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Swine Fever, Plant Protein To Shape EU Farming In Next Decade: Report

The African swine fever crisis in China and a shift towards plant-based protein in diets could reshape EU agricultural markets over the next ten years, lea...

EU Retains Top Spot In Agri-Food Exports In 2018: European Commission

The EU has once again emerged as the world's leading exporter of agri-food products, with exports amounting to €138 billion in 2018, a new report by t...

France Asks EU For Early Farm Aid To Help Drought-Hit Farmers

France will ask the European Commission to bring forward the payment of €1 billion ($1.12 billion) of subsidies to help farmers cope with a hot spell...

Greece Loses Fight Over Lower Taxes For Locally Brewed Spirits

Greece lost a fight to set a lower excise tax on two traditional spirits tsipouro and tsikoudia versus imported products after Europe's top court on Thursd...

A Third Of EU Food Brands Have Same Label, Different Content: Report

Almost a third of branded food products sold in the European Union have the same or similar packaging, but different contents, according to a report publis...

EU Judges Say Poland's Retail Tax Is Not State Aid

European Union judges on Thursday ruled that Poland could tax larger retailers more heavily than smaller ones, overturning a decision from state aid regula...

European Commission Commended For 'Swift Action' Against Discriminatory Slovak Tax

The European Commission has announced an in-depth investigation into a tax on the food retail sector in Slovakia, citing concerns that certain exemptions f...

Amazon Faces Probe Into Treatment Of Sellers In Austria

Austria's competition authority has begun investigating whether Amazon is exploiting its market dominance in relation to other retailers that use its websi...