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European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan will pay a visit to Bulgaria on Friday at the invitation of Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.

Apart from meeting with Taneva, Hogan will also hold talks with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov as well as MPs from the parliamentary Agriculture and Foods Committee.

Bulgaria has not been granted an extension of the deadline to use the money granted under the Rural Development Program 2007-2013, meaning that ongoing projects financed under the program should be wrapped up by end-September, according to Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.

Producers of the traditional Bulgarian oil-bearing species of rose will receive additional support via compensatory payments under the Rural Development Program 2014-2020 for the first time, according to Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.

A mission of the European Commission will be ariving in Bulgaria in order to inspect the quality of milk produced in the country, the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported.

Plamen Mollov, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA), has been dismissed at the proposal of Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.

Mollov was removed from office on Friday by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

Bulgarian dairy farmers will stage a national protest on Friday due to the low purchasing price of milk and the lack of state strategy and support for the livestock breeding sector.

The producers are intending to block the traffic on the road between the towns of Dimitrovgrad and Haskovo on two occasions.

Bulgarian companies are now allowed to export poultry meat and its products to Japan. The information was released immediately upon the meeting between Bulgaria's Agriculture and Foods Minister Desislava Taneva and Japanese Ambassador Takashi Koizumi.  

The European Commission has notified Bulgarian authorities about the conclusive approval of the Rural Development Program 2014-2020, according to Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.

Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva has suggested that the state is looking for mechanisms to support milk producers amid the ongoing crisis.

Taneva said in a Wednesday interview for the Bulgarian National Television that the crisis plaguing the dairy market was felt on an EU-level.

Operational Program Maritime Affairs and Fisheries 2014-2020 will be sent to the European Commission for approval by end-June, according to Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.