Tag #Rural Economy

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Cafe Closures Highlight Challenges for Small Dutch Towns

Eight of twenty-two cafes in Oudenbosch, Netherlands, closed in the past year due to rising prices, staff shortages, and changing consumer preferences, impacting local businesses like the Paardenstal cafe, which hosts a billiards club and faces an uncertain future.

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44% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
azatutyun.am
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Armenian Ski Resort Displaces Residents Amidst Land Dispute

The "RID" company is building a ski resort in Vardenut, Armenia, offering 345 AMD per square meter for approximately 110 hectares of public land, despite residents' protests and meetings with high-ranking officials; many residents are facing lawsuits for refusing the low compensation.

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52% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
elpais.com
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Spanish Farmers Protest EU-Mercosur Trade Deal

Thousands of Spanish farmers and ranchers protested in Madrid on Monday against the EU-Mercosur trade deal, fearing that the agreement will lead to a flood of cheaper imports that do not meet EU quality standards and will negatively impact Spanish agriculture and rural areas.

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40% Bias Score

Zero Hunger
dailymail.co.uk
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Labour MPs Face Backlash Over Inheritance Tax on Farms

329 Labour MPs voted against a motion to scrap a new inheritance tax on farms worth over £1 million, despite representing constituencies with thousands of farms, sparking anger among rural voters and concerns about the future of family farms.

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64% Bias Score

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Farmers Protest Inheritance Tax Changes in London

Thousands of farmers protested in London against the UK government's proposed changes to inheritance tax affecting farms, with celebrity Jeremy Clarkson among the protestors.

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48% Bias Score

No Poverty
independent.co.uk
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UK Farmers Protest Inheritance Tax Changes

Farmers in the UK are protesting against the Labour government's new inheritance tax changes, which they fear will devastate rural communities and cost the Labour party votes.

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40% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
zeit.de
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Insufficient Biogas Package Threatens Thuringian Green Energy and Rural Economy

Thuringia's CDU faction criticizes Germany's insufficient 'Biogas Package', threatening 250 agricultural biogas plants crucial for 20% of the state's green energy and rural heating networks, potentially causing mass closures due to expiring funding and needed upgrades starting January unless the Bun...

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60% Bias Score

Affordable and Clean Energy
bbc.com
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Farmer Calls Government's £343 Million Rural Economy Announcement 'Spin'

Derbyshire farmer Amy Wheelton disputes the government's claim of a £343 million rural economy boost, stating it's payment for existing work, not new funding, despite the government's assertion it's the largest investment ever in sustainable food production.

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56% Bias Score

Zero Hunger
bbc.com
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UK Farmers Protest Inheritance Tax Changes, Threatening Family Farms

Farmers across the UK are protesting inheritance tax changes announced in October's budget, claiming the policy threatens the viability of family farms and calling for government consultations. The government insists the changes will only affect a small minority, but farmers fear increased land pric...

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52% Bias Score

No Poverty
aljazeera.com
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UK Farmers Protest Inheritance Tax Reforms

British farmers protest new inheritance tax reforms, fearing they will be forced to sell their farms to pay the levy.

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36% Bias Score

No Poverty
bbc.com
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UK Farmers Protest New Inheritance Tax

British farmers protest a new inheritance tax on farms, fearing it will threaten family farms and rural livelihoods.

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40% Bias Score

No Poverty

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