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The Directors-General and representatives of fisheries of the European Union Member States and representatives of the European Commission (EC) discussed in Prague today how to halt the decline and restore the critically endangered river eel. The Czech Presidency aims to reopen the debate on the protection of this fish. The Czech Republic was represented at the meeting by Martin Žižka, Director for…

For the first time, under the chairmanship of Czech Agriculture Minister Zdeněk Nekula (KDU-ČSL), EU Agriculture Ministers met today at the regular meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels (Agrifish). In particular, they called for the rapid approval of the strategic plans of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and approved the Conclusions on aquaculture.

As part of the Czech Presidency, Minister of Agriculture Zdeněk Nekula attended hearings in the European Parliament on 11 and 12 July. In the Committees on Agriculture and Rural Development, Fisheries and Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, he spoke about the priorities and tasks that we will be tackling in agriculture by the end of this year.

Food security in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reducing pesticide use across the European Union, preventing deforestation and supporting forestry will be the main priorities in the agricultural sector during the Czech EU Presidency. Other topics to be addressed over the next six months include fishing rights, aquaculture, food labelling and animal health. The Czech Presidency…

Press release — Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union Ahead of the biggest Czech agricultural exhibition “Země živitelka” this year České Budějovice hosted one of the most prestigious agricultural events: a meeting of the Agricultural Ministers of the Visegrád Four Group countries under the auspices of the Czech Presidency, enlarged by the representatives of Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia. The topics…

Press release — Tomorrow, in the International Auditorium in Brussels, FutMon, the EU’s largest LIFE+ project, will present a comprehensive update on forest information in Europe today. Over 2.5 years and equipped with 16 mio Euro EU co-financing, 38 partners from 23 Member States redesigned the existing forest monitoring system. It is now based on around 300 intensive monitoring plots and 5500 large scale plots…

Press release — Jihlava, 25 June 2009, PR CZ PRES - The economic situation in European forest management and wood processing industries as a result of the current economic recession, strategic issues affecting the sector, as well as methods of informing the general public of the importance of sustainable forest management – these are the issues that are under discussion by EU Forest Directors-General who are…