Slovene Agriculture Agency Granted Accreditation from European Union

Ljubljana, 15 November - The Slovene Agency for Agricultural Markets and Rural Development was successful in gaining accreditation, Slovene Agriculture Minister Franci But told STA on Thursday. This allows Slovenia to begin pumping funds from the SAPARD pre-accession programme, as part of which Slovenia is to obtain 6.4 million euros anually in the period between 2000 and 2006.