US EditionProtesting Greek farmers swarm onto apron area of international airport on Crete
Thousands of farmers nationwide protest delayed EU subsidies linked to a €600 million fraud scandal, halting flights and causing clashes at Heraklion and Chania airports, officials said.
- On Monday, enraged farmers swarmed onto the apron at the Nikos Kazantzakis international airport in Heraklion, evading riot police and forcing the airport to suspend all flights.
- After revelations of subsidy fraud, protests intensified across Greece as delayed European Union-backed agricultural subsidies followed the resignation of five senior government officials and phased shutdown of the state agency handling agricultural subsidies.
- At border crossings, farmer blockades have already hampered truck traffic and created long backup lines, while police enforced diversions in northern and central Greece.
- Authorities reviewing subsidy requests have delayed payments, dozens arrested for allegedly filing false claims, while farmers say delays leave honest farmers in debt and unable to plant.
- Last week, Michalis Chrisochoidis, minister for public order, said the government remained open to talks with protest leaders but warned it would not tolerate shutdowns, while Greece's farming sector faces a goat and sheep pox outbreak this year.
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The police could not control the angry crowd and used lacrimogen gas on a group of protestaries who threw stones and fired force on the road to Heraklion Airport in Crete, stopping air traffic.An other group located near the airport destroyed the gears of the police cars with cement and stones.They were identified and will be put under charge.The Greek farms are faced with a loss of 600 million euros of EU aid and other payments, after a corrupt…
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Greek govt seeks to tackle farmer protests after Crete clashes
Greece's government was on Tuesday scrambling to keep angry farmers from blocking key infrastructure after airports were occupied on Crete in a growing nationwide protest for agriculture funds.
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Greece's Heraklion airport resumes flights after farmers end protest
ATHENS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Flights to and from Heraklion Airport on the Greek island of Crete resumed early on Tuesday, aviation officials said, after farmers who had been blocking the terminal ended a
Tensions flared on Monday outside Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport in Heraklion, Crete, as protesting farmers and herders attempted to block the main entrance. The demonstrators had set off from the city’s Pankritio Stadium in a tractor convoy, aiming to reach the airport as part of an escalation of nationwide protests over subsidy delays and rising production costs. Police had cordoned off the entrance roads to the terminal, preventing t…
Greek farmers stormed an airport on the island of Crete on Monday, causing air traffic to be suspended. Protests are ongoing in several parts of the country over a corruption scandal that has led to the withholding of EU funding.
Farmers demanding EU subsidies that are being withheld have closed Crete's airports.
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