WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prime ministers of Ukraine and Poland said they made progress Thursday toward meeting demands of Polish and western European farmers who want restrictions on cheap Ukrainian food imports that they say undermine their livelihoods, but they announced
The Polish government attributes violent clashes during farmer protests to hooligans and provocateurs, promising to prosecute offenders. Warsaw police reported that 14 officers were injured, one seriously, as aggressive protesters pelted them with stones and other objects. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said
Poland experienced its most violent protest by farmers and supporters on Wednesday, the European Union has ruled. Police detained over a dozen people and prevented the protesters from accessing the Polish parliament. The protests stem from farmers’ anger over EU climate policies
The UK has dealt an expensive blow at Vladimir Putin by breaking free of direct Russian oil imports. The year before the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine, Britain had bought from Russia £2.9billion worth of refined oil, according to the ONS, making
People have imported at least 15 hunting trophies into the UK in one year – including lions, giraffes and leopards. Campaigners have blasted a “list of shame” which shows seven giraffes, two lions and one cheetah were among the species brought into
Polish farmers have intensified nationwide protests against Ukrainian food imports and EU environmental policies. They blocked border crossings with Ukraine, spilled Ukrainian grain and burned tires on Tuesday. Farmers across Europe, including Spain, Italy and Belgium, fear the EU’s Green Deal will
French farmers are furious with the European Union as they battle to stay in business amid an influx of cheap Ukrainian imports. In a protest held on Thursday, farmers in France’s Centre-Val-De-Loire region demanded a minimum price on imported honey to protect
At least half of Scottish businesses have imported goods and services from other UK nations, new figures have indicated. And anti-independence campaigners have seized on the data, saying it exposes the SNP’s “recklessness” in trying to “throw up barriers”. The figures, included
Rishi Sunak is being urged to bring forward fresh legislation to ban trophy hunting imports to the UK with thousands signing a new petition. Actor Peter Egan launched the e-petition on Wednesday which has already been signed by more than 13,000 people.
Torrents of wine soaked the streets of France today as protesters destroyed their competitors’ imports. Countless crates of booze were smashed up in protest as furious French winemakers hit out at their Spanish neighbours’ cheaper offerings that they say is undermining their