#farmers protest

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou is to hold weekly meetings with farmers’ unions with the aim of putting together a common policy document to submit to President Nikos Christodoulides by the ...

Cyprus’ farmers took to the streets on Thursday to protest, like the farmers in many European countries, against Brussels’ so-called climate-friendly policies they consider a big threat to their livelihoods. ...

Farmers protested on Thursday in Nicosia and Paphos, following suit with many of their European counterparts that have taken to the streets to air their concerns over EU Green policies. ...

Police in Nicosia are warning of traffic chaos on Thursday when farmers from across the island stage a protest with their tractors and other agricultural machines. Drivers have been urged ...

Farmers blocked the Dutch-Belgian border on Friday and occupied roads in Greece while their Polish peers announced plans to shut border crossings with Ukraine as protests for fairer prices and ...

Cypriot farmers plan to hit the streets in solidarity with their European counterparts, on Saturday in Paphos, and next Thursday in Nicosia, they warned on Friday. Farmers in Belgium, France, ...

Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday, started fires near the building and set off fireworks as they demanded EU leaders do more to ...

In the last 12 months, the cost of running Jean-Marie Dirat’s lamb farm in southwest France has jumped by 35,000 euros ($38,000), driven up by increasingly expensive fertilisers, fuel, electricity and pesticides. ...

French and Belgian farmers set up dozens of blockades on highways and on access roads to a major container port on Wednesday to press governments to ease environmental rules and ...

Representatives of wheat and potato farmers left the agriculture minister’s office “satisfied” on Wednesday, after receiving assurances regarding support measures and an immediate €4.3 million in subsidies. They noted, however, ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Iole Damaskinos With hundreds of tractors and pickup trucks, farmers demonstrated in front of the EU House on Monday over the controversial nature bill currently being ...