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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9907
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

Council ratifies billion for broadband internet and measures to help meet new challenges in rural areas

Brussels, 25/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 25 May, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted, without debate, the rule and decision to release €1.02 billion from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to develop broadband internet for rural areas and consolidate action to help meet new agricultural challenges (climate change, renewable energies, water management, biodiversity, milk sector restructuring accompaniment measures). This envelope is part of the...

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