Insights and Stories on Greece

Giorgos Zeikos, apple farmer and president of the Agia apple producers' cooperative checks the fruits at an apple orchard in the village of Agia, in Thessaly, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

Jul. 10, 2025 at 10:40 am CDT

As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.

Protesting Greek farmers drive tractors to parliament

Feb. 20, 2024 at 9:23 am CST

By Reuters

Tractors drive down a highway near Paris, France.

Europe needs to ‘profoundly’ change its farming rules, says Macron

Feb. 1, 2024 at 11:46 am CST

By Reuters

Greek farmers stage tractor protest against soaring energy costs

Feb. 4, 2022 at 5:21 pm CST

By Alexandros Avramidis

Greece delivers feed to cattle ship at sea for months

Mar. 9, 2021 at 8:28 pm CST

By Reuters

Greek farmers clash with police in Athens during reforms protest

Mar. 8, 2017 at 3:25 am CST

Athens | Reuters — Greek farmers clashed with police in central Athens on Wednesday when a protest against tax and pension reforms mandated by the country’s multi-billion-euro bailout turned violent. About 1,300 farmers who had arrived in Athens from the island of Crete overnight headed to the agriculture ministry, which […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on improved U.S. weather, Greece jitters

Jul. 6, 2015 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures dropped on Monday as lighter-than-expected U.S. rainfall eased fears about soggy Midwest crops while worries over Greece and China led investors to shun many commodity markets. Corn prices pulled back from 2015 highs notched last week after heavy Midwest rains raised […]

By Tom Polansek

Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

May. 19, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia may allow around 20 firms from Hungary, Cyprus and Greece to return to its market after it orders the lifting of an embargo on food imports from the European Union, Interfax news agency quoted a senior official as saying on Tuesday. Russia banned foods from […]

By Reuters

Russia may consider lifting food ban from Greece, Hungary, Cyprus

Apr. 7, 2015 at 6:31 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — The Russian government could consider removing Greece, Hungary and Cyprus from its ban on most Western food imports, Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov was quoted as saying Tuesday. Russia’s ban, which should run until early August, was imposed in retaliation to Western sanctions on Russia over […]

By Reuters

Insights and Stories on Greece

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

Protesting Greek farmers drive tractors to parliament

Europe needs to ‘profoundly’ change its farming rules, says Macron

Greek farmers stage tractor protest against soaring energy costs

Greece delivers feed to cattle ship at sea for months

Greek farmers clash with police in Athens during reforms protest

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on improved U.S. weather, Greece jitters

Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

Russia may consider lifting food ban from Greece, Hungary, Cyprus

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