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 was brought to a standstill as striking taxi drivers launched an unannounced motorcade to Greece’s Parliament, hours after clashes broke out at the Transport Ministry during their ongoing 48-hour strike

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

Greece’s Minister for Citizen Protection urged farmers to continue protests without obstructing customs points or ports, stressing that demonstrations are constitutional but must not disrupt the country’s essential trade routes

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

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

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.

Producers say low prices and rising costs leave them no choice as they prepare nationwide tractor demonstrations that may shut down key highways, even as overdue subsidies begin to be paid out

Farmers across northern Greece block roads and clash with police as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tours Rodopi, announcing diesel tax relief while facing growing anger over unpaid subsidies and livestock losses

Farmers, livestock breeders and beekeepers from across Greece are gathering in Athens demanding faster payments, compensation for losses, and stronger state support, while accusing the government of neglecting the country’s struggling agricultural sector

Parents’ associations are also taking part, rallying behind the slogan “everyone in the streets for our children’s right to education.”

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