{"id":41898,"date":"2021-07-09T07:48:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T06:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=41898"},"modified":"2021-07-09T07:48:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T06:48:39","slug":"eu-agriculture-grant-reprieved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/eu-agriculture-grant-reprieved\/","title":{"rendered":"EU agriculture grant reprieved","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u20ac29 million per annum to continue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/07\/image-13-314x360.png\" alt=\"Diario headline about agriculture grant repreved\" class=\"wp-image-41899 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/07\/image-13-314x360.png\" alt=\"Diario headline about agriculture grant repreved\" class=\"wp-image-41899\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-13-314x360.png 314w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-13-436x500.png 436w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-13.png 516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Diario reports that the decision to cut the \u20ac29 million annual grant for agriculture that is received by the Region from the EU has been reversed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grant is for agriculture in the outermost regions under the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/food-farming-fisheries\/key-policies\/common-agricultural-policy\/market-measures\/outermost-regions-and-small-aegean-islands\/posei_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POSEI scheme <\/a>and was due to be axed this year. The newspaper welcomes the news, and there are the inevitable calls for the amount to be increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Fewer road accidents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same newspaper reports on a reduction in the number of road accidents in the Region with the total of 213 recorded in the first four months of the year being 7 fewer than the corresponding period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Covid profile changing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of positive COVID-19 tests &#8211; recorded on the blue link below &#8211;  jumped to 24 yesterday, the highest daily total for quite a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last two weeks, Madeira has registered 133 infections, with the age group from 30 to 39 years old having registered the most new cases.\u00a0Only 16 people aged 60 and over were found to be infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">A new tab has been added to the top of each page with a link to resources dealing with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/covid-19\/\">COVID-19 in Madeira<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 this covers the latest government regulations on travel to the island, how to get a PCR test, and many other links that will be useful to people wanting to travel to and from Madeira<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;<\/strong>daily updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/covid-19-another-death\/\">earlier post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vaccinations in Madeira:&nbsp;<\/strong>updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/vaccinations-for-over-20s-from-august\/\">&nbsp;earlier post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u20ac29 million per annum to continue The Diario reports that the decision to cut the \u20ac29 million annual grant for agriculture that is received by the Region from the EU has been reversed. The grant is for agriculture in the outermost regions under the POSEI scheme and was due to be axed this year. The newspaper welcomes the news, and there are the inevitable calls for the amount to be increased. Fewer road accidents The same newspaper reports on a reduction in the number of road accidents in the Region with the total of 213 recorded in the first four months of the year being 7 fewer than the corresponding period last year. Covid profile changing The number of positive COVID-19 tests &#8211; recorded on the blue link below &#8211; jumped to 24 yesterday, the highest daily total for quite a while. Over the last two weeks, Madeira has registered 133 infections, with the age group from 30 to 39 years old having registered the most new cases.\u00a0Only 16 people aged 60 and over were found to be infected. A new tab has been added to the top of each page with a link to resources dealing with&nbsp;COVID-19 in Madeira&nbsp;\u2013 this covers the latest government regulations on travel to the island, how to get a PCR test, and many other links that will be useful to people wanting to travel to and from Madeira COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;daily updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier post Vaccinations in Madeira:&nbsp;updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier post<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}