Farm sector

Arguments about Greece’s farming sector are escalating on highways and on the floor of parliament.

Groups of protesting farmers clashed with assembled riot police on two occasions on Thursday in central Greece during attempts to park agriculture vehicles on the main north-south highway in Greece (E65)

Greece's most iconic agricultural products are already impacted by climate change and the future of Greek farmers is getting increasingly uncertain.

The new rules aim to reduce harmful emissions from industrial installations and pig and poultry farms, and to improve transparency over the licensing, operation and control of such installations