Prime Minister Sunak blasted for reneging on promised mass scrapping EU laws
Some 600 pieces of EU legislation are to be rolled back in the UK, but Brexiteers hoped this number would be several thousands higher. By the way, the ‘bendy banana law’ - EU Regulation No.

EU upholds citrus export restrictions for South African goods
Months of high-level engagements between South Africa and the European Union on the EU’s zero-tolerance approach to citrus black spot have yielded no progress. With the European Union upholding

More than ¤636 million for drought response
The sum of agricultural aid and the aid granted by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge in the area of water totals some 2,190 million euros Of the direct aid, 355

Government meets retailers over food prices
The government has met with retailers to discuss the issues around UK food prices at a time of a cost-of-living crisis. Chief secretary to the Treasury John Glen spoke to supermarket

DBV: Environmental policy needs solutions for conflicting goals
On the occasion of the 100th Conference of Environment Ministers of the Federal Government and the Länder, the German Farmers' Association calls on politicians in a concern paper to keep food

What's not to like about drought assistance
The Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) complains that the measures approved by the Council of Ministers to tackle the effects of the drought "will hardly benefit the Valencian countryside

One billion ceiling for agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena have signed a memorandum of understanding to make a EUR 1 billion fund available to Italian

Latvian fruit growers lose harvest due to cold spring
Last weekend, in some places in Latvia, the temperature at night dropped to -7 C. Many berry and fruit farms confirmed yield losses of up to 80%-90%. The industry association plans to turn to the

Ribera Dop oranges receive praise from Lollobrigida
On the occasion of Macfrut2023, Arancia di Ribera D.O.P. Parlapiano Sicilia met the Minister of Agriculture Lollobrigida, whose priority is the promotion of D.O.P. and I.G.P. products and the

Salvini: 'Over 100 million to cope with drought'
More than 100 million have been made available by the Mit and will be used to finance urgent interventions in five Italian regions. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Matteo

Bulgaria hopes to adopt the euro by 2025
According to the Bulgarian authorities, they are hoping to be ready to adopt the euro currency no later than January 1, 2025. According to the Ministry of Finance, the country has already taken