Insights and Stories on Farmer Protest

Polish farmers backtrack on unblocking Ukraine border crossing, PAP reports

Mar. 13, 2024 at 10:42 am CDT

Polish farmers increased the number of trucks they let through the Dorohusk border crossing with Ukraine on Wednesday but backpedaled on a promise to unblock it completely, state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday.

EU countries to demand bloc does more to help farmers, draft statement says

Mar. 12, 2024 at 10:38 am CDT

By Jan Strupczewski Kate Abnett Reuters

Czech farmers dump manure on Prague streets in renewed protests

Mar. 7, 2024 at 11:10 am CST

By Eva Korinkova Reuters

EU backs another year of access for Ukrainian food

Mar. 7, 2024 at 10:14 am CST

By philip-blenkinsop Reuters

Indian farmers say detentions foil Delhi protest, police say no one held

Mar. 6, 2024 at 10:36 am CST

By rajendra-jadhav Reuters Sakshi Dayal

Polish farmers clash with police outside parliament in Warsaw

Mar. 6, 2024 at 10:04 am CST

Protesting farmers clashed with police outside the parliament building in Warsaw on Wednesday, with police using pepper spray and accusing some participants of violence against security forces.

By Aleksandra Szmigiel Kacper Pempel Reuters

Poland urges EU sanctions on Russian, Belarusian farm products

Mar. 4, 2024 at 9:16 am CST

Poland plans to ask the European Union to put sanctions on Russian and Belarusian agricultural products as it seeks to meet the needs of protesting farmers, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday during a visit to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.

By Reuters

Indian farmers plan to enter New Delhi to intensify protests

Mar. 4, 2024 at 9:06 am CST

Indian farmers are planning to escalate their protests from Wednesday by entering the capital New Delhi by bus and train, and increasing their numbers at border points that are currently blocked by tractors.

By rajendra-jadhav Reuters

Polish farmers take grain protests to Lithuanian border

Mar. 1, 2024 at 8:51 am CST

Polish farmers protested on the border with Lithuania on Friday against what they say are imports of Ukrainian grain through the Baltic country, something the Lithuanian officials deny.

By Reuters

Poland mulls wider ban on Ukrainian food imports as farmers warn of more protests

Feb. 27, 2024 at 4:23 pm CST

Warsaw | Reuters -- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday he could not rule out widening a national ban on imports of Ukrainian grains to other products if the European Union does not act to protect the bloc's markets.

By Karol Badohal Reuters