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1. Farmers, breeders continue blockades with 5,000 tractors on Greece’s roads and highways

   Farmers and livestock breeders continue their protests with blockades of national highways also on Tuesday, as the government do not seem eager to fulfill their demands in subsidies payments as soon as they protesters would like to.  Initially, the government had promised to pay them the delayed subsidies on October 30, then on November 30 […]

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2. Driver kills young pedestrian, injures partner (video)

   A 24-year-old man was killed on the spot short after midnight on Saturday, when a 29-year-old man drove his car with high speed at the vehicle the victim had parked on a street of Loutsa, eastern Athens. The victim was uνloading luggage from his car together with his mother, sister and his 21-year-old partner who […]

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3. Attica, Patmos and Leros declared in state of emergency over water shortages

   The process of declaring a state of emergency due to water shortages in the islands of Leros and Patmos, and Attica has been completed with the signing of the relevant ministerial decisions by the Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou. The declaration of a state of emergency in Attica is based on hydrological data […]

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4. Taxis on 48h nationwide strike across Greece, Dec 2-3

   Taxi owners in Greece will launch a 48-hour nationwide strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 2-3, 202. The main reason for the strike announced by the Panhellenic Federation of Taxi Owners (POIATA) for next week is the imminent mandatory transition to electric mobility from January 1, 2026. The entire country will be without taxis for […]

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5. Protesting farmers, breeders block traffic in Greece’s highways

   With more than one thousand tractors deployed on the highways in central Greece protesting farmers continue their mass mobilization for a second consecutive day on Monday, December 1, “struggling for their survival” as they say characteristically. “We are not going anywhere, we’re not leaving before our demands are fulfilled,” they stress adding that “our existence […]

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