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Protesting Greek farmers disrupt port operations as nationwide blockades persist

Protests over delayed farm subsidy payments linked to EU fraud probe continue into second week, disrupting key transport routes and affecting agricultural exports, officials said.

  • On 10/12/2025, protesting Greek farmers entered their second week, blocking Crete's two main airports Monday and shutting the port of Volos Wednesday with fishermen's support.
  • Economic strains including low prices, higher energy costs and a sheep pox epidemic burden legitimate farmers, while the Thessaly region still recovers from Storm Daniel .
  • Volos, one of Greece's main ports, serves as a key gateway into the agricultural Thessaly region, while State TV ERT said over a hundred trucks loaded with wheat bound for Tunisia were scheduled to leave Wednesday.
  • Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis convened a meeting on EU subsidy payments and the government urged union leaders to send delegates and agree on joint demands while promising extra funds to legitimate farmers under pressure this year.
  • Longer-Term probes show EU prosecutors allege thousands, many not farmers, made false subsidy claims, with Greek officials citing more than 30 million euros in fraud since 2018.
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