agriculture

China, CEE strengthen strategic ties at summit

The sixth China and Central and Eastern European Countries Local Leaders' Meeting concluded on 16 October with a firm commitment…

1 month ago

Poland set to build first agrivoltaic farm

Poland's first agrivoltaic farm, with a target 1GW capacity could be constructed in northern Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza reported Sunday, 18 June.  German…

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…

2 years ago

CEE leaders say EU may need to reintroduce farm tariffs on Ukraine

Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia expressed concern in a letter to the European Commission (EC) on Friday over an…

2 years ago

Europe’s drought worst in 500 years – EC report

Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova were among the European countries most affected by low rainfall rates in the three months…

2 years ago

Czech PM Fiala to support smaller farms

Czechia’s new government will allocate more EU subsidies to smaller-scale family farms, and fewer to the country’s traditionally dominant large…

3 years ago

Bulgaria tops EU’s agro-efficiency index

Bulgaria had a 32.9% increase in agricultural labour productivity (ALP) in 2021, the highest rise registered in Europe, according to…

3 years ago

Italy uses ‘golden power’ to block another strategic asset sale to foreign interests

Italy has blocked the purchase of global seed producer Verisem by a Chinese-owned group. As part of Prime Minister Mario…

3 years ago

Hungary scraps plans to buy neighbors’ agricultural land

Hungary has decided against a plan to expand the country's ownership of agricultural land in some of its neighbors like…

3 years ago

EC Backs Czechia Against Polish Mine

Poland says that closing down its open-pit brown coal mine in Turow would be an "energy disaster." Even so, the…

3 years ago

Czech Police Suggest Indicting PM Babis

Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš should be indicted over charges of fraud involving European Union subsidies, according to a recommendation…

3 years ago

Drone Driven Agro-Machine Learning Helps Farmers

A Ukrainian start-up, Horos.ai promises to help farmers maximize yield, and minimize herbicide and water use with drone technology-driven machine…

4 years ago