Il'ya Repin paintings

Il'ya Repin paintings
Igor V.Babailov paintings

BRUSSELS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Angry farmers clashed with riot police on Monday ahead of European Union talks over the dual threat to livestock businesses from mad cow and foot-and-mouth disease.
Police, who set up a ring of steel around the EU headquarters, fired water cannon to disperse protesters trying to break down barbed-wire barriers.Some arrests were made.The farmers fear the crises, which both originated in Britain, could have a devastating effect on already squeezed farm incomes.They want compensation to cover the cost of measures introduced by the EU to tackle bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease