A mechanism of urgent crediting of cereals producers will be created in Moldova, in order to cover the expenses for agricultural works from this spring. The parliament approved a draft law to this effect on March 28. The legislative initiative belongs with a lawmaker of the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), Alexandr Trubca. According to…
Poland’s government has announced that it will end the 0% VAT rate on food introduced two years ago to help soften the blow of soaring inflation. The Finance Ministry argues that the recent slowing of price rises renders the measure no longer necessary. However, the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, which introduced the VAT…
Agricultural chambers will be set up in Moldova – an institutional system that will help achieve development priorities of the agricultural sector and rural environment. According to the draft law approved by the Government, they will be set up in two levels: regional agricultural chambers and the National Agricultural Chamber. It aims to support the…
A famous fast food stand located in front of Warsaw’s iconic Palace of Culture and Science is set to disappear after over three decades. The owner, who has been operating the premises without permission in recent years, has now given up his fight to keep it open. However, some local residents have launched a campaign…
Amid sanctions related to the war in Ukraine, Latvia has become Russia’s primary whisky supplier. This booming trade relationship has a complex web of diplomatic tightropes with economic and geopolitical nuances. Latvia, one of the European Union’s smallest member states with a population of fewer than 2 million, has emerged as the number-one supplier of…
Russia is the largest supplier of onions to the Polish market from non-EU countries, and the third after Germany and the Netherlands. This is reported by EastFruit analysts with reference to the official trade statistics of Poland. “From the beginning of the season (August 2023) to the end of December 2023, Poland purchased 24.3 thousand…
The sector of table grapes from Moldova will receive support through the initiative, One Country One Priority Product (OCOP), led globally by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). A technical assistance project, evaluated at $350,000, was signed by Deputy Prime Minister, Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Vladimir Bolea and FAO Representative…