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2023–2025 Czech Union Farmers' Protests
The 2023–2025 Czech farmers' protests are a series of demonstrations driven by opposition to EU agricultural policies, trade agreements, and environmental regulations. Centered on grievances over unfair competition, rising costs, and bureaucratic burdens, the protests highlighted tensions between Czech farmers and the EU's Green Deal initiatives. Environmental policies Environmental policies further fueled discontent, particularly the EU's Green Deal, which set ambitious targets such as halving pesticide use, reducing reliance on fertilizers, and designating arable land for biodiversity. Farmers resisted these measures, arguing they threatened food production and added regulatory burdens. Many also criticized the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for its complex compliance requirements, which they claimed increased bureaucracy without providing tangible benefits. Economic pressures Economic pressures added to the unrest, as farmers struggled with low farm-gate prices and accuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate Humid continental climate, continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, all of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. Nearly a hundred years later, the Protestantism, Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Radio
Czech Radio (, ČRo) is the public radio broadcaster of the Czech Republic operating continuously since 1923. It is the oldest national radio broadcaster in continental Europe and the second-oldest in Europe after the BBC. Czech Radio was established in 1992 by the Czech Radio Act, which sets out the framework for its operation and finance. It acts as the successor to the previous state-owned Czechoslovak Radio which ceased to exist by 1992. The service broadcasts throughout the Czech Republic nationally and locally. Its four national services are Radiožurnál, Dvojka, Vltava and Plus. Czech Radio operates twelve nationwide stations and another fourteen regional stations. All ČRo stations broadcast via internet stream, digital via DAB+ and DVB, and part analog via terrestrial transmitters. It is based in Prague in a building in Vinohradská třída. History Czechoslovak era ', then ', was established on 18 May 1923, making its first broadcast from a scout tent in the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used ''AP Stylebook'', its AP polls tracking National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during Elections in the United States, US elections. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–2024 European Union Farmers' Protests
The 2024 European farmers' protests are a series of protests by farmers that have been occurring since December 2023. The farmers have protested against low food prices, proposed environmental regulations (such as a carbon tax, pesticide bans, nitrogen emissions curbs and restrictions on water and land usage), and Free trade, trade in agricultural products with non-Member state of the European Union, European Union member states, such as Ukraine and the Mercosur bloc of South America. The protests take place in a context of the Common Agricultural Policy, a program where the EU provides €57 billion in subsidies to farmers (approximately a quarter of all EU subsidies). Under the European Green Deal, which aimed at making the European bloc carbon-neutral by 2050, farmers would need to devote 4% of their arable land to non-productive purposes and reduce the use of fertilizer by 20%. In response to the protests, the EU backtracked on policies to consider farming emissions in its 2040 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–2024 German Farmers' Protests
The 2023–2024 German farmers' protests are a series of ongoing nationwide Protest, protests and road blockages in Germany organized by Farmer, farmers and agricultural unions since 18 December 2023. The subjects of the protests are the abolition of Tax break, tax breaks on farmers and the policies of the federal government. Background In its ruling of 15 November 2023, the Federal Constitutional Court declared the second supplementary budget for 2021 as unconstitutional and therefore invalid. The German Bundestag, under the leadership of the Scholz cabinet, had attempted to use the unused debts of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 "special fund" for the 2021 budget. This resulted in a budget deficit of 17 billion euros for the 2024 federal budget. Among the measures taken by the federal government to remedy this were the introduction of a motor vehicle tax and the cancellation of the crude oil tax refund for farmers. Various commentators put forward alternative ideas on how the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Polish Farmers' Protests
The 2024 Polish farmer protests were a series of protests and road blockades which occurred in early 2024 when Rural Solidarity, the largest farmers' union in Poland, called a strike to protest against the European Green Deal and continued grain imports from Ukraine. Background On 31 January 2024, the European Commission renewed the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian grain exports to the European Union until 2025 while reinforcing protection for sensitive EU agricultural products. This, as well as the restrictions that the European Green Deal would impose upon Polish farmers, led to Polish farmers, truckers, Beekeeper, beekeepers, and Forester, foresters blocking 260 major roads across the country with their tractors. Nearly all the farmers' unions in the country backed the protests, as the "solidarity corridors" established by the EU to facilitate food exports from Ukraine amid the Russo-Ukrainian War led to much of the Ukrainian produce being stuck in the Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In The European Union
Events from 2023 in the European Union. Incumbents * President of the European Council ** Charles Michel * Commission President ** Ursula von der Leyen * Council Presidency ** Sweden (Jan – Jun) ** Spain (July – Dec) * Parliament President ** Roberta Metsola * High Representative ** Josep Borrell Events January * 1 January – Croatia adopted the euro and became the 20th member state of the eurozone. They entered the Schengen area and became the 23rd European union member to do so, and the 27th states to accede to the union overall * 4 January – Internet privacy regulators in Ireland fine Meta Platforms €390 million for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation on Facebook and Instagram. April * 25 April – The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a carbon tariff on carbon-intensive products imported to the European Union from countries lacking sufficient greenhouse gas reduction measures of their own, a key part of the Fit for 55 pack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 In The European Union
Events from 2024 in the European Union. Incumbents * President of the European Council ** Charles Michel (to 30 November 2024) ** António Costa (from 1 December 2024) * Commission President ** Ursula von der Leyen * Council Presidency ** Belgium (Jan – Jun) ** Hungary (July – Dec) * Parliament President ** Roberta Metsola * High Representative ** Josep Borrell (to 30 November 2024) ** Kaja Kallas (from 1 December 2024) Events January * 1 January – Belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. February * 1 February – The European Union formally approves a €50 billion financial support package for Ukraine after Hungary withdraws its veto. The package is expected to help the Ukrainian government pay pensions, salaries and other costs over the next four years with the first funds being released in March. May * 15 May – Attempted assassination of Robert Fico: Prime Minister Robert Fico is critically injured in a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 In The European Union
Events from 2025 in the European Union. Incumbents * President of the European Council ** António Costa * Commission President ** Ursula von der Leyen * Council Presidency ** Poland (Jan – Jun) ** Denmark (July – Dec) * Parliament President ** Roberta Metsola * High Representative ** Kaja Kallas Events January *1 January ** Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union after Hungary. ** Bulgaria and Romania complete the process of joining the Schengen Area, lifting land border controls. * 8 January–2 February – The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia, Denmark and Norway. * 12 January – 2024–25 Croatian presidential election (second round): Incumbent president Zoran Milanović wins a second term in office with 74% of the vote. *27 January – Slovakia, Prime Minister: Robert Fico announces plans for constitutional amendments to the Constitution of Slovakia. One would place the constitution higher than internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Protests
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Protests
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Protests
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
