A spate of violent clashes between protesting farmers and riot police, most notably on Crete over the past 24 hours, generated an instruction by the supreme court chief prosecutor to prosecutors and law enforcement authorities around Greece to crack down on offences ranging from attempted manslaughter of state officials (i.e. police officers) to unprovoked damage of private and public property.
A map of farmers’ mobilizations around Greece on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.
The latter refers to the unprecedented incursion of protesters into the Chania and Irakleio (Herakleio) airports on Crete, as well as ports on the island and around Greece.
The circular by high court prosecutor Konstantinos Tzavellas notes that “…over the recent period the practice of intentionally disrupting traffic safety on the roads has been observed, mainly by placing and maintaining obstacles, but also by other, equally dangerous acts for traffic safety by blocking vehicle traffic… via the mobilizations of the country’s farmers.”
Meanwhile, in what is undoubtably another escalation in protests, farmers and stockbreeders in southwest Greece threatened to block off traffic at the Rio-Antirrio cable bridge that connects western mainland Greece with the Peloponnese.
Earlier, in the same region, protesting producers blocked the main Patras-Pyrgos highway.
Similar roadblocks threatened to cut off the Ionia tollway running from north to south along the western coast of Greece.
