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The Istanbul Governorate on Dec. 20 announced its decision to prohibit the use of horse carriages for three months, after 81 horses were killed on the Princes' Islands off Istanbul, following an outbreak of glanders, a fatal equine disease.

The pork's price in Bulgaria is the highest since 10 years. Only in September, its price jumped by about 45%, which places the country fourth in the European Union in price.

Manufacturers and processors largely attribute this increase to the African Swine Fever that has affected the country.

The price to acquire pork, the main raw material for producing Sibiu Salami, has grown by 15 pct over the last year, but the price for the final product registered an advance of under 10 pct, stated, on Friday, Carmen Gavrilescu, chair of the Association of Sibiu Salami Producers (APSS) in a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR).

Bulgaria's Parliament approved the resignations of Liliyana Pavlova and Volen Siderov as MPs.

On 5 June 2019 Pavlova submitted her resignation because the Cabinet nominated her to become a vice-president of the European Investment Bank, because of her valuable experience in financial and project management, as well as cooperation with European institutions.

Frozen pork is widely available in stores in Europe, and is often marketed by traders as fresh. Therefore, managers of pig farms in Ruse are warned. The reason is the drop in production of more than 20% of Bulgarian fresh meat after the African swine fever epidemic.

The Greek gastronomy and travel writers visited Turkey's southeastern Gaziantep province to watch the making of the world-famous Turkish dessert of baklava.     

China, which has been hit hard by a large-scale swine fever epidemic that has led to a sharp price spike, will take out 10,000 tonnes of frozen pork from its strategic reserves to prevent any shortfall in the run-up to the '70s. Anniversary of the regime, AFP reported.

With the new outbreaks, the cases of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar are now 32, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Atanas Dobrev told the Bulgarian National Television. 
Without the commitment of the whole Bulgarian community, no good results could be expected, he said.

Pastry-makers in Turkey's southeastern city of Gaziantep are hard at work at their ovens making the world-famous Turkish dessert of baklava ahead of Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice.

The spread of African swine fever in Bulgaria, which threatens the Balkan country's pig breeding industry is worrying, an EU Commission spokeswoman said on Thursday, reports Euronews.