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The coronavirus pandemic has severely affected Slovenian tourism
In the first seven months, the number of tourists in Slovenia fell by more than fifty percent due to restrictions on curbing the coronavirus pandemic, but the July data showed...
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Severe famine is expected in Africa
Climate change, locust infestation, civil wars, terrorism, and now the coronavirus. Sub-Saharan Africa is a continual crisis zone anyway, so despite the rapid response of governments and previous deceptive hopes...
Read moreOne hundred and ten economists were asked about America’s economic prospects
It will not be easy for the U.S. economy to regain and maintain momentum in the next period. Preserving jobs has paramount importance, for which further fiscal stimulus measures would...
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The largest European economies show the signs of slowdown
In Germany, France and the euro area as a whole, IHS Markit published its preliminary purchasing method indices in August, and other indicators besides the German manufacturing industry fell short...
Read moreThe government plans to open indoor restaurants in Romania
In Romania, the number of newly diagnosed coronavirus infections fell for the first time last week, and the government is considering allowing the interior part of restaurants to open –...
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Many vendors were knocked out of the store by the virus
The coronavirus pushed down the number of store employees by 23,000 in the second quarter. Meanwhile, part-time employment has jumped. One-tenth of shopkeepers lost their jobs, or part of them,...
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The coronavirus effect has reached the poultry market
In the recent period, the transfer price of poultry products has decreased by an average of 5-10 percent compared to last year – Csorbai Attila, Chairman and Director of the...
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Giant fast-food franchisee closing up to 300 Pizza Hut locations
Three hundred Pizza Huts are going dark and 927 other locations are going on the selling block. NPC International has reached an agreement with Pizza Hut, whose parent company is...
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How the pandemic will develop in the coming years
We are in the eighth month of the coronavirus pandemic, and it is far from over. If he gets one. Yes, the scientists are testing vaccines, but they are practically...
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Unemployment figures are better than expected
Unemployment figures in Hungary are much better than expected – Szalai Piroska, labor market expert told M1 news channel on Thursday. She recalled that, according to a report by the...
Read moreEY: our shopping habits will change forever
In the long run, one in two people’s consumption habits will be transformed by the health emergency worldwide, according to EY’s international research of more than 14,000 people. After the...
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The number of employees in larger stores fell by 22,000
And there were 17,000 fewer shop assistants in stores in May – blokkk.com wrote. May was the lowest point in the number of people in the stores. The number of...
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EuropeSpa Med: quality and outstanding safety in Bükfürdő
One of the best medicinal waters in the country, the Bükfürdő Thermal & Spa® continues to await its visitors with increased security measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its...
Read morePalkovics: almost half of the resources of the Economic Protection Action Plan has already reached destination
In response to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus, the government announced an economic protection action plan in the spring of 2020 – portfolio.hu wrote. The package has undergone...
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Nestlé closes successful half-year thanks to the company’s pandemic strategy based on support for employees and those in need
Not only did Nestlé take care of the health of its employees, but also their financial safety in the event of an emergency caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. The...
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Analysts: the resumption of the economy may improve employment
The moderate increase in the unemployment rate is treated with caution by analysts because a significant proportion of those who lost their jobs due to the pandemic situation could not...
Read moreRetail sales in Germany were mixed in June
On an annual basis, retail sales in Germany declined in a month-on-month comparision in June. The German federal statistical office Destatis annpunced on Friday that retail sales in Germany fell...
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What changes does the coronavirus pandemic bring to agriculture
The emergence of the coronavirus has severely affected agriculture in developed and developing countries. It can already be seen that the demand for perishable products will not recover soon, and...
Read moreThe second phase of the National Food Crisis Management Program was also successfully completed
Two of the three phases of the National Food Economy Crisis Management Program developed by the Ministry of Agriculture have already been successfully completed. As previously reported, a total of...
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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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KSH: 103 thousand less people were imployed worked in the second quarter than a year ago
In the April-June period, the average number of employees was 4,408,000, and the employment rate for those aged 15-64 was 68.7 percent. The number of employees decreased by 103 thousand...
Read moreDomestic travel agencies are already forced to use their reserves
The traffic of the winter travel season is questionable, because for the time being all the areas favored by Hungarian travelers are in the forbidden zone – Világgazdaság described on...
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Museums and restaurants have opened in St. Petersburg
Museums and restaurants opened on Monday in St. Petersburg as another phase of lifting the restrictive measures imposed due to the pandemic. Shopping malls, conditioning rooms and swimming pools are...
Read moreNielsen: Consumer confidence decreased significantly because of the coronavirus
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, global consumer confidence decreased by 14 points, compared to the last quarter of 2019: it fell from 107 to 92 points. In Europe,...
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Tenants of several municipally owned business premises received a discount
In Budapest, the downtown municipalities chose the lesser bad: they waived part of this year’s rent, only to keep the tenants of the business premises alive – privatbankar.hu wrote. But...
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More than 150,000 European textile jobs have been put at risk
More than 150,000 jobs have been put at risk in the European clothing and textile industry as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent study by credit...
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A virus-neutralizing, reusable mask has been developed in Portugal
The SARS-CoV-2 virus inactivating mask was developed by a consortium of companies and scientific research institutes. The textile mask called MoxAD-Tech passed the tests performed at the Joao Lobo Antunes...
Read moreVarga Mihály: economy already revived the a bit in June, but the half-year GDP may decrease by 5 percent
The economy picked up slightly in June, but GDP in the second quarter may still shrink by 10 percent year-on-year and shrink by 5 percent in the second half of...
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K&H: SMEs left the crisis behind
The virus pandemic had a surprisingly moderate effect on the expectations of company executives. According to the most recent K&H SME Confidence Index, domestic SMEs’ sales and profit expectations for...
Read moreCzech hotels receive compensation from the state for their losses
Czech hotels will receive compensation from the state for the losses they suffered during the coronavirus pandemic, the Czech government has decided. The amount of compensation per room and per...
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