http://www.neurope.eu Agriculture News - New Europe News: The European News Source. en-us Copyright The Media Company S.A. info@neurope.eu (New Europe) kgougakis@neurope.eu (Kostas Gougakis) Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:54:00 +0200 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:54:00 +0200 New Europe New Europe 5 http://www.neurope.eu/images/logo.jpg http://www.neurope.eu 100 35 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94057.php The breeding population of Atlantic bluefin tuna will be destroyed in three years unless overfishing is considerably reduced conservation group WWF said as the two-month Mediterranean fishing season was about to begin. ldquo;For years people have been asking when the collapse of this fishery will happen and now we have... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94057.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:56:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94056.php While not saying how big it should be ndash; leaving the door open for political decision in individual countries - the European Union said because Europersquo;s fish stocks are desperately over-fished the best solution is to scale back the continentrsquo;s fishing fleets dramatically. ldquo;We need to get out of the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94056.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:49:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/93234.php As the United States and the European Union are set to hunker down behind walls of protectionism to save their rapidly-failing iconic industries such as carmakers the director-general of the World Trade Organisation has rejected the ldquo;food milesrdquo; campaign of some European farmers who say consumers should buy local produce... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/93234.php Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:42:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/92588.php After talks on February 6 with the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called on Russia to offer more ldquo;reliabilityrdquo; in international relations. The top-level talks were the first between the European Union and Russia since the crisis... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/92588.php Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:14:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/92194.php In the face of complaints it is unfairly helping its own producers the European Union is re-introducing export subsidies for dairy products to help farmers cope with tumbling prices despite protests from rival producers abroad. Officials in Brussels insisted that there would not be a return to the infamous butter... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/92194.php Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:03:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90489.php The European Union has begun negotiations with neighbouring Switzerland to liberalise bilateral trade in agriculture. Launching the negotiations EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel said: ldquo;The EU and Switzerland are neighbours and have much in common; we have made a lot of progress over the years... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90489.php Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90504.php The growing use of pesticides and mismanagement of land use is causing bees to disappear threatening some food production the European Parliamentrsquo;s Agriculture Committee has said and it is urging rapid measures to save the insects and the food chain. MEP Astrid Lulling of Luxembourg who drafted a motion calling... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90504.php Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90400.php The European Union today Nov 4 launched negotiations with neighbouring Switzerland to liberalise bilateral trade in agriculture. Launching the negotiations EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel said: The EU and Switzerland are neighbours and have much in common; we have made a lot of progress over the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90400.php Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90154.php PARMA HAM ndash; FACTS amp; FIGURES - Out of all the Parma Ham only 22 percent is exported outside Italy; the rest is consumed nationally - By law Prosciutto di Parma can only be produced around Parma; the unique conditions of the Parma region have made it possible to produce the highest... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90154.php Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90114.php Europeans are against animal cloning for food production revealed a survey on Thursday Oct 9 in Brussels. The study presented by the European Commission found that more than 58 percent Europeans across the European Union are against the animal cloning for food production but 44 percent gave a nod to... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90114.php Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90082.php The deepening and widening financial crisis touching the foundations of our society makes transparency the main weapon at our disposal to get through. Hope dies last and as long as there is life there exists hope. Transparency is our hope. This makes it imperative for the European Commission to give... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90082.php Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89953.php The French presidency of the European Union said there would be no delay to a planned ban by 2012 of the tiny ldquo;batteryrdquo; cages used by many producers for laying hens. ldquo;I would not like us to go back on that date. I would not like to see it postponed.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89953.php Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89806.php The Eximo dossier besides its political and administrative dimensions has attained one more. The legal dimension. Our readers have been informed last week we have appealed to the European Court of Justice asking for the release of certain documents related to case which the European Commission has released only partially... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89806.php Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89609.php Whether there are or there arenrsquo;t criminal acts involved in the Eximo case remains to be seen but one conclusion is certain - The European Commission Europersquo;s leading executive organism led by 27 politicians is not political at all. This is flagrantly proven by the fact that it is incapable... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89609.php Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89415.php Dolly the sheep was the first and most famous animal clone created back in 1996. Since then cows pigs goats horses mice cats and dogs have also been cloned. So should these animals be used for commercial purposes? Not according to Parliamentrsquo;s Agriculture Committee. In June they called for an... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89415.php Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89420.php Dolly the sheep was the first and most famous animal clone created back in 1996. Since then cows pigs goats horses mice cats and dogs have also been cloned. So should these animals be used for commercial purposes? Not according to Parliamentrsquo;s Agriculture Committee. In June they called for an... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89420.php Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89437.php The future regulation on food labeling in the European Union must not lead to over-regulation but provide simplified and manageable legislation was the conclusion drawn by Renate Sommer a Member of the European Parliament from Germany after a hearing she organized in Brussels. She had invited representatives from the food... