Aid

The European Commission on Wednesday tabled a proposal that will make available important information on how prices are determined as agri-food products move along the food supply chain.

Bulgaria grants € 200,000 in humanitarian aid to reduce migratory flows to Europe. This is envisaged in the draft agreement between the country and the European Investment Bank approved by the Council of Ministers.

A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124 million in 2017. 

The European Union and the United States announced on March 14 that they will be providing more humanitarian aid to further assist relief efforts for the Syrian crisis at a conference held by the European Union to coordinate EU help to the war-torn country.

From 18 March 2019, small and medium-sized farmers can apply for state aid for the purchase or construction of raw milk processing facilities, the State Fund for Agriculture (SFA) announced.

The total budget of the aid, which will apply until December 31, 2020, is BGN 1.5 million.

Greece ranks third among European Union countries whose residents are unable to keep their homes warm during winter and also has among the highest rates of winter mortality in the block, a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) has found.

Eight years ago as debt-laden Greece was almost sinking into a humanitarian crisis, and soup kitchens started sprouting across the country, a group of friends joined forces to help bridge donors with charities to make the most of the wave of solidarity, fighting food waste and protecting the environment at the same time.

Every fifth child in the world lives in extreme poverty and has less than $ 2 a day. This shows the results of a study by UNICEF and the International Labor Organization, the Bulgarian National Television reports. 

Almost half of the world's children live in "moderate" poverty, with only a third of them covered by social protection.

According to EU's statistical agency's analysis covering 2017, pensioners at risk of poverty in the European Union was estimated to be 14.2 percent, slightly above the figure of 13.8 percent in 2016. The rate has been rising gradually since 2013, when it was 12.6 percent, the organization has announced.

The Turkish state aid agency successfully carried out projects for health, education, and art in Venezuela, it said on Dec. 8.