Tag: Turkey
Stricter European rules for long-distance livestock transport
The European Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into Livestock Transport has rendered a damning verdict on the way livestock is transported through EU countries. Also...
European Parliament investigates livestock transport on Bulgarian-Turkish border
A delegation of nine Members of the European Parliament paid a working visit to the Bulgarian-Turkish border crossing of Kapitaan Andrevo. There are...
EU countries must keep and reuse more waste in-house
While traditional waste export destinations like China are closing their doors to waste from EU countries, the wealthier western EU countries are watching that…
No EU ban on multi-day livestock transport over long distances yet
Most EU countries reject a proposal from the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg to ban animal transport over long distances. The...
Russian agriculture net food exporter for the first time since 1991
Russian agriculture has become a net food exporter for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Last year, Russia exported ...
Spain kills hundreds of cows for suspected bluetongue outbreak
Spain has started slaughtering nearly 900 cattle that have been on a livestock transport vessel for more than two months. In...
Livestock transport vessel back in Spain; killed hundreds of sick cows
More than 850 possibly bluetongue infected cows that have been on board a ship in the Mediterranean for two months ...
Blue tongue outbreak among Spanish cattle; been at sea for two months
Bluetongue has broken out from under 2,671 cattle on board two large livestock transport ships in the Mediterranean. The two animal transport ships are currently ...
European Parliament agrees with EU budget and stops subsidy for Turkey entry
The European Parliament, the European Commission and the finance ministers have broadly agreed in Brussels on ...
Russians produce and export more grain to more countries
Exports of Russian agricultural products have already exceeded $ 20 billion by the beginning of October, and are expected to reach ...