Farmers escalate roadblocks and port disruptions across Greece, vowing to continue until the government addresses demands on compensation, production costs, livestock disease and fuel taxes.

Police reported a total of 16 arrests during a protest march of around 5,000 people

The mobilizations come amid an ongoing furor related to fraudulent agriculture subsidies paid out by a now defunct agency, the “OPEKEPE scandal”, as well as an ongoing sheep and goat pox epidemic

Protesting farmers intensified blockades on major highways and border crossings, causing severe traffic disruption and leaving hundreds of trucks stranded as demonstrations spread across multiple regions

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

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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

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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