Reading Time: < 1 minute Poland plans to build a new grain terminal at the Port of Gdansk by 2026, which will enable the country to respond to crisis situations, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday.
Poland to build new grain terminal in Gdansk to bolster food security
Polish farmers demand less interference from EU ahead of vote
Reading Time: 3 minutes Poland has become a hotspot for protests that sprang up across Europe as farmers railed against cheap imports from the war-torn country, as well as restrictions placed on them by the EU's "Green Deal" to tackle climate change.
Polish farmers begin hunger strike over EU Green Deal
Reading Time: < 1 minute Five Polish farmers have gone on hunger strike over European Union environmental regulations they say are driving them out of business.
Polish farmers march against ‘green poison’ EU climate change rules
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw on Friday to show their opposition to European Union environmental regulations that farmers say are driving them out of business.
Polish protesters suspend months-long blockade of Ukraine border
Unclear if suspension will hold; Warsaw protest to go ahead as talks continue
Reading Time: 2 minutes Polish farmers called off their protest at the last border crossing with Ukraine on Monday, lifting a blockade that has dragged on for months, soured bilateral relations and buffeted Ukraine's trade.
EU provisionally agrees to Ukraine farm import curbs
Reading Time: < 1 minute The European Union provisionally agreed on Monday to restrictions on Ukrainian food imports, which some EU members say have destabilized the bloc's agricultural markets.
EU envoys strike new deal on Ukraine food imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ambassadors from European Union countries reached a revised deal on Wednesday to extend tariff-free food imports from Ukraine - with restrictions - after some states complained the original agreement risked destabilizing the bloc's agricultural markets.
France leads push for greater Ukraine import curbs as farmers protest
Destabilized markets could erode public supports for Kyiv, French agriculture minister says
Reading Time: < 1 minute France said on Tuesday that it and a group of other EU countries were pushing for greater curbs on imports of food products from Ukraine to prevent the destabilization of EU agricultural markets.
Polish farmers intensify protests against ‘executioner’ EU
Germany proposes income smoothing to reduce farmers' taxes in face of farmer anger
Reading Time: 3 minutes Polish farmers blocked roads with tractors and flares on Wednesday in escalating protests against EU environmental regulations and cheap food imports from neighbouring Ukraine which the bloc provisionally agreed to prolong.
EU plan to ease farmers’ fallow land requirement stalls
Farmers have staged weeks of protests against EU environmental restrictions, cheap imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes European policymakers' plan to replace a requirement for farmers to leave land fallow with a voluntary scheme has been held up by disagreement on details, the agriculture commissioner said on Friday on a visit to Warsaw.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
