Protesting producers are demanding greater and faster state support, the latter in relation to delayed subsidies

Greek farmers, who say their demands remain unmet, point to soaring production costs, which leave producers selling at extremely low prices, while consumer prices remain disproportionately high by the time goods reach supermarket shelves

Farmers and livestock breeders from across Greece rallied in Athens and Thessaloniki on Tuesday, protesting rising costs, delayed payments, and a devastating sheep and goat pox outbreak that has led to the culling of more than 400,000 animals

Notably, 60% of the new cases were found in Thessaly, with Larissa and Magnesia alone accounting for 25 of the 42 new outbreaks.

Arguments about Greece’s farming sector are escalating on highways and on the floor of parliament.

Groups of protesting farmers clashed with assembled riot police on two occasions on Thursday in central Greece during attempts to park agriculture vehicles on the main north-south highway in Greece (E65)

Greece's most iconic agricultural products are already impacted by climate change and the future of Greek farmers is getting increasingly uncertain.

The new rules aim to reduce harmful emissions from industrial installations and pig and poultry farms, and to improve transparency over the licensing, operation and control of such installations