Overview
- All flights at Heraklion’s Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport were suspended after protesters swarmed the apron and runway.
- Riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to push back crowds at the airport, according to local reports.
- Separate clashes in Chania saw stones thrown, an overturned police patrol car, and injuries reported by local media.
- Farmers have staged nationwide blockades with thousands of tractors, disrupting highways and border crossings with Bulgaria, Turkey, and North Macedonia.
- Payments were halted as the EPPO investigates large-scale subsidy fraud that prompted resignations and arrests, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged lifting blockades and promised significant payouts by the end of December.