Farmers Postpone Protest in Bulgaria

Source from:  Tobacco Reporter 01/29/2010

Bulgarian tobacco producers have postponed a planned rally against low subsidies following a meeting with the prime minister late yesterday, according to a Novinite report. More than 20,000 Bulgarian tobacco producers were about to take to the streets this morning, blockading the Danube Bridge crossing to Romania and the border checkpoints with Greece. The tobacco growers are insisting that they should receive payments agreed by the Bulgarian Council of Ministers and authorized by the European Commission earlier in January. "We will do our best to help this important sector of our agriculture, so that it receives sufficient funding both from EU projects and from the state budget, said Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, after the meeting. Enditem