German dairy farmers strike in price protest

Article reports that dairy farmers across Germany stopped delivering milk to processing plants on 27 May 2008, protesting against a sharp fall in prices for milk products in 2008and fast rising production costs.

BBC News, 29.5.08: German farmers stage milk protest http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7426222.stm

Deutsche Welle, 31.5.08: After Germany, Milk Protest Spills Into the Baltics http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3376106,00.html

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