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New decisions are expected tomorrow, as farmers plan to determine their next steps. Specifically, at 11 a.m., a meeting is scheduled in Malgara to set the exact time when farmers will reopen the National Road. Then, at noon, farmers in Halkidiki will withdraw their tractors and allow traffic on the Thessaloniki-Moudania National Road at the Triglia junction.

Farmers have been escalating their protests since yesterday, taking their tractors down to the national roads and closing tmajor national roadways.

Tensions flared at Syntagma Square during a protest over the Tempi tragedy on Sunday, with police firing stun grenades after a small groupwhich cut off from the main protesters started hurling molotov cocktails.The clashes occurred in front of the Parliament, around Syntagma Square, and on the square itself, resulting in some arressts.