07/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Director-General of DG Agriculture of the European Commission, Jean-Luc Demarty, has written to the Bulgarian authorities to inform them of the temporary suspense of the reimbursement of Sapard (Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development) Community funds. Before resuming the reimbursement, the Commission wishes to verify allegations of misuse of these funds, which reached a total of 160 million EUR over the period 2000-2006. The suspect...