across the region. they re venting their anger over soaring fuel and fertilizer costs, low prices for their produce, and increasingly restrictive eu regulations. demonstrations by farmers are planned in poland, hungary and italy today. italy s government has promised tax breaks to ease hardship for farmers after hundreds began gathering with their tractors this week, on motorways outside rome and turin. this was the scene on thursday. and in cyprus, farmers blocked the entrance to the european union s offices in nicosia, on thursday. there were also demonstrations in bulgaria. and more tractor protests across spain for the third day in a row, with farmers disrupting traffic in barcelona, and in smaller cities all over the country. they say eu rules to protect the environment make them less competitive. they have also had to compete with imports from ukraine after brussels waived duties and quotas after the russian invasion. this and renewed eu talks on a south america trade d
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Chinese stocks take the limelight in the region as a rebound in manufacturing fuels optimism about the nation’s economic recovery. Foreign funds have snapped up more than US$11 billion of them over the past two months.
CHINA S three major A-share indexes closed higher across the board on Monday, the first day that the country opened trading in the Year of the Dragon, heralding a strong start to the new year.