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EU’s new strategic roadmap for India may be game...
Recently, the European Union unveiled its New Strategic EU-India Agenda setting out a range of areas for closer bilateral cooperation. The document hails India as the “world’s largest democracy” and a “like-minded and trusted partner”. At a press...

Food sovereignty demands a new role for distributors in Caricom
When Caricom unveiled the ambitious “25 by 2025” initiative—aiming to reduce the region’s food import bill by 25% within six years—few could reasonably argue that it wasn’t a bold and necessary step toward food sovereignty. It was more than a...

Italy Evacuates Fifteen Children from Gaza for Urgent Medial Care
(MENAFN) Italy has successfully evacuated another group of severely ill children from the Gaza Strip, along with their families, according to the country's Defense Ministry on Tuesday. The ministry confirmed that 15 children in need of urgent...

HBO Max Spain Unscripted Boss Reveals The Questions That Drive Streamer’s Docs: “What Conversations Will Be Generated In Society?” – Iberseries
HBO Max Spain‘s non-scripted chief has outlined the recipe for the streamer’s local documentary slate, and addressed whether longer-running franchises are on the horizon. During a busy session at the fifth annual Iberseries & Platino Industria,...

'Cementing over our own future': Europe's nature loss is 600 football pitches daily
Europe is losing green spaces that once sheltered wildlife, supplied food and removed carbon from the atmosphere at an alarming rate, a new investigation reveals. Today, in the first investigation of its kind across Europe, the Green to Grey...

SA agro-processors to hunt new markets in Germany
A group of agro-processors could be reaching their breakthrough on an international stage next week during the Anuga International Trade Fair in Germany. The 36 will have an opportunity to showcase their products to food importers from across the...

I’ve been to 56 countries — this is where I’d go to dodge the EU fingerprint system
The EU’s new smart border system looks set to inspire off-the-beaten-track travel (Picture: Getty Images) The next time you travel from the UK to Europe, you might notice some changes at passport control. That’s because on 12 October 2025, the...

A social Europe is a must | Josef Bugeja
Josef Bugeja is GWU secretary general At the State of the Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s key concessions seemed to reflect the unease within the European Parliament and the wider constituencies. We are living...
National News Irish MEP part of delegation to visit India for talks on EU trade agreement Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen will be part of a European Parliament trade delegation to visit India for talks later this month 19 minutes ago
James Cox Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen will be part of a European Parliament trade delegation to visit India for talks later this month. Mr Cowen, an MEP for Midlands North-West, will be part of the group as negotiations on a landmark EU-India...

K-food exports reach $10 billion at record pace this year: data
Korea's exports of food and agro products surpassed the $10 billion mark in the shortest amount of time this year, industry data showed Wednesday. Total exports of agro-fisheries goods topped $10 billion as of Monday, more than two weeks earlier...

Supermarket boycott in Czechia isn’t hurting food tycoon Andrej Babiš
Czechia’s ex-leader is on course to win Saturday’s parliamentary election, sparking renewed interest in his agri-food empire from consumers. Andrej Babiš, the former Czech prime minister and 71-year-old leader of the nationalist ANO party, is...

Croatian Food Prices to Inflate More Than Eurozone in 2026
October the 1st, 2025 – Croatian food prices are set to inflate at twice the pace of those in the rest of the Eurozone in 2026. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Edita Vlahovic Zuvela writes, Croats spend about a quarter of their income on food, and if housing,...

On the care home menu: food from all over the world to share
It was part of ‘inclusion week’ put on at the Southgate Beaumont home with culinary dishes like rice and peas from Jamaica, cheese and meatballs from Romania, jollof rice from Nigeria, puff puff from Cameroon and desserts from the Philippines — as...

Bigfork Food Bank garden thrives in its second year
The garden at Bigfork Food Bank has brought joy to patrons young and old in its second year, providing them with fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as a sense of self-sufficiency. Elisabeth Mollica has volunteered at the food bank since 2016. She...

Pan Pan Italian Food at 2 locations in Pattaya
The name Pan Pan and Italian food has been well known in Pattaya since 1976. Classic Italian kitchen specialising in pasta, meats and pizzas fired in an authentic wood oven. Pan Pan also offers an assortment of pastry, cakes and, of course, the...

Savouring delicious food and autumn sun in Croatia
Apart from a few packed-away sun loungers and the odd shuttered beach kiosk, summer is firmly keeping its grip on the Croatian island of Lošinj in the northern Adriatic. The sea is still warm as I plunge into the turquoise waters of Čikat bay, one...
Eggs royalty would approve: Queen Elizabeth's shockingly tasty scrambled eggs recipe
Imagine the comforting aroma of freshly brewed coffee swirling through the air, intertwining with the mouthwatering scent of crispy bacon sizzling in a hot pan. If there’s one meal that truly sets the tone for your day, it’s breakfast. Whether you...

Fresh red peppers star in this panzanella recipe
Panzanella, the classic Italian salad of sun-split tomatoes and crisped croutons flush with a bold vinaigrette, is the pinnacle of the late-summer harvest. And if we were in Tuscany, home of the original panzanella, and sipping chianti as the sun...

Countree Food Takes Key Role At World Processed Deciduous Fruit Conference (CANCON16)
(MENAFN- TimesNewswire ) QINGDAO, China, Oct.1 2025 – The 16th World Processed Deciduous Fruit Conference (CANCON16), the largest and most influential international event for the canned fruit industry, recently concluded with discussions on the...

Việt Nam, France deepen cooperation in blue economy, environmental sustainability
PARIS — Acting Minister of Agriculture and Environment Trần Đức Thắng had a meeting with Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, the Sea and Fisheries, in Paris on September 30. Pannier-Runacher...