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WINE INDUSTRY (Last modification: 09/06/09)
Will the wine world weather the storm?
Few, if any, industries appear likely to escape the full brunt of the global economic slowdown. Yet, wine producers throughout the world hope robust demand in emerging markets will help them outlive the crisis.
SPAIN
Thousands of farmers march against falling prices in Madrid
Thousands of Spanish farmers marched through central Madrid to the Agriculture Ministry on Saturday to demand government action on the falling prices and rising costs that are threatening to ruin their livelihoods.
agriculture - European Union
Spanish farmers hard hit by credit crisis
The agricultural sector has been particularly hard hit by the credit crisis. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look and reports from Spain, where farmers are set to stage a strike this Friday in protest at plunging prices.
agriculture - Charles Pasqua - football - French Press Review - Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarkozy links national identity to farming
The French President has announced a massive emergency aid package for French farmers, saying that “France has a carnal link with agriculture…which is part of our national identity”.
agriculture - Economic crisis - French economy
French government rushes to farmers' rescue
After a wave of protests by angry farmers across the country, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has unveiled an unprecedented 650-million-euro aid package to help the industry out of its worst crisis in thirty years.
FRANCE
Sarkozy announces 'unprecedented' farm aid plan
French President Nicolas Sarkozy addressed the demands of farmers’ unions and agricultural employers in a speech on Tuesday, promising to protect the industry through one billion euros in government loans, 650 million euros in aid, and tax cuts.
FRANCE
Sarkozy to unveil ‘massive’ agricultural aid plan
French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses farmers in a cheese-producing village on Tuesday to outline new emergency aid measures for the crisis-ridden agricultural sector. French farmers’ unions are demanding reduced production costs.
agriculture - Ethiopia - Ivory Coast - Jacob Zuma - poverty - South Africa
Zuma urged to act on plight of South Africa's poor
In this edition: Concern grows over the likelihood of Ivory Coast ever holding promised elections; South Africa's Zuma under pressure to tackle growing poverty; and foreign investors plunder Ethiopia's farming land.
agriculture - cinema - France Telecom - French politics - Nicolas Sarkozy - Roman Polanski
Angry farmers take to the streets of Paris
In this Edition: angry French farmers take to the streets of Paris; the Elysee Palace tries a new charm offensive; police continue their hunt for suspected killer Jean-Pierre Treiber; and Lucky Luke travels to the big screen.
AGRICULTURE
EU to hand out 280 million euros to farmers
EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel announced Monday that she would release 280 million euros (418 million dollars) in aid for Europe's ailing dairy farmers.
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