Greece: Protest against gold mining by Achilleas Pagourtzis
Woman pronounce slogans during the march. Protest by members of the Thessaloniki and Halkidiki Race Committees for the gold mining by the subsidiary company Hellas Gold of the Canadian company Eldorado Gold. The protests were also attended by members of the Solidarity Initiative of VIOME.
The mining site is in Skouries, Halkidiki.
In 2012, the implementation of Hellas Gold investment in Skouries began.
VIOME is a self-organized factory from 2013 when 25 employees from the bankrupt company start to operate the factory by self-organized. VIOME produces cleaning goods like shampoo, dishwashing liquids and clothes. Before of that it was a subsidiary company of FILKERAM - JOHNSON and it produced building materials.
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