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1. Protests: Farmer arrested for inciting violence via TikTok video

   A farmer has been arrested in central Greece for a video she uploaded on TikTok, calling her protesting colleagues to a true uprising and violence against politicians, policemen and journalists. The 53-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday and was brought before the prosecutor of Lamia, central Greece, on Friday. In her video on TikTok that […]

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2. Greece’s public sector union to launch 24h nationwide strike, Dec 16

   Greece’s public sector union ADEDY announced on Friday a 24-hour nationwide public-sector strike to take place on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. The strike is “ against the budget of the New Democracy government,” ADEDY said in the relevant announcement, given the fact that the budget for 2026 is being currently debated in the Parliament and […]

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3. Femicide: Court of Appeals sentences murderer of Garyfallia to life

   The Court of Appeals found the murderer of Garyfallia Psarakou guilty for one more time and sentenced him to the maximum penalty, a life behind bars, without the recognition of mitigating factors. Garyfallia was pushed to death on a rocky beach on the island of Folegandros in July 2021, after she told her boy friend […]

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4. Hundreds of farmers and breeders block Thessaloniki port

   Hundreds of farmers, livestock breeders and beekeepers set up a blockade with their tractors outside the port of Thessaloniki on  Friday morning. The blockade is symbolic and is scheduled to last four hours.Labor unions and students support the mobilization.  Increased measures by the Greek Police. Video: Tractors through the streets of Thessaloniki, heading to the […]

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5. OPEKEPE scandal: 15 arrests on the island of Crete

   Police on the island of Crete arrested on Friday a total of 15 people as members of a “criminal organization” that has illegally received 1.7 million euros through the the national agency OPEKEPE that distributed EU farm subsidies. An unknown number of people has been also detained. Among those arrested are reportedly accountants, lawyers, farmers […]

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