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Five years of recession have driven Greece to dumpsters. As a growing number of beleaguered Greek people turn to scavenging for food, some people have come to the rescue.

Free bread

Prosecutors have accused students who brandished bread during a demonstration at Denizli?s Pamukkale University to mourn young Gezi victim Berkin Elvan after his death in March 2014 of "provocation," in the indictment as part of the investigation into the protests.

New regulations decreasing the amount of salt in tomato paste and edible olives and forbidding the addition of extra sugar to fruit juices have entered into force with the start of the new year.

The Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ministry said in a statement that efforts to protect the health of the consumers continued non-stop and that the new regulation was part of these efforts.

Bread became a luxury in the last years of the Communist regime in Romania. People had to join long queues if they wanted to buy the cheap stuff, which was delivered from a government-run bakery in an often dirty bin.

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Bulgaria to export over 2 million tonnes of wheat in 2014, despite the lower yields compared to 2013, according to Ignat Angelov, Chair of the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives "Danube 2000."

In a Sunday interview for Radio Focus - Veliko Tarnovo, Angelov argued that the decrease by 10-15% in the yield in the 2013-2014 agricultural year would not have a negative impact on exports.

BELGRADE - Leader of the United Branch Trade Unions "Nezavisnost" Branislav Canak said that the measures presented by Prime Minister Vucic do not focus on economic recovery but rather on cutting the expenditures.

Minister of Public Finances, Ioana Petrescu, and Deputy Prime Minister Daniel Constantin, also Minister of Agriculture, on Wednesday are set to present in a press conference the conclusions of the ex-post evaluation of the macro-economic effects generated by the VAT cut for bread and other bakery products.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta asserted that the VAT cut (from 24 percent to 9 percent) for bread was a successful initiative, and it would be continued.

Deputy Development Minister Gerasimos Giakoumatos warned on Monday that bakers not abiding by a new law requiring them to weigh fresh bread before they sell it would face fines.

Giakoumatis said that authorities would be checking if bakeries are weighing their bread after the law came into force on Monday.