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1. Kilometer-long queues as farmers escalate protests in Greece

   Farmers and breeders in Greece escalated their protests today, Friday, by blocking with their tractors not only the bypass roads in the south section of the Athens-Thessaloniki highway, but also closed the High Bridge of Evia from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. practically cutting off the island  from mainland Greece. The Bralos block closed byroads […]

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2. Water bills in Athens to increase within 2026

   Water bills in Athens are expected to increase soon as managing company EYDAP tabled a relevant proposal to the Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy and Water (RAEYS) with relatively immediate implementation, within 2026. Public company EYDAP that is funded with tax payers money justifies the increases with the problem of the water scarcity and the […]

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3. 625 migrants rescued off Gavdos and Crete on Friday

   A total of 625 migrants were rescued off the islands of Gavdos and Crete in the early morning hours of Friday. 545 people were on one boat, while in a second rescue incident, 32 people were on a small boat, authorities said. According to local media and the rescued own statements, they are from Sudan, […]

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4. Marginal decline in Greece’s population in 2024

   A further – albeit marginal – decline of 0.03% was recorded in Greece’s permanent population, which is estimated to be 10,372,335 people as of January 1 of this year (5,094,094 men and 5,278,241 women), compared with the population on January 1, 2024, which has been revised to 10,375,764 people, the Hellenic Statistical Authority announced on […]

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5. Farmers in Greece escalate roadblock protests over Christmas (videos)

   “No to dialogue, Yes to blockades!” For one more time, a meeting of protesting farmers and livestock breeders ended with the decision  to not join to a dialogue with the government and to continue the blockades of highways and national roads during the Christmas and New Year holidays when Greeks hit the roads to visit […]

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