Tag "Európai Unió"

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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NAK also opposes the EU’s Russian export ban

NAK president Balázs Győrffy wrote a letter to Jean-Paul Juncker, the president of the European Commission, asking him to lift the ban on product export to Russia, which has been...

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Domestic retail sales growth beats EU average

The volume of retail sales grew by 6.6 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively, in February 2016 and in the initial two months of the year. Thus, an upward sales trend...

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Hungary sent the second highest proportion of alerts about dangerous products into the EU’s system

Hungary sent 238 alerts, due to dangerous or unidentified products into the European Union's rapid alert system (RAPEX) last year, just one less than Spain on the first place. 195...

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The Free Trade Agreement may potentially jeopardize European agriculture

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) can have a major impact on farming and food production in the European Union – the Friends of the Earth Europe and the...

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Employment increased in the European Union

Last year employment increased in the European Union and rose to a record level among women and people over the age of 55, from the peak measured in 2005 –...

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Coke bottle isn’t iconic enough

Coca-Cola was unable to convince the judges of the EU General Court to give trademark protection for the new version of its iconic bottle: the court ruled it wasn’t distinctive...

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The GDP of the EU and the Euro Zone grew by 0.4 percent in the first quarter

The seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) both rose by 0.4 percent in the European Union's 28 member states and in the Euro Zone’s 19 countries in the first quarter,...

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