Evangelos Apostolou
Greece
Greek Minister: Growers Interested in Investing Over €1.5 Bln in Medical Cannabis
Growers have expressed interest in investing over 1.5 billion euros in the cultivation of cannabis for medical use, said Greece's Minister of Rural Development and Food Evangelos Apostolou.
Speaking to Bloomberg, the Greek minister said that Greece's warm and sunny...
Economy
European Commission Tells Prague that Greek Yogurt is Greek Only
Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
The European Commission has told Prague that the denomination “Greek yogurt” applies only to the specific product and cannot be used for yogurt produced outside Greece, a Euractiv report says.
"The Commission is in contact with...
Greece
Greece's Mandatory Milk Labelling Plan Meets Opposition from Dairy Industry
Greece's plan to make country-of-origin labeling on milk mandatory from 2018, has led to a backlash from some of the bodies of the dairy industry.
Greek Agriculture Minister Evangelos Apostolou announced the plan on September 7, and the bill is...
Economy
Gov't Says 12,000 Greek Farmers to First Return Illegal Subsidies Given in 2008-2009
Greek Rural Development Minister Evagelos Apostolou on Friday said that 12,000 Greek farmers that received the highest amounts will first be asked to return their share of some 215 million euros in illegal subsidies handed out to 95,000 farmers...
Europe
Greece is ‘Partner Country’ of ANUGA Food Trade Show in Cologne
"It is in all of our interests that the economic potential of Greece finds its way back on track to a better future," the German Minister of Agriculture, Christian Schmidt, said on Saturday in his opening speech at the...