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89437.php Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89413.php The European Commission recently published a Draft Regulation to give surplus money of one billion Euro from the EU farm budget to agricultural and food needs in developing countries backed up now by support from a European Parliament committee. MEP Gay Mitchell of Ireland is the European Parliamentrsquo;s rapporteur on... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89413.php Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:59:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89040.php The European Commission the executive arm of the European Union last week floated proposals for EU wide ban on seal products from countries that fail to meet high animal welfare standards. Calling for a ban on all seal products obtained through cruel hunting methods European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas labelled... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89040.php Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/87608.php The international community especially the African continent looked askance at the three-day summit held in Rome by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO which left their plates empty with hopes of a meagre food intake evaporating fast for majority of humanity. There was one stark naked truth however getting... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/87608.php Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/87079.php Based on a leaked document from the European institutions New Europe reported last week prior to the Agricultural Council meeting that there will be no concrete results about the CAP Common Agricultural Policy of the EU in the near future. Wedged between beneficiaries and opponents of the CAP European Agricultural... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/87079.php Mon, 26 May 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/87087.php The European Parliament has welcomed changes to the European Unions Common Agricultural Policy CAP proposed by the European Commission but were split on how those should be achieved and if they are strong enough.MEP Niels Busk of Denmark said: The CAP needs to be adjusted to the obvious changes in... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/87087.php Mon, 26 May 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/87089.php By a vote of 485-52 the European Parliament has adopted a resolution on rising food prices in the European Union which said priority should be given to investment in agriculture aquaculture rural development and agribusinesses in developing countries. Fairer international trade rules and an assessment of the effects of speculation... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/87089.php Mon, 26 May 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/86832.php A meeting of the minds of European and Latin American leaders in Peru has produced a resolution that food prices are too high and something should be done about it. The European Union-Latin America- Caribbean EU-LAC summit in Lima stressed that participants were deeply concerned by the impact of increased... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/86832.php Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/86833.php European Union agriculture ministers meeting this week in Brussels are set to rubber stamp a middle path of not antagonising major beneficiaries like Germany and France while keeping the hopes of free market advocates like United Kingdom alive with cosmetic reform proposals to the EUs Common Agricultural Policy CAP .... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/86833.php Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/86842.php MEP Jim Higgins of Ireland said the European Commission has confirmed that it has not set any specific deadline for the completion of farm buildings and farm waste management. He said the EUs Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel told him The EU legislation related to support under... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/86842.php Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/84536.php The European Unions agriculture ministers have agreed to raise the blocs milk quotas by two percent despite objections from the blocs biggest producer Germany. The increase was proposed in December 2007 by the European Commission as a means of countering rising prices in the face of growing demand for dairy... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/84536.php Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/84551.php The European Unions agriculture budget under the Common Agriculture Policy CAP gormandises on the EU coffers and Mariann Fischer Boel Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is taking the bold step to force the 27 member states to come clean on who gets paid what and when. Announcing the steps... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/84551.php Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/81343.php Environmental groups exploded in anger December 19 over a European Union proposal to set quotas for fishing that surpassed recommended limits set by scientists and allowed increased catches. The boost to catch quotas for key species such as cod had been made possible because stocks had recovered in recent years... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/81343.php Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:23:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/80124.php The European Union after repeated announcements about overhaul of its multi-billion Euro CAP Common Agriculture Policy which have come under attack from many quarters including the recent Auditors report on November 20 launched a so-called health check review of the same agriculture policy - the most expensive issue in its... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/80124.php Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:33:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/80355.php The producers of cereals will take out the farming technologies and block all main thoroughfares in the country if by the end of November the government doesnt grant funds for the EU-regulated payments in national budget for European subsidies which the farmers are supposed to receive in 2008. They warned... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/80355.php Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/79658.php The European Union wants to give less money in subsidies to its biggest farms so that other needier enterprises can get more officials in Brussels confirmed on November 7. Large farms generally have economies of scale so they dont need the same perhectare payments as smaller ones do a spokesman... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/79658.php Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:21:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77691.php The European Union on September 13 announced a move allowing the blocs farmers to boost cereal production in a bid to cool down prices which by hitting historical highs have made popular products like pasta and corn flakes more expensive to consumers. Mariann Fischer Boel Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77691.php Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:28:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77491.php The European Parliament on Sept. 5 approved plans that would allow dairy farmers more choice in the types of products they churn out and consumers more variety said MEP Neil Parish of the United Kingdom chairman of the Agriculture Committee.Under a EU regulation only three types of drinking milk may... