Tag: Ukraine
Putin accuses EU of blocking free fertilizer for Africa
Russian President Putin accuses EU countries of blocking shipment of 300 million kilos of Russian fertilizer as a gift for…
European Commission threatens billions in fine for Hungary
The European Commission does not want to pay 7.5 billion euros from the large corona recovery fund to Hungary because the country does not comply with…
Gas increasingly more expensive: vegetable cultivation will soon only be in warm countries?
Industry group Greenhouse Horticulture Netherlands says that up to 40 percent of the 3,000 fruit, vegetable and flower companies are in financial distress. This threatens...
Climate+Environment still on EU agendas versus Agriculture+Food
On the European conference tables there are once again some explosive dossiers that can easily lead to clashes between political groups, politicians and administrators. Also...
Timmermans: The Dutch cabinet does not yet realize how big the crisis is
The Dutch European Commissioner Frans Timmermans (PvdA) believes that Dutch ministers make far too little clear that the Russian war against Ukraine...
European Parliament agrees on Monday with more renewable energy
The European Parliament is expected to adopt a new EU renewable energy directive in Strasbourg on Monday. With the rising energy bills...
Oxfam: war in Ukraine not the cause of global food shortage
The food crisis the world is currently facing is not a result of the Russian war in Ukraine, and is certainly not...
The Czech Republic will make food security a EU spearhead in the coming six months
The European agricultural umbrella organization Copa-Cogeca has called on the EU Energy Ministers to keep an eye on the food supply. Discussing at an emergency meeting in Brussels...
FAO food price index slightly lower for fifth consecutive month
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) food index fell for the fifth consecutive month in August.
Brussels and the first seven agricultural EU countries agree on national plan
The European Commission has finally approved the CAP strategic plans of the first seven EU countries: Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Poland, Portugal and…
