Biology

The flocks of two livestock farmers in the Peloponnesian region of Arcadia were confirmed on Tuesday as having been infected by catarrhal fever, a viral disease that affects many ruminants and is also known as bluetongue (BTV).

The state's veterinary agency said that the two new cases come on top of a confirmed outbreak in Laconia, also in the Peloponnese.

BELGRADE - Talks are under way with the European Commission, which has offered a donation for the purchase of anti-mosquito chemicals, following the recent floods that hit Serbia, said Dragan Ilic, director of the Institute of Public Health of Serbia.

A heroic stray dog has saved her puppies from a drainage canal after rescue teams asked for her help in the southwestern Turkish province of Muğla on June 7. 

BELGRADE – The direct damage to agriculture is estimated at EUR 500 million and experts agreed Wednesday that it is necessary to re-sow the flooded fields as soon as possible and provide sufficient quantities of food for the surviving cattle.

Bulgarian customs authorities have intercepted 90kg of heroin at two border checkpoints over the past days.

On the afternoon of May 31, an Opel automobile was searched by authorities at the Ruse border checkpoint. Thirty packages adding up to 15.5 kg of heroin were found stashed in the tires. The car was abandoned at the transit area, and police are still searching for the driver.

The Turkish Agriculture Ministry has permitted the production and sale of foods that have genetically-modified organism (GMO) contaminants with a regulation that triggered reactions from specialists, who dubbed the move as illegal and dangerous.

The Turkish Agriculture Ministry has permitted the production and sale of foods that have genetically-modified organism (GMO) contaminants with a regulation that triggered reactions from specialists, who dubbed the move as illegal and dangerous.

All doctors from the Emergency Care unit in Sofia have resigned collectively.

The medics are holding a protest at the Health Ministry, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

Arabs and Ukrainians interested in Galenika Pharmaceuticals

The Julphar, an Arab pharmaceutical company and the Arterium Corporation of Ukraine are interested in strategic partnership with the Galenika a.d., the Blic learns.

Threat of malaria and rat-bite fever

The first cases of diarrhea and temperature caused by poor hygiene due to lack of water have been registered in the flooded areas.