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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-25
CONTENTS
[01] Farmers escalate protest action, block border crossing and national
highways
[01] Farmers escalate protest action, block border crossing and national
highways
ANA-MPA -- Farmers in central and western Macedonia escalated protest
action without warning on Monday, with a decision to indefinitely block
the Promachonas border crossing with Bulgaria with their tractors. In
the meantime, new farmers continued arriving and new road blocks sprung
up at the Kouloura junction on the Egnatia highway, in addition to the
road block at the Kerdyllia junction that started on January 20.
The farmers and livestock breeders at Halkidona and Giannitsa jointed
forces to form a new road block on the Axios Bridge in Thessaloniki made
up of more than 1,300 tractors and heavy farm machinery.
New farmer roadblocks also appeared at Paleokomi in Serres, Deskati in
Grevena and Gomati in Ierrisos Halkidiki, while the number in Pella rose
to three, at Arnisa, Mavrovouni and Mesimeri.
Further south, the mood remained equally militant and the seven
gatherings of tractors in Fthiotida proceeded to block traffic at
intervals throughout the day, for one or two hours at a time.
Farmers in Larisa closed the Tempi pass for a second time on Monday,
at 19:00 until 21:00 and are to hold another big meeting on Tuesday to
decide further action.
The national highway from Athens to Thessaloniki was closed in both
directions for over an hour at the Anthili area, two hours in both
directions in Viotia and in one direction for two hours at Atalanti.
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