KIEV, Dec. 8 — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill into law to extend a ban on the sale of the country’s farmland until Jan. 1, 2017, the presidential press service said Monday.
“Extending the moratorium will remove the tension that has arisen in society because of political speculations on this issue and provide time for the development of a clear legal framework to set up a transparent agricultural land market,” said a statement on the presidential website.
Poroshenko has set March 1, 2016 as a deadline for the government to prepare a new law to establish a farmland …read more
Source: Balita
