BRUSSELS: Belgian police on Monday fired tear gas and water cannon at protesting European farmers as the EU said it would release 500 million euros ($557 million) in emergency funds to help ease the pressure.
EU agriculture ministers held crisis talks in Brussels to face the deep crisis hitting Europe's farmers triggered by plunging prices for their produce, partly blamed on a Russian embargo.
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