State Fund Agriculture approved 67 projects under measures 313: Encouragement of tourism activities, 321: Basic services for the economy and rural population and 322: Village renewal and development. The municipalities will invest in the reconstruction of road networks, community centers and churches as well as building sports facilities, eco roads and bicycle lanes. The total amount of...
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There’s just a week left to the end of the Re:turn to the Future - Agriculture photo/video contest. So far we’ve received 250 photos and 6 videos revealing rural beauty in the four target countries of Bulgaria, Estonia, Portugal and Malta. After the end of the contest on 26th November, the international jury of representatives of the four target countries will have to deal with...
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Centralised France may lack the clout at local government level to ease its new shift to greener energy, contrasting with the regional and grass-roots power that helped push through the rise of renewables in Germany. France, the world's most nuclear reliant country, has vowed to cut its dependency on the atom and boost its lagging renewable energy output, Reuters reported. A failure to...
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One week before heads of state and government are to convene a special summit in Brussels to discuss the 2014-2020 budget, Council President Herman Van Rompuy tabled a €950-billion proposal that is €75 billion less than the Commission's initial recommendation. The proposal severe cuts are foreseen in agriculture, which may anger France, and in cohesion, which would...
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For first time Bulgaria participated in the authoritative International Animal Breeding Presentation “ EUROTIER” in Hannover, Germany. Our country presented own 100 square meters counter. There were present Bulgarian autochthonic sheep and goats. Deputy minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Cvetan Dimitrov was at the official opening ceremony. Before the opening there was meeting...
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The European Commission has approved a latest tranche of 14 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries. The total budget of the programmes, running for a period of three years, is € 53,86 million of which the EU contributes € 27,15 million. The selected programmes cover fresh and processed fruit and vegetables, milk and milk products,...
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The European Union (UE) has begun investigating accusations that Argentina and Indonesia are dumping biodiesel in Europe, undercutting local companies which face falling output and bankruptcies. The European Commission said there was enough initial evidence to show import prices were damaging the industry’s viability as Indonesia and Argentina, the world’s no. 1 biodiesel...
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The Danish government has said it intends to abolish a tax on foods which are high in saturated fats. The measure, introduced a little over a year ago, was believed to be the world's first so-called "fat tax". Foods containing more than 2.3% saturated fat - including dairy produce, meat and processed foods - were subject to the surcharge. But authorities said the tax had inflated food...
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The European Court of Justice on Thursday rejected a lawsuit brought by Hungary against Slovakia over the disputed naming of wines from the Tokaj region along the two countries' border, reported AFP. Hungary argued that Slovakia should not have been allowed to change the language in which wines from the region are inscribed in the European Union's E-Bacchus database of protected trademarks...
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The most important thing for milk branch during the new Common Agricultural Policy is competitiveness of the growers and manufacturers. Deputy minister of agriculture and food Dr. Cvetan Dimitrov say that at time of conference about the problems of milk branch at Inter Expo Centre, Sofia. He also said there are many challenges for this branch as the extra time to reorganize the milk farms...
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The European Commission opened a fresh probe into Chinese solar panel makers on Thursday, raising the heat in the latest dispute between China and its Western trading partners.The Commission said it had "launched an anti-subsidy ... investigation into imports of solar panels and their key components" made in China after industry lobby group EU ProSun charged that Beijing was giving its...
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The 2011 accounts present fairly the financial position of the European Union and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year. Revenue and commitments were free from material error. However, payments were affected by material error, with an estimated error rate of 3.9 % for the EU budget as a whole. The level of error remained similar to 2010 when it was 3.7 %. In 2011 the...
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