Havana/Almost a thousand representatives of the Cuban agricultural sector met this Thursday by videoconference with the Government’s senior staff to make a diagnosis of the sector in which, without a doubt, 100% of the population will agree: “bad.” That is the word with which they qualified the 2023 results and the immediate future is also … Read more
With an idiosyncratic tactic and with a constant “massage” to the farmers, through the repetition of the position that “their demands are fair, but the fiscal margins are narrow”, the government essentially… co-organized their coordinated presence in the Constitution on Tuesday afternoon. From the consultations with the Police, who accompanied and led the phalanx of … Read more
Thousands of Indian farmers, on board their tractors, tried to resume their advance towards New Delhi on Wednesday, after failing to reach an agreement with the government on crop prices. The movement hopes to reproduce the success of the siege of the highways leading to the capital which lasted a year in 2021. This standoff … Read more
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the usual post with the weekly report on government work. The Prime Minister begins by referring to the passing of the marriage equality bill, speaking of a historic arrangement that proves that “we are a government of all Greek men and women, that cares not only for the many, but … Read more
Credit: Pixabay – Illustrative photo “Des Enfants et des Arbres” is an association which, for several years, has invited children, from elementary school to college, to plant trees with farmers. At the end of the fourth planting season, which will end in mid-March, these will already be 14,000 children who planted more than 90,000 trees … Read more
The government wants to leave behind the passing of the bill for equality in civil marriage, despite the fact that it caused serious rifts with 1/3 of the blue MPs either abstaining or voting against. Top officials point out that the vote’s outcome was not a foregone conclusion, and they praise the level of dialogue … Read more
The authorities of the province of Cienfuegos have carried out an exemplary trial in which the murderer of a farmer in the town of Juraguá, in the municipality of Abreus, was sentenced to life imprisonment. According to the official Caribbean Channelthe Court of Cienfuegos imposed the sentence after the subject, whose name was not revealed, … Read more
The farmers of the plain are considering what stance they will take one day after the meeting of their representatives with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In the quiver of their claim they still include the blocks and the descent of their tractors in the center of Athens. From today’s meetings and from tomorrow’s nationwide meeting, … Read more
Priority in terms of connection to the electricity grid will be photovoltaic projects, with a total capacity of approximately 1,000 MW so that they can operate immediately, in order to support the program of low prices for rural electricity in the form of bilateral long-term contracts (PPAs) and to implement the PPAs of the industry. … Read more
farmer’s protest The organization of the Ruta del Sol has announced that the final weekend will also be canceled. This leaves only Friday’s short time trial (4.95 km) in Alcaudete. The winner of that time trial will soon also be the final winner of the seventieth edition of the Ruta del Sol. Saturday’s fourth stage, … Read more