The blockade of the main road Sliven - Yambol, southeastern Bulgaria, in the area of the village of Krushare continues for the fourth day as pig farmers are protesting. The protest is against the requirement by the veterinary authorities for culling..
Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva said in a television interview that the situation with the African swine fever in Bulgaria is currently very difficult. "The state has not failed, but more efforts could have been taken to prevent the spread of..
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has convened a meeting on the problem of African swine fever. He demanded that the state showed an ability to cope with the epidemic because it affected not only animal farming industry but also all Bulgarians who..
State of emergency has been declared in the districts of Rousse, Pleven and Razgrad because of the spread of African swine fever. There are 4 outbreaks in the region of Rousse, the latest being in a farm with 40,000 animals in the village of..
Veterinary experts from the EU have arrived to Bulgaria in order to check measures taken by the Bulgarian authorities against the spread of African swine fever. There are more than 10 identified areas of infection. In addition, preventive actions are..
Army, police and gendarmerie in Bulgaria are now involved in the fight against African swine fever, Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva said. Two new outbreaks were discovered on Wednesday - in Vratsa and Targovishte, Minister Taneva said. Currently,..
Bulgaria insists that the EU provides timely financing to the veterinary programmes against the spread of African swine fever. At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels Bulgaria’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Desislava Taneva said that..
Sofia is hosting the first European forum to exchange experience related to the fight against African swine fever. It takes place within the framework of the global strategy against the disease, with the participation of leading experts from..
Bulgarian experts were invited to join the future science center in Romania to combat African swine fever, Bulgaria’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Rumen Porozhanov announced. Minister Porozhanov visited Bucharest and met with his Romanian..
The construction of the wire fence along the entire 133-km. length of Bulgaria’s land border with Romania has been completed. The fence was put up as a preventive measure to check the spread of African swine fever from Romania, where outbreaks..
