Showing posts with label farmers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farmers. Show all posts

Friday, October 30, 2026

Italy on the brink of chaos: mass protests spiral out of control

Mass protests in Italy have escalated into unrest across the country, with police deploying tear gas and water cannons in several cities, according to Italian media. On Friday, the nation saw simultaneous anti-war marches and demonstrations against rising prices. In Rome, 100,000 people took to the streets.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

French farmers lift border blockade after talks with PM

Hard-line farmers' union Coordination Rurale (CR) lifted its roadblock for heavy trucks on the A9 motorway, which links southwestern France with Spain's northeast, police said.

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Farmers protest in Brussels ahead of European elections

Hundreds of tractors from across Europe rolled into Brussels in a protest spearheaded by hardline farmers' groups against EU green policies, days before elections across the bloc.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Spanish farmers stage fresh protests in Madrid

Hundreds of farmers paraded through the Spanish capital on foot and by tractor on Sunday in the latest protest over the crisis facing the agricultural sector. 

Saturday, March 16, 2024

EU proposes easing environmental rules on farmers to defuse protests

The European Commission proposed on Friday an easing of a series of rules on leaving land fallow or rotating crops, offering concessions to farmers who have protested with tractor blockades across Europe over the past few months. 

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Polish farmers plan total blockade of Ukrainian border

Polish farmers will step up protests on the border with Ukraine, blocking almost all traffic in what they say is a bid to save their livelihoods but which Kyiv says is damaging its war effort.

Zelensky calls protests by Polish farmers a 'mockery'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decried as a "mockery" protests by Polish farmers that have disrupted passenger and freight traffic in and out of Ukraine and called for "rational decisions" to restore normal cross-border traffic.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Monday, February 12, 2024

Ukraine protests destruction of grain exports by Polish farmers

Ukraine has condemned what it called the “destruction” of its grain by protesting Polish farmers amid a long-running spat over imports of cheap grain.

Sunday, February 11, 2024

UK Farmers Mobilize for Blockades Over Cheap Food Imports

British farmers will stage more French-inspired blockades to protest low-cost food imports and reduced supermarket prices.

Spanish Police Scuffle with Farmers, Truckers in Protests

Spanish police on Saturday clashed with a group of farmers and truck drivers in Madrid as they tried to access a main road in a bid to block it, one of several protests sweeping the EU against the bloc's environmental rules and what workers see as excessive taxes.

Monday, February 5, 2024

Italian Farmers Driving 200 Tractors Towards Rome to Hold Protest Rally Outside City

 A convoy of 200 tractors is moving toward Rome to hold a protest on a highway on the outskirts of the city, a representative for the united protest committee, Galgano Palaferri said.

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Over 90 Farmers Detained After Trying to Take Over Market Near Paris

More than 90 people were detained after an attempt to take over the Rungis food market near Paris, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said on BFMTV.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

France's Toulouse Airport Says Main Driveway Blocked by Protesting Farmers for Whole Day

The main road to the Toulouse airport is blocked for the whole day by farmers protesting against the French government's policies, with passengers advised to choose an alternative route, the airport press service told Sputnik on Tuesday.

Monday, January 29, 2024

Protesting French Farmers Plan Blockade of Paris

 French farmers began moving on Paris Monday, threatening to choke off major highways and to blockade the capital as they demand better working conditions.

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Nearly 90% of French Citizens Support Farmers' Protests: Poll

The farmers' protests that have erupted in France have the support of 89% of the French, an Odoxa-Backbone Consulting poll for Le Figaro newspaper showed on Wednesday.

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