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EC Fines Bulgaria EUR 20 M for Wrongly Paid Farm Subsidies (Novinite.com) [Feb 18, 2010] The European Commission has fined Bulgaria EUR 20 M for wrongly paid direct subsidy payments to farmers in 2007, the Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, announced Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex Bulgaria Forestry Head Urged to Confess over Land Swaps (Novinite.com) [Feb 09, 2010] Bulgaria?s Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov has urged the former Forestry Agency head, Stefan Yurukov, to make confessions over the notorious land swap deals. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Minister: No Risk of Rural Development Funding Freeze (Novinite.com) [Feb 04, 2010] Bulgaria Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov has announced on Thursday that there was no danger of EU funding under the Program for Rural Development being stopped. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt Imposes Wide-Ranging Fishing Ban for 2010 (Novinite.com) [Jan 29, 2010] Bulgaria?s Fishery Agency has imposed stringent measures banning almost completely fishing in the Black Sea and freshwater basins in the country. The ban has been ordered by Minister of Agriculture and Food, Miroslav Naydenov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt to Take Quick Decision on Greek Compensation Claim (Novinite.com) [Jan 29, 2010] Bulgaria Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov announces that the government is expected to take a speedy decision on whether to proceed with a court claim for compensation against Greece on the issue of the farmers' border blockade. [via YahooNews] More >>

Greek Farmers Re-Blockade Bulgaria-Greece Border (Novinite.com) [Jan 26, 2010] They lifted their blockade of the Kulata-Promahon crossing point at 02:00 Tuesday on the Bulgaria-Greece border after Bulgaria Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov held talks with the local Greek governor. [via YahooNews] More >>

Greek Farmers Temporarily Lift Bulgaria Border Blockade (Novinite.com) [Jan 26, 2010] Greek farmers lifted their blockade of the Kulata-Promahon crossing point at 02:00 Tuesday on the Bulgaria-Greece border after Bulgaria Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov held talks with the local Greek governor. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Tobacco Growers Will Receive BGN 116 M Subsidy (Novinite.com) [Jan 17, 2010] The European Commission has authorized the payment of BGN 116 M to Bulgaria's tobacco producers for the 2009 crop. Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Naidenov made the announcement on Sunday at an impromptu press conference at Sofia airport on his return from Berlin. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Agriculture Fund Officials Suspected of Organized Crime (Novinite.com) [Jan 14, 2010] Bulgaria Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, has stated that the six investigated officials from the State Fund ?Agriculture? are under suspicion of working for an organized criminal group. [via YahooNews] More >>