Tag: Spain
Hundreds of Spanish cows have already died due to contagious cow fever
In Spain, hundreds of cows have died in recent weeks from an epizootic hemorrhagic disease EHD. That contagious cow fever is related to...
Court of Audit: EU subsidy for the wine industry hardly leads to more 'green' wine
When subsidies are awarded to the European wine industry, little attention is paid to environmental effects and hardly any sustainability conditions are attached. That...
Prison sentence and Spanish farmers fined millions for pumping groundwater
Five owners of a farm in a Spanish nature reserve have been sentenced to significant prison terms for illegally pumping groundwater for irrigation...
European Union takes stock of postponement options for Green Deal goals
The traditional annual speech by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the agricultural sector was not only striking because of the many nice...
New European agricultural policy will be put on track in the coming weeks
It could become clear within a few weeks whether the Green Deal and European Climate Policy will be slowed down. There is no need to...
After an oil boycott, EU countries are now buying much more Russian liquefied natural gas
The EU countries are buying much more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia than before the war in Ukraine. According to research by Global Witness...
Bayer puts pressure on German coalition with glyphosate petition
German chemical group Bayer has published an online petition calling on Germany's center-left government coalition to end its opposition to…
Heat and drought in Spain: also less water for agriculture and horticulture
Spain is facing an alarming situation due to persistently high temperatures and an increasingly severe drought. That not only affects...
France: protect livestock from too many EU animal welfare rules
France warns against too far-reaching expansion of European animal welfare rules and is already imposing restrictive conditions on them. That's what Paris thinks...
Finland closes bird flu farms; all minks and foxes killed
The Finnish authorities have taken the drastic decision to close all mink and fox farms and kill tens of thousands of animals due to…
