Athens, 29 December 2025 (MIA) – The Evzoni border crossing with North Macedonia will be closed for all vehicles to enter and exit Greece from 11am to 3pm and again from 5pm to 9pm Macedonian time, as Greek farmers continue their protests on Monday, MIA’s Athens correspondent reports.

The farmers, who have been blocking the border since December 1 with their tractors, have been protesting for a third day now with two four-hour blockades preventing passenger and freight vehicles from entering and exiting Greece.

For a few days before and after Christmas last week, roads and borders were opened to facilitate the movement of people travelling for the holidays, with farmers setting up roadblocks again on December 27 on several locations across Greece. 

The Auto-Moto Association of Macedonia (AMSM) said earlier on Monday that Greece's Niki border crossing (Medzitlija) will be closed to freight vehicle traffic from 10 am to 4 pm, while, according to Greek news agency ANA-MPA, the blockade for trucks will last 12 hours, and the possibility of a one-hour blockade for passenger vehicles in the evening hours is not excluded.

As protests take hold across Greece on Monday, side roads connecting Athens and Thessaloniki will also be blocked for three hours in the afternoon, dividing Greece into two parts, given that the highway is already blocked, and the Ionia motorway connecting the cities of Antirrio and Ioannina will be additionally closed.

Blockades are expected to be removed Tuesday through Friday to facilitate the movement of people travelling for the New Year's holidays. Yet, the farmers plan not to remove their tractors and farm vehicles completely, but keep them parked along national motorways.   

Farmers in Greece started protesting on November 30 due to rising production costs and low sale prices of their products. They also demand payment of overdue subsidies.

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