Agriculture

Romania moves to combat loss of southern arable land – Environment Minister

Romanian Minister of Environment, Waters and Forests Mircea Fechet warned of the need for action as rising temperatures continue to…

4 weeks ago

CEE countries push for Russian grain ban

Czechia and Poland are campaigning to stop the importing of Russian and Belarusian grain into Europe, and the former country…

2 months ago

EU loosens CAP scheme to placate farmers

The EU announced further concessions for the bloc’s agricultural workers, especially for smaller farms, to quell agricultural workers’ protests, on Friday,…

2 months ago

Solidarity plans to block Ukraine border stations

Polish farmers from  Solidarity announced Friday that the trade union is planning a blockade of the country’s border crossings with Ukraine…

3 months ago

Farmers, green activists protest in Lithuania

Tractors and logging lorries flooded central Vilnius last week, as farmers protested a number of national agricultural policies. Local media…

3 months ago

Austria, Estonia, Croatia high on organic farmland rankings

Austria (26%) and Estonia (23%) had the EU’s highest proportions of organic land within their total utilised agricultural area (UAA)…

11 months ago

New Romania PM underlines support for NATO, vows to cut inflation to single digits

Incoming Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stressed the importance of the EU and NATO, on Thursday, 15 June, in his…

11 months ago

Czechs right to opt out of Ukraine farm ban – analysts

Agriculture Minister Zdenek Nekula is right when he says Czech farmers are overplaying the role of Ukrainian wheat on their…

1 year ago

Romania holds out on Ukraine import ban, urges neighbours to wait for EU solution

Romanian Minister of Agriculture Petre Daea expressed solidarity with farmers from Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia – who all unilaterally…

1 year ago

Poland, Hungary halt Ukraine farm imports

Poland and Hungary have temporarily ceased importing Ukrainian grain and other agricultural produce, defying warnings from the EU that unilateral…

1 year ago