#POLISH FARMERS

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Poland readies 500 mln euro subsidy for farmers struggling due to war in Ukraine

The Polish Ministry of Agriculture has presented a draft regulation on aid for farmers who are at risk of losing liquidity due to the war in Ukraine.

Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka.

Poland: farmers end sit-in at agriculture ministry, plan to continue protests in cities

Protests will continue until demands are met, said the chairman of the Solidarity trade union.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk (2R), Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Czesław Siekierski (2L), Minister of Development and Technology Krzysztof Hetman (L) and Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Michał Kołodziejczak (R) during a meeting with the leaders of protesting agricultural groups at the Dialog Center in Warsaw.

Second round of talks between Polish PM and farmers ends without an agreement

Another round of talks between Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and representatives of protesting farmers has not resulted in any breakthrough or agreement, announced one of the protest leaders on Saturday.

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Polish farmers conclude their week-long protest at Lithuanian border

Farmers from northeastern Poland have ended their protest at the border with Lithuania, where they monitored trucks coming into Poland.

Polish Agriculture Minister Czesław Siekierski. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka.

Poland’s agriculture minister to demand restrictions on Green Deal in Brussels meeting

Polish agriculture minister, Czesław Siekierski, has said that at the Monday meeting of his EU counterparts in Brussels, he will demand limitations to the European Green Deal contended by farmers across Europe. Meanwhile, protests are spreading, as Polish farmers, who have previously protested on the border with Ukraine, lined up tractors to block one of the key crossings into Germany.

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Ukrainian official confident about reaching agreement on Polish farmers’ protest

Mykhailo Podolyak, an aide to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has expressed conviction that Ukraine and Poland will reach an agreement concerning border protests staged by Polish farmers.