of the scenario that will eventually occur, Brexit will have a significant impact on logistics and shipping across Europe. The key issue for the FTA is whether or not...

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Global Report on Food Crises: acute hunger still affecting over 100 million people worldwide

A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113...

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Brexit – Moody’s: the missing British contribution in the EU budget can be replaced

According to the study of Moody’s Investors Service, published in London on Tuesday, it is expected that the best debt-rated member states of the European Union can continue to meet...

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Expensive tomato

As of 1 January 2019 the VAT on UHT and ESL milk reduced from 18 to 5 percent. Data from the first 32 weeks of the year indicate that the...

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Magazine: Gold from Asia

The health trend of the last 10 years started a rice revolution. Annual rice consumption is approximately 3 million tons in the European Union. Besides salads, rice is one of the healthiest...

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The consumer sentiment in the European Union has deteriorated

Consumer sentiment in both the euro area and the EU as a whole worsened in June – according to the preliminary data released by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic...

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Magazine: Common Agricultural Policy 2020: development, the new generation and worries

HG Media and Haszon Agrár Magazin organised a conference in May, titled ‘In focus: Common Agricultural Policy 2020’. Hungary’s agricultural output was 3.6 percent bigger in 2018 than in 2017...

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The EU is threatened with the imposition of eleven billion USD duties

Washington intends to charge 11 billion USD on EU products if the EU does not stop to support the Airbus aircraft manufacturer – Robert Lighthizer, United States Chief Trade Negotiator...

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Geo-blocking has entered into force! What shall we pay attention to?

On 3 December the EU’s Geo-blocking Regulation entered into force: it addresses unjustified online sales discrimination based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal...

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Higher quality organic food products

According to new legislation adopted by the European Parliament, only high-quality organic food products will be marketable in the European Union in the future. Each element of the supply chain must...

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EU gives more money for product marketing

This year the European Commission increased the budget for popularising European agri-food products all over the world to HUF 52.4 billion. About two thirds of this sum is available for promoting...

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Eurozone and EU inflation accelerated in November

In line with the expectations in November, the annual increase in consumer prices in the euro area was 1.5 percentage points higher than the preliminary data and 0.1 percentage points...

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FM Minister of State: EU agricultural subsidies after 2020 will be decided in May

EU state and government leaders will decide on the EU’s after 2020 budget and on the amount of resources allocated to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in May – Czerván...

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The unemployment rate of the euro area is down

The number of unemployed and the unemployment rate fell to its eight year nadir in June in the euro area, which shows that Europe’s economic recovery is intensifying further. The...

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Household incomes grew in the EU, but their consumption decreased

The consumption of households in the European Union declined in the first quarter, despite the fact that their income slowed down but increased – Eurostat figures show. The EU’s statistical...

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The euro area’s Economic Sentiment Indicator is at an almost ten-year peak

In April, the European Commission’s Business Climate Index in the euro area reached a six-year peak, while the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) reached its nearly ten-year peak. In April, the...

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