A project aiming at ensuring protection of 10 famous EU food names in China, the biggest consumer market in the world, has now been finalised. "Grana Padano", "Prosciutto di Parma" and "White Stilton cheese" / "Blue Stilton cheese" were the last of 10 EU names that have been protected as Geographical Indications in China as part of the so-called "10+10 project". In parallel, the European...
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Bulgaria’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Miroslav Naydenov will not accept a proposal by an intergovernmental working group to put up the fees collected by land site authorities. Speaking at the second National Agro Seminar held by the National Grain Producer Association (NGPA) in Plovdiv, Naydenov dismissed the demand as groundless, adding that several NGOs, including NGPA, have...
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Bulgaria will not accept the proposed reduction in allocations for direct payments and rural regions development in the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, Minister of Agriculture and Food Miroslav Naydenov said at the second National Agro Seminar organised by the National Grain Producer Association (NGPA) in Plovdiv. At a joint meeting in Brussels, EU agriculture ministers looked...
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In relation to media reports about new texts in the legislation amending and supplementing the Fodders Act regarding labeling and violation of EU law, the published information does not correspond with the adopted texts. No texts have been amended or supplemented in article 23 of the current Fodders Act on labeling of the fodders sold on the market that contain, consist of or are...
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For a second year in a row, approved candidates under Bulgaria’s National Beekeeping Programme (NBP) for the period 2011-2013 will be able to tap loans from State Fund Agriculture (SFA). Measure B, sector 2 Expenses for Products to Control Varroatosis has been added to the range of activities eligible for funding. In the first round of financing, SFA gave out 141 loans amounting to...
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Dairy farmers sprayed thousands of litres of fresh milk at the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday in protest at what they say are excessive milk quotas and prices below the cost of production. Hundreds of farmers and tractors from across Europe took up position in a park near the European Commission and a square in front of the parliament in the early afternoon, after blocking...
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On 26th November the international photo/video competition “Re:turn to the Future – Agriculture” was closed. Over 270 photos were submitted, illustrating rural beauty and diversity. Competitors included people from four countries – Bulgaria, Estonia, Portugal and Malta. Their works revealed the specifics of agriculture in the four EU member-states. Today (27th...
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Nearly 25 000 km2 of invaluable natural expanse have been added to the Natura 2000 network. This network of protected sites is the EU's primary tool in the fight to conserve Europe’s rich biodiversity. The Commission has now formally approved the inclusion in the network of a further 235 sites, proposed by Member States for recognition as "Sites of Community Importance". Member States...
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Bulgarian stock breeders will receive government funding in support of 5-year voluntary commitments on humane treatment of poultry and animals. The subsidies will be disbursed annually and will cover additional expenses or missed income resulting from the commitments. Poultry farmers will be subsidized for implementing one or more of the following three measures: using fodder with...
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Farmers from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia protested as EU leaders gathered in Brussels yesterday (22 November), calling for equal treatment of Baltic farmers in the bloc's long-term budget. At the moment, they receive a quarter of what some farmers in other member states receive. Even though all EU farmers operate within the single market and need to live up to the same environmental,...
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The Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Foods hosted on November 23 a meeting between members of the delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture of Iraq and local agriculture industry representatives. The meeting was joined by the Bulgarian Greenhouse Growers' Association, the National Sheep Breeders’ Association, the National Buffalo Breeders’ Association, the National...
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A draft ordinance has been prepared to amend and supplement Ordinance 2 of February 21, 2001 on the special requirements for participation in approved schemes for national co-payments and specific support. It includes an application form for support under the scheme on improving the quality of fruits and vegetables produced in Bulgaria, with separate application forms available for physical...
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Late last night, addressing the Riigikogu, Helir-Valdor Seeder, the Minister of Agriculture, told that the Estonian State must ask itself where is the balance between industrial production and traditional family farms and how to maintain food production and the more purposeful use of land resources. According to the Minister’s words, lower salaries, higher diligence, rapid...
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European Union president Herman Van Rompuy is to make new proposals on the bloc's hotly-contested trillion-euro budget in hopes of saving an extraordinary summit this week feared to end in failure. A working dinner between EU president Herman van Rompuy and Europe ministers produced "a constructive exchange of views", highlighting that "all member states show commitment to reach a...
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Saturday rejected as "unacceptable" a proposal from EU President Herman Van Rompuy to cut the bloc's 2014-2020 budget by 75 billion euros ($95 billion), AFP reported. "The government does not like this budget and we have made that known to the (European) institutions and we hope that there will be another proposal that will be more reasonable," Rajoy...
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