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77491.php Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:41:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77259.php State Agricultural Fund Managing Director Dimitur Tadarukov said that 3.2 billion Euro will be invested in the programme for agriculture and village development. European funding for Bulgarias agriculture sector development for the period of 2007 to 2013 will total 6.5 billion Euro. The rest will be used for direct payments... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77259.php Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:50:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/76447.php The European Commission has adopted the Slovenian Rural Development Programme for 2007-2013 the Slovenian Agriculture Forestry and Food Ministry said Slovene Press Agency reported on July 25 cited by reporter.gr. Slovenia is to get almost 1.16 billion Euro in the period of which almost 900 million Euro will come from... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/76447.php Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:34:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/76223.php The European Parliaments Agricultural Committee has unanimously voted against disproportional cuts in connection with the reform of the Common Market Organisation for milk and milk products.The European Commission suggests in its draft Directive a standardisation of protein contents in milk and milk products. I endorse this approach to make European... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/76223.php Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:32:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/75805.php Europes wine sector is set to change dramatically if the proposals under the new five year plan from the European Agricultural Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel get the green light from the EU farm ministers.Under the new plan which experts insist is not old wine in new bottle wine sector in... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/75805.php Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:23:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/75656.php The European Parliaments Environment Committee on June 26 endorsed plans by the European Commission for a ban on aerial spraying with pesticides as part of a wide-ranging strategy to cut down the use of these products which are needed by farmers but can be highly damaging to human health and... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/75656.php Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:20:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/74902.php The European Parliament the only directly-elected European institution on June 7 adopted with an overwhelming majority 526 for 95 against and 32 abstentions a consultation report in the fruit and vegetable sector on reforms proposed by the European Commission. The report drafted by MEP María Isabel Salinas García asked producer... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/74902.php Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:20:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/74273.php Australian and Chilean wine could swamp Europe if no solution is found to the crisis in European winemaking agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel warned on May 22. In an interview with Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa she said reforms proposed by the European Union were vital. Wine-making nations are deeply split about... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/74273.php Sat, 26 May 2007 18:58:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/72630.php The European Parliaments Agriculture Committee is opposed to plans for scrapping an intervention system for the maize market from this year. MEPs are calling on the European Commission to withdraw its draft legislation arguing that it has not been properly evaluated and that the principles on which it is based... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/72630.php Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:17:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/71948.php  Members of the European Parliament said they had forced agriculture ministers to reverse a decision allowing EU countries to cut farm payments by up to 20 percent and transfer the money into rural development schemes. The option will now only be available to the UK and Portugal.The scheme had been... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/71948.php Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:05:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/71709.php Bulgaria plans to submit its rural development programme for approval by the European Commission by the end of March Bulgarian Agriculture and Forestry Minister Nihat Kabil recently announced at the opening of a conference on Partnership Forum for Implementing Rural Development Programme Sofia news agency reported. The national strategic plan... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/71709.php Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:14:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/71124.php The Indian government on March 7 said it was considering a cut in tariffs on imported wines and spirits shortly after meeting with the European Union Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel in the Indian capital. India wants to avoid that the matter goes to the WTO dispute settlement body Commerce... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/71124.php Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:25:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/70903.php India will get a taste of Tasty Europe when the European Unions Agriculture Commissioner Marianne Fischer Boel makes her first visit to the country this week. Boel will be accompanied by a high powered entourage of 28 CEOs from Europes top food and beverage companies during her week long visit to the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/70903.php Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:53:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/70064.php From the beginning of 2008 agricultural insurance coverage would be compulsory for Polish farmers website freshplaza.com reported on February 7. According to the report without the insurance growers including fruit and vegetable producers will not be eligible for European Union subsidies. Polish farmers associations welcomed the news noting that thus... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/70064.php Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:19:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/68271.php A decade later Ecuador is joined by the US Columbia and Panama to open another tug-of-war in the World Trade Organisation. December 15 saw the first day of the proceedings at Geneva of revival of the 1990s banana wars with the then-winner Ecuador coming back to haunt the European Union.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/68271.php Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:35:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/67704.php The New Zealand government and European Commission have struck a compromise deal on the countrys 250 million NZ dollar USD 170 million butter trade according to a government statement December 1. The agreement allows New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra to keep a large slice of the trade while allowing European... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/67704.php Sat, 02 Dec 2006 21:39:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/67670.php Coming on the heels of threats by Russian Federation to ban European Union products in the wake of Romania and Bulgaria joining the 25 member states the veterinary experts from member states voted in favour of approving the Bulgarian and Romanian contingency plans for avian influenza Newcastle disease classical swine... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Agriculture http://www.neurope.eu/articles/67670.php Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:54:00 +0200