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epa11203546 A placard reads 'Ukrainian grain will kill Czech farmers' as a tractor arrives outside the Czech Government Office during a farmers' protest, in Prague, Czech Republic, 07 March 2024. According to organizers, hundreds of tractors and other agricultural equipment set off for the Czech capital in the morning. Farmers are demanding, among other things, launching a programme to support rural employment through a social insurance rebate, returning national subsidies to 2022 levels of CZK 5 billion, reducing property tax on agricultural land or not taxing European subsidies, limiting imports of agricultural commodities from third countries and promoting exports from the European Union. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK