| Author (Person) | Hope, Kerin |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 28.1.09 |
| Publication Date | 28/01/2009 |
| Content Type | News |
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Article reports that Greek farmers on the 27 January 2009 extended a blockade of the country’s main roads that is starving the capital of food and medicine, stalling exports and straining relations with neighbouring countries. More than 9,000 tractors have blocked the main route for trucks carrying goods to and from western Europe. Farmers are demanding that the government increases a €500m ($660m, £465m) support package. The incident highlights widening social unrest in Greece as the centre-right government of Costas Karamanlis, Prime Minister, struggles to restore credibility following the December 2008 student riots in Athens. |
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| Countries / Regions | Greece |
