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Greek farmers block border crossings in escalating dispute over delayed EU subsidies

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the government is open to dialogue with the farmers but cautioned against disruptive protest action.

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00:00Farmers in northern Greece disrupted traffic at border crossings on Wednesday in an escalating protest
00:07over delayed European Union-backed subsidy payments linked to an investigation into a corruption scandal.
00:14In the northern city of Ceres, farmers carried out symbolic road blockades
00:19and some bypassed police checkpoints as they marched towards the Promotronas Customs Office.
00:26Meanwhile, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the government is open to dialogue
00:32but warned against disruptive protests.
00:56Protests by farmers are common in Greece, but the latest scandal prompted the resignation in June of five senior government officials
01:03and led to the phased shutdown of the agency handling farm subsidies.
01:10Protests by farmers are common in Greece, but the latest scandal prompted the resignation in June of five senior government officials
01:20and led to the phased shutdown of the agency handling farm subsidies.
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