Topic: Poland

Polish president vetoes bill allowing GMO seeds

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski on Wednesday vetoed a new legislation that would allow some genetically modified seeds in the country, saying it ran against European Union rules.Poland currently forbids any GMO cultivation or sales on its soil and must ...

Organic food hits Eastern Europe

When communism crumbled two decades ago, Eastern Europeans were only too delighted to discover the fast-food chains that symbolized the West. "The general trend is that more and more organic products are being sold in former Soviet-bloc countries," said Amarjit Sahota, head ...