Sat, Nov 21 2009
Bulgaria's Cabinet decided to allocate 735 million leva to compensate grain producers in the country.
The Cabinet will compensate the farmers for the harvest losses they suffered due to the drought in the beginning of 2007, mediapool.bg reported.
Re-arrangements in the budget of the Agriculture and Food Ministry will provide the sum.
Most of the money, five million leva, will be transferred from the tobacco fund budget to the National Agriculture Fund. The rest of the money is provided by the agriculture fund itself.
The sum would be divided between wheat and barley producers under the European Commission regulations, mediapool.bg said.
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.