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European Union leaders on Thursday agreed to impose high tariffs on imports of grain and other agricultural products from Russia and Belarus. The European Council said in a press release that the "prohibitive" new duties would effectively stop imports of cereals, oilseeds and derived products from the two eastern European countries. The EU's grain imports from Moscow have risen since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Figures from the Eurostat statistics office show that imports grew from under €120 million ($130 million) in 2020 and €290 million in 2021 to €440 million in 2023. Ex...
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Ukraine exported more grain and oilseeds in April than in any month since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Wednesday. Exports of 6.6 million tons demonstrate Ukraine's ability to export via its shipping corridors in the Black Sea, the MoD said in its daily update on X. Throughput of the Ukrainian Black Sea ports was also higher than at the time of the grain agreement. Ukraine's maritime corridor has so far enabled 1,600 ship transits and the export of 45 million tons of cargo. The majority of this, around 30 million tons,...
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Thousands of Polish farmers and right-wing activists held a demonstration in Warsaw on Friday against the agricultural policies of the European Union. The demonstrators sounded horns and sirens and lit fireworks in support of demands to cut back EU environmental measures. A Warsaw municipal spokeswoman put the number at between 30,000 and 35,000, considerably less than the figure expected by the organizers. The protesters held up placards reading: "Away with the Green Deal," and "Brussels can eat worms; we prefer schnitzel with potatoes." A petition was handed in to the EU offices in the Polis...
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Thousands of animals have died in a fire at a large pig-fattening facility in the Altmark region of Saxony-Anhalt in north central Germany. The fire brigade initially said that around 20,000 pigs had died in the fire. A company spokesman said later on Saturday that 1,750 sows and an unknown number of piglets had been killed. According to a spokeswoman for the Altmark region's Salzwedel district, there are usually around eight piglets per sow. According to the information, 5,200 sows and 35,000 piglets were rescued. A total of more than 210 firefighters were deployed, the local district adminis...
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The EU Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of measures to make the origin of honey easier to recognize in future. The majority of MEPs, 603, voted in favour of the proposal in Brussels, nine voted against and 10 abstained, the parliament said on Wednesday evening. Parliamentary negotiators and their counterparts from the EU member states had already agreed in principle on the new rules at the end of January. The new rules must now be formally adopted by EU countries before they can come into force. There will also be new rules for fruit products including juices and jams. In future, ...
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Negotiators from the European Parliament and the EU member states have agreed on stricter customs requirements for certain foodstuffs from Ukraine. Specifically, this concerns "poultry, eggs, sugar, oats, groats, maize, and honey," the European Parliament announced on Monday evening. Goods affected by the rules may then only be imported into the EU duty-free up to a certain quantity. Once this quantity has been reached, customs duties will become due again. The agreement still has to be officially approved by the European Parliament and the EU member states. The regulations are to apply from J...
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Negotiators from the European Parliament and the EU member states have agreed on stricter customs requirements for certain foodstuffs from Ukraine. Specifically, this concerns "poultry, eggs, sugar, oats, groats, maize, and honey," the European Parliament announced on Monday evening. Goods affected by the rules may then only be imported into the EU duty-free up to a certain quantity. Once this quantity has been reached, customs duties will become due again. The agreement still has to be officially approved by the European Parliament and the EU member states. The regulations are to apply from J...
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Nationwide protests by farmers have once again taken place in Poland and the Czech Republic. The farmers' union Solidarnosc in Poland called for a day of action on Wednesday, causing traffic jams in many places where farmers blocked roads with their tractors, the PAP news agency reported. According to the Polish police, demonstrations were expected at 580 locations with a total of up to 70,000 participants. The protests are directed against the European Union's so-called Green Deal on climate and environmental protection as well as cheap imports of agricultural goods from Ukraine. Negotiators ...
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Nationwide protests by farmers have once again taken place in Poland and the Czech Republic. The farmers' union Solidarnosc in Poland called for a day of action on Wednesday, causing traffic jams in many places where farmers blocked roads with their tractors, the PAP news agency reported. According to the Polish police, demonstrations were expected at 580 locations with a total of up to 70,000 participants. The protests are directed against the European Union's so-called Green Deal on climate and environmental protection as well as cheap imports of agricultural goods from Ukraine. Negotiators ...
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