Food and drink

Amendments to the regulation for the direct sale of homemade products would allow Bulgaria's restaurants to legally offer homemade dairy products to their clients. 

Almost 17 kilos of cocaine was found in a shipment of bananas from Colombia that ended up at a fruit and vegetable wholesaler in Rendi, southwestern Athens.

Police confirmed on Thursday that the bananas were first shipped to Italy and then brought to Greece by truck.

The shipment was unloaded at the warehouse on May 2.

Kremlin interference in Ukraine raises food prices in the Balkans

Global instability is starting to affect food prices in regional countries.

Prices for wheat produced in Ukraine are rising, affecting world and regional markets. [AFP]

Alpha and Coca-Cola HBC kept the bourse benchmark above the psychologically significant level of 1,220 points on Friday following an earlier decline that had brought daily losses close to 1 percent.

By Chryssa Liaggou

BELGRADE – The Phytosanitary Inspection of the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture will conduct a thorough inspection of soybean crops and oversee the purchases of soy grain with a view to preventing the cultivation and trade of GMO soy in Serbia, the ministry has said in a release.

Almost 85 per cent of Romanians will spend Easter at home with family or friends, while the average budget allotted to this important celebration will be 359 lei (79 euro), a study published on Monday reveals.

The money spent over Easter is likely to be the much same as last year, according to a poll by MEDNET Marketing research center.

SIMANOVCI - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Wednesday at the ceremony marking the beginning of construction of a Dr Oetker production facility in Simanovci that this is the most significant event for him today and that Serbia has great respect for Germany and its investors.

Pupils at public schools in Attica and the northern port city of Thessaloniki are to receive free fruit and fruit salad from Tuesday as part of a program developed by the Agriculture Ministry.

McDonald's has suspended work at its restaurants in Crimea for "manufacturing reasons", the U.S. fast food chain said on Friday. 

This is the second international company to cease operations this week on the peninsula annexed by Russia.