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Fifth checkpoint at Greek-Bulgarian border sealed off by Bulgarian truckers
Bulgarian truck drivers closed the Zlatograd border crossing along the Greek-Bulgarian frontier indefinitely on Friday, leaving only one checkpoint open, as reprisals to the Greek farmers’ blockades which have halted traffic towards the country, Bulgaria’s BTA news agency reported.
Labour minister says government is preparing meeting with farmers at end of week
Labour Minister George Katrougalos invited farmers who are protesting against the government’s proposed social security and pension reforms to a dialog for possible solutions, following a meeting of the Government Council for Economic and Social Policy on Wednesday.
Protesting farmers to cut Greece in two
Farmers from central Greece decided to toughen their stance and are already on their way to Athens-Lamia motorway in order to close the road at the 200km at Bralos interchange.
Tsipras’ meeting with farmers will be held in ” terms of representativeness”
The government will await all the farmers’ demands to be submitted in order to arrange a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras “in terms of representativeness”, Agriculture Minister Evangelos Apostolou said on Monday in statements outside the Parliament.
Farmers at Syntagma Square, more than 10,000 at rally
Thousands of protesting farmers arrived in Syntagma Square late on Friday evening, ranging from the 20-odd tractors that led the march opposite Parliament, and bracing for a rally intended to last over the weekend.
Massive farmers’ protest at Syntagma square
A massive farmers’ protest has been scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Syntagma square.
Farmers to open Tempi Valley on Thursday evening
The Athens-Thessaloniki motorway at Tempi Valley will open from 21:00 on Thursday until noon Friday following a decision of the members of the Thessaly farmers.
Farmers at Nikaia meeting decide to take the fight to Athens
Farmers coming together from 68 road blocks around the country for a meeting at Nikaia in Larisa on Sunday decide to take the fight to Athens, as of next Friday. In a unanimous decision, they voted to set off in tractors and coaches for the capital and “camp” in Syntagma Square opposite Parliament for at […]
Farmers in northern Greece to continue and step up protests into next week
Protesting farmers in western and central Macedonia were on Friday gearing up for continued mobilisations and more coordinated action heading into next week.
Protesting farmers block border crossing with Bulgaria indefinitely, set up new road blocks
Farmers in central and western Macedonia escalated protest action without warning on Monday, with a decision to indefinitely block the Promachonas border crossing with Bulgaria with their tractors.