Tag: food

The German appetite for potatoes has continued to drop, even as per capita consumption of processed potato products like crisps and chips hit record levels, according to newly released government figures, writes German news agency DPA. Total potato consumption in Germany slumped to a low of just 54.1 kilograms per capita in the 2022-23 marketing year, which ended in June,...

Let's feed the economies, not the landfills. This is the motto of the Food Bank Macedonia, which for 12 years has been fighting tirelessly against dumping food as waste and against hunger in North Macedonia. Meta.mk talked with Dushko Hristov, founder and general manager of this organization, during a period when they were preparing the monthly packages that are...

Portugal has over 10 million citizens and even 21 food banks, which can feed up to 4% of this EU member country's total population. Their main goal is to fight against throwing all kinds of food as waste and to divert the secured surplus from food distributors to those who need it most - the people who are in...

The day before yesterday, with only one article published by a news site in North Macedonia, several rules of journalism were violated and at the same this incident confirmed that in the digital era it is very easy to spread disinformation, regardless of the fact that all tools for checking the facts are at our disposal, i.e. for ascertaining...

Soil examinations in Tetovo have revealed that the earth is contaminated with arsenic two and a half times above the permitted estimates, according to a survey conducted by environmental organizations "Vila Zora" from Veles and "Eko Guerilla" from Tetovo. This was presented at today's presentation at the South East European University in Tetovo (SEEU), by Arijanit Xhaferi from the Tetovo...

Six days after the catastrophic floods in Stajkovci, there is still chaos and disorder. No-one knows who is helping, who will give food and water and when can the public expect machinery that will help clear up the debris from their homes. Anyone can see that the situation is much worse in reality through social media networks, completely different...

So far, 9.630.333 denars (156.590 euros) have been collected on the account of the Solidarity fund of the Red Cross, and from the 100 denar telephone donations to the number: 075/070/077 143 400 a further 8.918.000 denars (145.008 euros) have been donated, they have stated. “Pivara Skopje” and the “Coca-Cola” company yesterday donated a total of 401.598 euros. “Today we...

Various cheeses from the Mavrovo- Reka region, honey, sweet wild figs, “Stanushina” wine and Bukovska pepper will the five products Macedonia will present at the event “Terra Madre Balkans 2016” which starts today and ends on June 5 in Tirana, Albania. Apart from the presentation of specific organic food from all the countries in the region, several topics will be...

Representatives of the Association of hospitality and tourism to the Economic Chamber of Macedonia initiated VAT reduction from 18 to 5 percent of food in hotels and restaurants, catering and hospitality incentives. - The caterers request a way in which VAT on food is calculated to undergo corrections. The input elements are now calculated with 5 percent VAT, while output...