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Introducing the finalists for the British Farming Awards Contractor of the Year 2025
Farmers Guardian
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August 31, 2025
For thirteen years, the British Farming Awards have shone a light on the best in British Farming. During this annual event, Britain's farming industry comes together to celebrate the achievements of its contemporaries. Each agricultural contractor...
Hungary continues to veto Ukraine's accession to EU, negotiations
The Kyiv Independent
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August 31, 2025
Budapest will not agree to open the first round of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Aug. 30. The statement was made after the informal meeting of the EU countries' ministers in...
‘Drogheda may have his head but we’ll always have his heart’: Oliver Plunkett’s remaining influence in Germany
The Irish Times
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St Oliver Plunkett saw more of the world dead than alive. The Catholic archbishop, primate and saint was born 400 years ago in Loughcrew, Co Meath, and was executed 55 years later. For nearly half of the four centuries since, his remains resided...
Share Mt. Hope Bridge info with public; pushback on wind farm decision
Newport Daily News - Rhode Island
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Transparency on Mount Hope Bridge welcomed From a distance the beauty of the Mount Hope Bridge is on regular display for all who approach this engineering masterpiece. For families and workers who rely on it for a daily commute, the up close and...
Can the EU Rebuild a Democracy While Containing a War?
Brussels Morning
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August 31, 2025
Greece (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has turned to its most powerful leverage—economic sanctions—in an effort to curb the Kremlin’s offensive and bring Moscow to the negotiating...
Türkiye stands out in Europe with its renewable resources expansion
Sabah
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August 31, 2025
Türkiye has seen a rapid breakthrough in installed capacity and is one of the fastest-growing countries in Europe in terms of renewable energy sources in recent years, an expert said on Sunday. “It is making a rapid breakthrough in installed...
Morocco’s free trade gains bypass small farmers, study finds
Hespress
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August 31, 2025
Morocco’s free trade agreements have boosted exports and industrial growth but left smallholder farmers largely excluded from the benefits, according to a new analysis by the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung. Over the past three decades, Morocco has...
NCAA Field Hockey: Farmington 3, Gordon 0
Daily Bulldog - Maine
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August 31, 2025
FARMINGTON – Zoey Pennell (Saco, Maine) and Mikayla Wilcox (Farmington, Maine) scored just three and a half minutes apart in the opening quarter to help propel the Beavers to their first win of the season—and their first since 2023—with a 3-0...
How European Business Leaders Can Seize the Clean Tech Opportunity for Business Growth?
The European Financial Review
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August 31, 2025
By Dr Chris Vas Does the path to leadership in clean technologies, innovation, and industrial resilience start by business leaders capitalising on global fragmentation? The EU–US trade deal, with its new tariffs and rising defence commitments, is...
Washington’s hop farmers, a vital part of the world’s beer industry, are feeling the pinch of federal policies, a volatile market and environmental challenges
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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YAKIMA VALLEY – The challenges facing the Washington hop farmer are aplenty, mused Jeff Perrault, while staring out at several hundred acres of lush trellises on his family farm a few miles west of Toppenish. There are perennial challenges, like...
SPOTLIGHT: Ezekiel Olajumoke, the agripreneur turning snail shells into organic pest control
The Cable
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August 31, 2025
Ezekiel Olajumoke did not plan to become a snail farmer, let alone an agri-innovator. But a deeply personal event would change his path and, perhaps, the trajectory of Nigeria’s agribusiness scene. The most remarkable breakthrough for the...
Jeremy Clarkson issues verdict on quitting UK for Dubai as he brands Britain 'unsalvageable'
Daily Star
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August 31, 2025
13:13, 31 Aug 2025Updated 13:15, 31 Aug 2025 Jeremy Clarkson has delivered a blistering verdict on Britain’s prospects, branding the nation an “unsalvageable basket case” while pondering whether he might depart the UK for warmer climes. The ex-Top...
Feature: From Tianjin to Punjab, Chinese cauliflower varieties reshape agriculture in Pakistan and beyond
Xinhua News Agency
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by Jiang Chao, Misbah Saba Malik, Wang Hui ISLAMABAD/TIANJIN, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Muhammad Safdar still remembers starting work in the fields when he was just 12 years old. Now 62, the veteran farmer from Attock district of Pakistan's eastern...
Namibia’s charcoal exports face new EU rules
Informante
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August 31, 2025
Staff Reporter NAMIBIA’S charcoal industry, along with beef exports, faces stricter requirements under the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which comes into effect on 1 January 2026. Charcoal is a key earner for Namibia, with...
Up to 80% of new jobs in Spain may be replacement roles as the ‘baby boomer’ generation starts to retire
Olive Press
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August 31, 2025
SPAIN is entering a decade of unprecedented retirements that will reshape its labour market and test the resilience of its economy. Data from the Public Employment Service (SEPE) shows that 80% of jobs created over the next ten years will simply...
Meet the army of 30,000 ‘Nazi’ raccoons rampaging across Germany… and why EU red tape means pests CAN’T be stopped
The U.S. Sun
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August 31, 2025
AN ARMY of 30,000 "Nazi" raccoons is causing carnage across Germany - and EU red tape is torpedoing efforts to stop their population boom. A German city on the frontline of the war has now suffered a massive blow - after plans to sterilise them...
Hungary upholds its veto on opening talks on Ukraine's accession to the EU
Ukrainska Pravda
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Péter Szijjártó. Photo: Getty Images Hungary will not agree to the opening of the first cluster of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Source: Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers...
I stayed at the UK’s original glamping destination with al fresco massages and farmhouse style tents
The Scottish Sun
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August 31, 2025
CAMPING – you either love it or hate it. Having survived apocalyptic rain and tent pegs flying at 2am, I previously gave glamping a go — and that didn’t do it for me either. 3 The stove keeps the Shadymoor tent nice and toastyCredit: Supplied 3...
Arla slashes September milk price as Muller holds farmers' returns
Farming UK
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August 31, 2025
Britain’s dairy sector is facing mixed signals as Arla reduces its conventional milk price while Muller confirms stability for its Advantage suppliers. From 1 September 2025, Arla’s conventional milk price will fall by 0.87p per litre, setting the...
Test operations begin at Kostolac Wind Farm
eKapija
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At the Kostolac Wind Farm complex, testing of the switchgear for this first wind farm of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), with a capacity of 66 megawatts, has begun, EPS announced. – The testing of this facility is being carried out by teams from the...