Sat, Nov 21 2009
A special centre would be built in 2008, where German specialists would teach Bulgarian dairy farmers in cattle breeding, BTA reported.
Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil announced on October 25, after a meeting with the Minister of food and rural areas of Baden-Würtemmberg, Peter Haulk.
Haulk was on a work-visit to Bulgaria on an invitation of his Bulgarian colleague.
Several European countries had similar centres in Bulgaria and they represented mostly small farmers, with a stock of 20 to 40. The German centre would have a small laboratory and class rooms, Kabil said.
Kabil said Bulgarian cattle breeding needed such a centre as there was not enough practical experience in the sector.
German experience in biotechnology would be the next sector in which the two countries would co-operate, Kabil said.
Strong public opposition to price hikes prompted Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to axe the Finance Ministry proposal to increase the excise duty on spirits, but MPs have put it back on the agenda.
Bulgaria’s Cabinet seeks to reverse recent changes in the telecommunications sector
Kremikovtzi’s prospects for a recovery plan appear increasingly distant
Bulgarians are getting the hang of debit and credit cards, MasterCard says
The two telecoms, both set up to challenge former fixed-line state monopoly BTC, will merge operations and expect to report 20 million euro in revenue and a gross profit of five million euro in 2010.