Inflation-Busting Price Monitor System Up and Running Arfigyelo.gvh.hu is an online database developed by the government and the Hungarian Competition Authority. The price monitoring system provides consumers with... 2023.07.03.
Coronavirus Rapid Tests Soon to Be Commercially Available On Tuesday evening, a decree was published in the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny) allowing the sale of coronavirus antigen rapid... 2022.02.11.
Agriculture Min: Capping Food Prices ‘Message to Market’ that Gov’t ‘Not Afraid to Take Even the Most Unexpected Steps’ The "bold step" of capping the prices of basic food at their October levels shows that the government is prepared... 2022.01.17.
Aldi Store Managers May Earn More Than HUF 1 million after Recent Hike Inflation, rising employment shortage, and the increase of the minimum wage are pushing wages further up in the commercial/retail sector... 2022.01.05.
Parl’t Passes New Bill Dealing Severe Blow to Hungary’s Largest, Foreign Supermarket Chains On Tuesday, in a fast-track procedure, parliament passed a new amendment proposal to prevent food waste. Under the proposal, supermarkets... 2021.12.14.
Four Clothing Chains Leave Hungary due to Coronavirus Crisis During the epidemic, the total retail turnover in Hungary decreased by 0.2 percent, but in the fashion sector the decline... 2021.03.11.
Gov’t to Push Out Foreign Retail Chains? The government may pursue an openly protectionist economic policy in order to push out foreign retail chains, Fidesz MP János... 2020.12.07.
‘Temporary Coronavirus Tax’ on Big Retail Companies Becomes Permanent in Final Legislation Not long after the government issued a decree levying an extraordinary tax on large companies to offset the impact of... 2020.04.30.
Coronavirus – Finance Ministry: Special Bank and Retail Tax to Add 91 Billion Forints to Anti-virus Funds Two government decrees levying extraordinary taxes on banks and on big retail businesses published on Tuesday are expected to raise... 2020.04.15.
Gov’t: Coronavirus Panic, Stockpiling Unnecessary A government official on Friday discouraged the Hungarian public from panicking and stockpiling food because of the COVID-19 virus, saying... 2020.03.02.
Farm Minister Orders Investigation After Reports On Poor Quality Food Products Retail Chains Sell To Hungarians Sándor Fazekas, the Hungarian farm minister, has ordered Hungarian food safety authority Nébih to conduct an inspection comparing the quality... 2017.02.21.
Supermarkets Sell Inferior Quality Products To Central European Consumers, Survey Reveals International food companies supply different quality products to Western Europe than to central and Eastern European countries, daily Magyar Idők... 2017.02.17.
Hungarian Government Lifts Ban On Sunday Shopping To Avoid Referendum Hungary's government proposes the Parliament to scrap the controversial law that bans most retail stores from opening on Sundays, Antal Rogán, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's... 2016.04.11.
Retail Chain Pepco To Enter Hungarian Market With Stores Across Country South African-owned retail chain Pepco is to begin operations in Hungary, with stores opening soon in the cities of Budapest,... 2015.02.12.
14 Stores To Close As DIY Chain Exits Hungary Baumax is to shut down its fourteen stores operating in Hungary and exit the country, the DIY chain announced on... 2015.01.21.
