Evzoni border crossing reopens after Greek farmers’ protest, new blockade possible later in the day
- After a blockade lasting around two hours, the Evzoni (Bogorodica) border crossing for entry and exit from Greece has been reopened, but the possibility is not excluded that, as in the past two days, it may again be closed for several hours this afternoon, MIA’s correspondent from Athens reports.
Athens, 3 December 2025 (MIA) - After a blockade lasting around two hours, the Evzoni (Bogorodica) border crossing for entry and exit from Greece has reopened, but the possibility is not excluded that, as in the past two days, it may again be closed for several hours this afternoon, MIA’s correspondent from Athens reports.
Around 150 tractors and farm vehicles are parked on the Greek side of the border.
As previously reported by MIA, protesting Greek farmers from the northern part of Greece, the municipality of Paionia, again blocked all traffic at the border crossing shortly after 12 noon local time.
The farmers' practice, as seen in their protests over the previous years, is not to announce the blockades, given that tractors and farm vehicles remain parked at the border crossing, while competent agricultural committees decide on the time and duration of the blockades at daily meetings.
Farmers have set up blockades across Greece, trying to reach the Promachonas border crossing with Bulgaria, where they managed to bypass the police, while in the Thessaly region, where blockades are set up at several points along the Thessaloniki-Athens highway, over 4,000 tractors are gathered.
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