Dried meat

Kraška Gmajna, swathes of dry grassland where sheep and goats grazed for centuries but have since largely become overgrown, has given its name to a unique festival that celebrates the rich cultural and natural heritage of Kras and Brkini in the south-west of the country.

The price to acquire pork, the main raw material for producing Sibiu Salami, has grown by 15 pct over the last year, but the price for the final product registered an advance of under 10 pct, stated, on Friday, Carmen Gavrilescu, chair of the Association of Sibiu Salami Producers (APSS) in a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR).

Out of 10 countries, a Bulgarian won the world's pizza competition in Porto, NOVA reported.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Virgin founder Richard Branson decided to invest together with former General Motors president Jack Welch in a start-up business with artificial meat, Bloomberg reported.

On Wednesday several countries have banned imports of Brazilian meat after police raided several meat producers last Friday for allegedly doling out bribes to inspectors to certify meat that was either rotten or tainted with salmonella.

The co-partner of Turkey's global Nusr-et chain of grill houses, Nusret Gökçe, who recently became a social media phenomenon for his meat-cutting and salt-drizzling skills, has served Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio at his restaurant in Dubai.

A well-known Croatian producer of salami and other meat products, Georg ‘Djuro’ Gavrilovic, will go on trial at a Zagreb court in May for alleged war profiteering.

When at the start of a recent weekly briefing, the Romanian government spokesman offered journalists some slices of dry sausage, it was not only a surprising move but a sound PR stunt.

"We want to share the joy of this moment with you, as Sibiu Salami has just become a protected product in the European Union," spokeperson Dan Suciu told his audience.

UK food supplier who sold Bulgarian salami in a Dratford convenience store has been fined GBP 5,000 after it turned out that the product contained nearly 50% horse meat.

This is the first case of its kind in the UK since a horse meat scandal broke in January 2013.

Sales of meat in Macedonia have dropped sharply since reports broke two weeks ago that infected meat had led to four people dying from listeriosis.