Farmers protest rising costs near Thessaloniki, warn of escalation

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Farmers staged a protestation successful the cardinal square of Malgara, adjacent Thessaloniki, connected Saturday, deploying astir 35 tractors.

The demonstrators aboriginal moved toward the Patra-Athens-Thessaloniki-Evzoni (PATHE) motorway, where they parked on a work roadworthy without disrupting traffic.

Farmers said they were protesting rising accumulation costs, noting that fertilizer prices person accrued from astir 600 euros per ton to astir 1,000 euros, while diesel has risen from astir 1.5 euros to 2 euros per liter.

The protestation dispersed soon aft 1.30 p.m.

Participants warned they would escalate their enactment if the authorities fails to code their demands. [AMNA]