Polish farmers block major motorway near German border
Farmers in Poland took their protests nationwide on Wednesday, following their blockade of a key highway at the Polish-German border with their tractors on Tuesday. The demonstration in Swiecko, close to the German city of Frankfurt, forced German authorities to divert traffic from the motorway before the border, prompting the nearly 18,000 trucks a day that normally cross there to find alternative routes between Berlin and Warsaw. At the A2 leading to the border crossings of Slubice and Kostrzyn, only emergency vehicles were allowed through the blockade. Polish farmers protest against Ukraini...