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Greek farmers block roads to Bulgaria

Photo: BGNES

Greek farmers have started recurrent roadblocks to demand tax reductions and cheap fuels.

The protest’s leader Stergios Litsos explained that the protesters aim to reach the border with Bulgaria at Promahon border checkpoint in the coming days. Security at the border checkpoint has been reinforced and, for the time being, the farmers’ tractors do not have access to the area in the immediate vicinity of the border 



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