British farmers are planning further tractor protests after a series of similar demonstrations by their French counterparts. Farmers are unhappy with post-Brexit trade deals which have led to low supermarket prices and cheap food imports, and now they are planning to repeat
Nigel Farage warned of “political sectarianism” in Britain after a Tory MP was targeted by pro-Palestine protesters at his family home. More than 60 demonstrators gathered outside Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood’s house yesterday demanding a Gaza ceasefire. The former Ukip leader
Security forces in Senegal have killed at least three people, including a 16-year-old boy, during protests in recent days denouncing the president’s decision to delay elections, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The rights group in a statement said protesters were killed during a
Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are marching toward the capital to demand guaranteed crop prices, renewing a movement from two years ago that succeeded in getting the government to repeal contentious new agricultural laws. On Tuesday, police used tear gas, detained
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
Thousands rallied in front of Slovakia’s Parliament on Wednesday to condemn a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to eliminate the office of the special prosecutor dealing with major crime and corruption. The rally took place as
The European Union’s executive arm shelved an anti-pesticide proposal Tuesday in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked many capitals and economic lifelines across the 27-nation bloc. Although the proposal had languished in EU institutions for the past
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,
Protests shut down major cities in Haiti on Monday as demonstrators clashed with police and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Banks, schools and government agencies closed in Haiti’s northern and southern regions while protesters blocked main routes with blazing
A number of buildings which protesters believed were set to be used to house refugees in Co Dublin have burnt to the ground after being set alight. A number of empty structure in Brittas, in Co Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland