More than 4,000 miners working at a Canadian-owned gold mine in Halkidiki, northern Greece, are expected to arrive on Thursday to Athens, in order to participate in a protest rally in favor of the company and in an effort to defend their jobs.

The protestors who boarded yesterday more than 80 buses to get to the Greek capital have already started to arrive to Athens. The first groups are now gathering at Mesogeion Avenue, in order to rally outside the Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy ministry.

The protesters will then march towards the Canadian embassy, the company’s headquarters, the offices of the European Commission delegation, the prime minister’s office, Parliament and the finance ministry.

During these stops, they will submit copies of their signed resolution to the competent bodies.

The march will reach Syntagma square at 17.00, where protesters are planning to stay until late at night.