US EditionOstrian Farmers Demonstrate in Front of Midi Libre, the Printing Centre of the Independent
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Some 50 ostracists protested in front of the newspaper on Monday 3 January, denouncing a ban on the sale of oysters and mussels raised in the Thau pond, and the coverage of the event made by the daily.
Shells in the Thau Basin were banned for sale on December 30 due to weather-related water pollution. "Midi Libre" relayed the information, causing the anger of the oyster farmers.
Ostrian farmers protested Monday evening against the ban on the sale of oysters from the Thau pond. About 50 protesters set fire to the door of the newspaper Midi Libre. The law enforcement authorities...
Montpellier (France), 6 Jan 2026 (AFP) – On Monday, some 50 angry ostracists blocked access to the headquarters of the daily Midi Libre to denounce a cover according to them "charged" of the suspension of the marketing of their shells after the detection of a virus in the water of the pond of Thau (Hérault). Around 19:30, these demonstrators, [...]
On the evening of January 5th, around fifty oyster farmers protested in front of the offices of the Midi Libre newspaper in Saint-Jean-de-Védas (Hérault), burning pallets and tires and blocking all access to the building. The reason for their anger: the local media outlet had reported on the ban on selling shellfish from the Thau Basin. This decision, made by the Hérault prefecture on December 30th, followed severe weather. Wastewater had overfl…
On Monday evening, January 5, 2026, about 50 ostracists targeted the headquarters of the newspaper Midi Libre in Saint-Jean-de-Védas, burning pallets and tires and blocking access to the site. They denounce a media treatment deemed hostile since the ban on the marketing of oysters and mussels from the Thau pond.
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