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17 Apr 2015

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Reuters

Greece: Thousands of workers protest against shutdown of Eldorado Gold mine despite environmental & social concerns by local communities

"Thousands of angry workers protest Greece’s plans to shut down Eldorado Gold Corp mine that employs 2,000", 16 Apr 2015

Thousands of workers at a Canadian-run gold mine in northern Greece protested in Athens on Thursday against a decision by the new leftist government to revoke the company’s licence to develop the mine...Skouries has stirred violent clashes between the mine workers and opposing local communities who say that the investment would destroy the environment...In a rare rally of this scale in favour of the project, thousands of workers worried they may lose their jobs gathered outside the environment ministry...