Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland are protesting against EU farming policies, demanding measures against cost hikes, reduced profits and unfair competition. Similar protests have occurred across the EU recently, with farmers criticizing environmental policies and import competition. The European Commission made
Unusually mild weather and droughts in Italy are destroying crops and threatening livelihoods this winter, Italy’s main farming lobby Coldiretti said on Thursday. The world has just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fueled by climate
Farmers are ending their reliance on harmful chemicals and rebuilding soil health through nature-friendly practices that reduce the risk of water pollution in rivers. Run-off from agriculture is one of the biggest polluters of waterways in Britain with 83 per cent of English rivers having
The farmers’ protests spread to Spain on February 6, with tractors blocking streets in several cities across the country. Much like their colleagues in Italy, Belgium, France and Germany, these workers are protesting what they feel is an increasingly controlling European bureaucracy,
Highways in Spain are blocked by tractors and other farm equipment as protests spread from neighboring countries. Members of the Asaja Asociación Agraria de Jóvenes Agricultores (the Spanish Young Farmers’ Association) took to the highways en masse Tuesday to protest European Union
Hundreds of angry farmers took to the streets in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, on Monday to complain of what they called “the total failure” of the government to meet the mounting challenges of the agricultural sector. They called on Agriculture Minister Kiril Vatev
In a dramatic showdown at the heart of the European Union, convoys filled with furious farmers, piloting heavy-duty tractors, descended upon EU headquarters to demand action on their grievances related to soaring costs, stifling regulations, and bureaucratic hurdles. The atmosphere was charged
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced Wednesday to 19 years and eight months in prison in connection with the 1992 massacre of six suspected rebels in central Peru. Vladimiro Montesinos, already in prison
While protesting French farmers tucked into BBQ sausages in front of their tractors, Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigette, attended a lavish gala dinner with Swedish royalty. King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia and the rest of the family spared no expense at
Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies and cheap food imports plan blocked access roads to the Zeebrugge container port on Tuesday. Farmers organising the protest told Reuters they planned to bar access to the North Sea port, the country’s