Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Valeri Tsvetanov of Bulgaria

Tsvetanov said he shouldn't be held responsible for mistakes made before his own time as a minister.

the secret police files commission, Agriculture and Foods Minister Valeri Tsvetanov was recruited in 1981 by the Communist-era State Security.

Sofia _ The head of Bulgaria’s State Agriculture Fund Atanas Kanchev has handed in his resignation, Agriculture Minister Valeri Tsvetanov has announced.

Tsvetanov was met by a round of applause at his Ministry's entrance.

Speaking to the rallying farmers, Tsvetanov said a contract is being signed on Wednesday for linking up the information systems of the National Veterinary Service and the Paying Agency for the implementation of the livestock identification system, which will speed up payments to farmers.

Tsvetanov expressed gratitude to EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel for the cooperation and support in addressing Bulgarian stockbreeders' problems.

Tsvetanov was quoted as saying that the Agriculture Ministry had made the necessary calculations so that once clearance had been given; dairy producers would receive the money as soon as possible.

Farming Minister Valeri Tsvetanov said Wednesday in a statement that Tadarakov could not be held responsible for problems with projects approved long before he took office.

The people working in the SAPARD agency and the State Fund Agriculture are not criminals’, Valeri Tsvetanov said in response to a question for the participation of the Prosecutor’s Office, the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and the State Agency National Security in the checks for irregularities during the assimilation of EU funds.

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Valeri Tsvetanov is scheduled to give a press conference tomorrow at 1.

The Minister of Agriculture and Foods Valery Tsvetanov had a meeting with the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Mr.

Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply Valeri Tsvetanov said in Bourgas that he would insist on the revocation of the excise tax on the fuels for fishermen, Focus Press Agency announced.

On Tuesday, Valeri Tsvetanov was nominated as Bulgaria's new Agriculture and Food Supply Minister in the government of PM Sergey Stanishev, replacing Nihat Kabil.

Currently, Valeri Tsvetanov is a professor at Agroecology Institute Pushkarov in Bulgaria's capital.

Agricultural land: another can of worms?11:09 Mon 17 Nov 2008-Svetlana GuinevaAgriculture Minister Valeri Tsvetanov is acknowledging that agrarian reform in Bulgaria has veered off track dramatically.

Several years later, Agriculture Minister Valeri Tsvetanov is acknowledging that agrarian reform in Bulgaria has veered off track dramatically.

Well, minister Tsvetanov was telling US fairytales a while ago,” Nemski said.

Mihail Mikov is the new interior minister, Evgeni Zhelev is health care minister, Nikolay Tsonev is defence minister and Valeri Tsvetanov is agriculture minister.

Bulgaria faces having to return 22 mln EU funding18:51 Tue 23 Dec 2008-Rene BeekmanPhoto: Yulia LazarovaSerious malfeasance has been found in one of the three SAPARD programmes and Bulgaria could face having to return around 22 million leva in funding, Bulgarian Agriculture and Food Minister Valeri Tsvetanov said on December 23.

Tsvetanov said Bulgarian farmers had received a total of 430 million leva in direct EU subsidies for the agricultural year 2007/2008.

bg said that Tsvetanov had been involved with companies with his predecessor Nihat Kabil.

BEEF - BGN 1 million has been allocated to State Agriculture Fund in 2008 to assist beef cattle farms that do not have a milk quota, Minister of Agriculture and Food Valeri Tsvetanov said at a meeting with farmers, Focus News Agency informed.

Serious malfeasance has been found in one of the three SAPARD programmes and Bulgaria could face having to return around 22 million leva in funding, Bulgarian Agriculture and Food Minister Valeri Tsvetanov said on December 23.

Bulgaria will begin paying 280 million leva in farming subsidies on December 17, Agriculture Minister Valeri Tsvetanov said on December 15 during a visit to Stara Zagora, as quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio BNR.