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Who will buy Romanian farmland? Landowners speculate on NYE.

December 4, 2013 Attila Szocs

As the liberalisation date looms, there are ominous signs on the ground… […]

Quest for Gas: a Story of Peasant Resistance

November 20, 2013 Attila Szocs

Fracking Companies dodgy behaviour in Romania is igniting people’s the fighting spirit […]

Growing fears of land grabbing among Polish farmers

November 13, 2013 Marek Kryda

Agricultural land in Poland is among the cheapest in Europe, making it very attractive to foreign buyers […]

Moratoriums on land sale: member states battle EU

October 27, 2013 Attila Szocs

How have the European Union’s newest members protected its land? Have land moratoriums worked? […]

Bulgaria extends ban on land acquisition by non-nationals

October 24, 2013 ARC

Nationalist party Ataka succeeds in extending moratorium on selling land to foreign citizens and legal entities until 2020 […]

Featured Campaign Action: Save Kishantos!

October 21, 2013 ARC

The Kishantos Rural Development Centre in Hungary is a unique organic farm and education centre: here sustainable agriculture, ecological farming and education have been serving society as a whole. The Hungarian Land Fund (representing the State as the owner) issued an open call tender for the rent of the lands in ten lots. If this decision is not annulled it means that the Kishantos non-profit Organisation will lose all the land as of 1 November 2013. […]

Romanian land markets open

October 8, 2013 Attila Szocs

Romanian land markets are becoming more open for companies than individuals. What’s going on? […]

Prio Foods – supports local communities?

September 18, 2013 ARC

The industrial, large-scale producter’s problematic claim to support local farmers and agriculture in Romania […]

State Domains Agency’s role in land grabbing

September 10, 2013 ARC

The Romanian agency, under the authority of the Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, plays a role in encouraging exploitation […]