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Angry miners charge SYRIZA closed gold processing operations in its last days in govt as a pre-election 'nod' to its supporters

Newsroom September 14 08:12

A group of miners from the Skouries gold production and processing complex of northern Greece rallied and blocked the main gate of state broadcaster ERT early Monday evening, an hour before a scheduled debate (19.00 GMT) between leftist SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and conservative New Democracy president Vangelis Meimarakis.

The miners are livid over a surprise ministerial decision in the waning days of a SYRIZA government last month to suspend exploitation operations by Hellas Gold at the main Skouries mine.

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