Thousands of farmers across Greece say they will remain at roadblocks through Christmas, demanding long-delayed payments and solutions to livestock disease and storm damage.

Athens remains without taxi service as the drivers’ strike is extended to Friday, with the taxi union calling for a large demonstration following clashes with police outside the Transport Ministry

European broadcasters will meet Thursday to decide whether new rules are enough to keep the contest neutral, as several countries threaten to withdraw unless Israel is excluded over the Gaza war

Greek farmers escalate nationwide demonstrations, breaking police barricades at Promachonas and blocking Evzoni customs, while Crete faces planned port and airport disruptions amid rising tensions over agricultural support

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stresses government openness to farmers’ concerns while warning that extreme actions, such as blockades, hinder progress. Total agricultural payments will rise to €3.7 billion in 2025

Farmers entered a fourth day of blockades on major highways, vowing to intensify their push for concessions as truck and taxi owners join the widening protests.

Greece adopts its first national forest fire risk map in decades to modernize prevention, improve planning, and streamline resource allocation.

Farmers across Greece are reinforcing roadblocks, blocking highways and border crossings, and planning new disruptions as they press the government to meet their demands, warning that mobilisations will intensify in the coming days

Ellinikon aims to be Europe’s first fully planned and built-from-scratch smart city, incorporating innovative digital infrastructure.

Farmers across Greece stage road blockades over unpaid subsidies, sending messages to the government while tensions rise with authorities and new protests are planned nationwide

Greek farmer leader alleges he was attacked by a police officer, resulting in broken ribs during tense demonstrations at a major road junction

Farmers across Greece have blocked major highways with tractors, clashing with police as they demand solutions to mounting financial pressures and threaten wider shutdowns in the coming days

Protesters cite severe delays in payments owed by the agricultural payments agency OPEKEPE, along with soaring production costs and persistently low market prices for their goods.

The Ministry of Rural Development notes that this year’s subsidy advance is 25% lower than last year’s because it was calculated strictly on the basis of verified data.

The tally was two votes behind first-place China and Italy, which garnered 155 votes. South Korea was third with 154 votes, while Greece shared fourth place with the UK, at 153 votes each

According to reports, Greece's independent authority against money laundering has reportedly frozen all assets owned by the pair in the country, while conveying to Swiss authorities a request that banks accounts they maintain in that country also be frozen

Farmers and livestock breeders in two major regions plan coordinated road blockades and demonstrations, demanding overdue payments, lower production costs and stronger state support for the agricultural sector

SYRIZA–Progressive Alliance MEP Nikolas Farantouris called for the “immediate and effective protection” of Christians in the Middle East, Syria, and Nigeria during remarks in the European Parliament. Speaking in Wednesday’s plenary session, the Greek MEP, a member of the Parliament’s Security and Defence Committee, said tens of thousands of Christian civilians, as well as members […]

Italy’s parliament unanimously passed a law classifying femicide—the killing of a woman due to her gender—as a distinct crime punishable by life imprisonment, marking a major step in addressing gender-based violence

Lebanon and Cyprus have finalized a long-delayed maritime boundary agreement, opening the door for offshore energy cooperation and potential gas exploration that could support Lebanon’s economic recovery and strengthen ties with the EU