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Bulgaria approves law to ban GMO crops
18. 3. 2010
Bulgaria's parliament voted on Thursday to tighten a law that effectively banned cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops for scientific and commercial reasons in response to public fears, Reuters reported.
Groups blast veiled decision-making at European Commission as mining industry revels in rejection of crucial Parliamentary resolution
8. 7. 2010
Environmental organisations have today criticised Commissioner Janez Potocnik for heeding mining industry lobbyists over a democratically elected European Parliament, in failing to open public discussions and rejecting a resolution to ban the use of cyanide in mining processes throughout the European Union.