Cold cut

A well-known Croatian producer of salami and other meat products, Georg ‘Djuro’ Gavrilovic, will go on trial at a Zagreb court in May for alleged war profiteering.

When at the start of a recent weekly briefing, the Romanian government spokesman offered journalists some slices of dry sausage, it was not only a surprising move but a sound PR stunt.

"We want to share the joy of this moment with you, as Sibiu Salami has just become a protected product in the European Union," spokeperson Dan Suciu told his audience.

A series of lapses continues: Vice-President of the Assembly called Italian president "Mr. Mortadella"

Igor Becic, Vice-President of the Serbian parliament called Italian president "Mortadela" instead of Matarella, and when he tried to correct himself, he failed again.

UK food supplier who sold Bulgarian salami in a Dratford convenience store has been fined GBP 5,000 after it turned out that the product contained nearly 50% horse meat.

This is the first case of its kind in the UK since a horse meat scandal broke in January 2013.