TANIA GEORGIOPOULOU

hands-off-our-cotton-thessaly-farmers-tell-pm
LATEST ARTICLE

Representatives of farmers from the region of Thessaly in central Greece said Friday after a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that forcing them to abandon the cultivation of cotton would be a “red line” to them. 


ARCHIVE
13.03.2024 / 11:20

The problems posed by climate change are being experienced first-hand in Greece, with scientists raising the alarm that the central region of Thessaly is at risk of desertification.


12.03.2024 / 09:11

The recent spike in migrant flows to the southern shores of Crete is becoming an increasing source of concern for the government, which expects an intervention from the European Commission.


08.03.2024 / 12:35

Some of the proposals for the reconstruction of Thessaly in central Greece by a Dutch team tasked with drafting a master plan, are being met with objections by locals, in particular one to ditch cotton crops.


06.03.2024 / 22:37

A program launched a year ago providing subsidies to companies to hire former drug addicts, ex-convicts, victims of gender-based violence and human trafficking, and others to assist them in re-entering the labor market has reportedly been crowned with success.



22.02.2024 / 08:19

More than 8,000 Greek citizens living abroad have registered on the platform for postal voting within the first two days of its operation, while there is also great interest from domestic voters. Registration for the June 9 European Parliament elections must be completed 40 days in advance, by April 29, 2024.  The Interior Ministry will […]


21.02.2024 / 07:23

Thousands of farmers from throughout Greece drove more than 200 tractors to Athens on Tuesday, intensifying weeks of protests against increasing costs and international competition.


19.02.2024 / 08:06

Thirty years after farmers first started blocking roads with their tractors, little has changed in the primary sector.


16.02.2024 / 07:20

Charging that the government “did not scrape the bottom of the barrel as it had promised,” farmers on Thursday voted during a nationwide meeting in Nikaia in Larissa to continue their mobilizations and to descend on Athens on Tuesday with their tractors to hold a large-scale rally.


13.02.2024 / 08:47

While the news focus is firmly on the farmers’ protests across Greece, attention on the dire situation in one region, in Thessaly, has somewhat faded, except for the locals, who are still awaiting a recovery plan five months after the disastrous floods that destroyed many properties, killed livestock and eroded the soil. HVA International, a […]




08.02.2024 / 08:00

Almost five years have passed since a ruling by the Council of State, Greece’s top administrative court, cleared municipal plans to demolish an illegal extension of a cafe-restaurant near Kolonaki Square in central Athens. However, the decision has yet to be implemented by the authorities.


25.01.2024 / 15:28

Complaints about illegal content on the Internet increased particularly in 2023, with complaints about financial fraud leading the way, according to data released on Wednesday by SafeLine.gr, the Greek Safer Internet Center of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas.