Vasil Grudev

Almost a quarter of farmers who applied for subsidies under thе support scheme last year did not receive the money due to attempted fraud. This was announced at an emergency briefing by the director of the Agriculture Fund Vasil Grudev.

The State Agricultural Fund ceases to carry out on-the-spot physical checks on pig holdings throughout the country. The ban has been imposed by an Order of the fund's Executive Director, Vasil Grudev. It is part of the state's crisis response measures to prevent and combat the spread of African swine fever (ASF).

Bulgaria will be one of the partner countries of 2018's edition of the International Green Week Berlin, a public exhibition bringing together key representatives of the food, agriculture, and gardening industry.

Bulgaria's Deputy Agriculture Minister Vasil Grudev has reported a great interest in the 2014-2020 edition of the EU operational program Rural Development.

In a Sunday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio Grudev informed that a total of 2400 projects worth BGN 1.1 B had been submitted under the program since April 14.

The Bulgarian government has approved a revised version of the Rural Development Program 2014-2020 envisaging a total budget of over EUR 2.9 B, including a total of EUR 2.3 B to be provided by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

The budget of the 2014-2020 Rural Development Program is to be allocated to 18 measures.

The Rural Development Program 2014-2020 will be launched in end-March 2015, according to Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.

Bulgaria loses nearly EUR 90 M under the Rural Development Program for the past programming period due to the poor performance of the State Fund Agriculture, according to Deputy Agriculture Minister Vasil Grudev.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Monday appointed several deputy ministers under proposals made by the respective heads of ministries.

Katya Todorova, Valentin Poryazov and Rumen Alexandrov will carry on as deputy ministers of foreign affairs - posts to which they had been appointed in August by catetaker Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki.

Bulgaria's EU funds loss under the Regional Development Program could reach BGN 70-98, according to caretaker Minister Vasil Grudev.

Grudev, as cited by the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), announced that the loss of funding under Operational Program "Fisheries Sector Development" amounted to BGN 3.5 M.

Bulgarian caretaker Minister of Agriculture Vasil Grudev and the Ambassador of the Netherlands HE Tom van Oorschot have signed a joint declaration for cooperation in the area of agriculture.

The agreement's main priorities are the development of the greenhouse sector and the establishment of organizations of producers, Bulgarian National Radio notes.