Bulgaria Interior Min to Meet Protesting Milk Producers

Politics | August 20, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00
Bulgaria: Bulgaria Interior Min to Meet Protesting Milk Producers Bulgaria's Interior Minister Mihail Mikov is to meet Wednesday representatives of the milk producers' associations on protest. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Mihail Mikov is to meet Wednesday representatives of the milk producers' associations on protest.

The step is to be taken after more than 1,000 farmers from across the country threatened to block Shipka pass on Thursday even without having a permission to stage a rally over their unpaid subsidies there.

"We will stay there until some of the rulers come to hold negotiations with us," explained the chairman of the Milk Producers Association in Stara Zagora, Tancho Kolev.

The protesters call on the government to provide a subsidy of BGN 0,20 per litre of milk produced, as well as EUR 140 one time financial support per animal a year.

The government decided to fulfill all their demands by allocating BGN 60 M but said that a notification from the EC is needed before the money reaches the milk producers.

So far, the farmers were granted BGN 0,06 per litre of milk for the months March and April.

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