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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-04
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[01] Farmers to close Tempi Valley for 12 hours on Wed.
[02] Large number of refugees wait at Greece-Fyrom crossing point
[01] Farmers to close Tempi Valley for 12 hours on Wed.
Protesting farmers will close the Athens-Thessaloniki motorway at Tempi
Valley in northern Greece from 10.00 (local) until 22.00 on Thursday,
as they escalate their protests against the government's proposed
pension and social security reforms.
On Thursday, when a general strike has been called by Greece's two
biggest unions, ADEDY and GSEE, farmers will probably remain open to
allow citizens who want to participate in the strikes to travel.
[02] Large number of refugees wait at Greece-Fyrom crossing point
A large number of refugees have gathered at Idomeni on Thursday waiting
to cross to Fyrom.
According to the police, there are around 2,500 refugees at the camp
while 4,500 have already disembarked from the 90 buses that have stopped
at a gas station at Polykastro. The congestion is the result of Fyrom
authorities delay to accelerate the procedure as well as to the Seamen
Federation strike that did not allow the transport of refugees from the
Aegean islands to Pireaus.
A total of 1,600 refugess have crossed the buffer zone over the last
24 hours.
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