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Farmers sharpen their stance: Clashes outside Heraklion Airport, nationwide highway blockades, and preparations for port shutdowns (updated)

Farmers have also blocked bypass routes along the national highways – Map of roadblocks across Greece – Gathering outside Minister Tsiaras’ office in Karditsa

Farmers are closing side roads on national highways, blocking border customs posts, and preparing for action at the port of Volos (updated)

Police strategy tested - Nikaia blockade shuts infrastructure and PATHE bypasses for two hours

Mitsotakis from Markopoulo: The government is open to dialogue with farmers — they should come with representation and clear demands

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a message to farmers that the government is open to dialogue, during his visit to Markopoulo where he spoke with citizens

Farmers across Greece are toughening their stance as they reinforce their roadblocks

All eyes are on next week’s meeting of the Panhellenic Committee, where efforts will be made to coordinate actions nationwide

Marinakis: There can be no dialogue with the farmers with incidents like those outside Macedonia airport

"The state is not going to show any tolerance for offending behaviour. The law will be enforced, without asterisks," the government spokesman said, referring to one injured policeman

Clashes with shoving and tear gas between police and farmers who tried to block the entrance of ‘Macedonia’ Airport — watch the video

Temporary traffic interruption on the PATHE motorway in Boeotia – Indefinite blockade at the Kerdyllia junction on the Egnatia Highway in both directions – Farmers from Thessaly remain on the E65

Farmers: They continue with new roadblocks, aiming to have 30 on national highways by Sunday

They are preparing new actions starting next week – The crucial nationwide conference in Nikaia will take place on Sunday – “The key lies with the government and the decisions it will make,” the farmers say

The blockade front widens: What farmers expect to hear and the scenarios for further escalation

In Thessaly, more than 4,000 tractors have already taken to the roads — blockades also in the Peloponnese and northern Greece. The nationwide assembly on Sunday in Nikaia will be crucial

Mitsotakis: I understand farmers’ discontent over delays in payments, but compared to 2024 they will receive half a billion euros more

Extreme actions do not help their efforts, the Prime Minister also noted

Farmers close the customs office of promachonas today and consider hardening their stance

More than 3,500 tractors now stationed at the Nikaia and E65 blockades — Farmers from Trikala to set up a new blockade at the Megalochori junction

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