“The arrival in January of a new leftist government that opposes the investment has sparked a mobilisation among Hellas Gold employees afraid of losing their jobs.  Earlier this month, riot police were sent in when the rival groups came close to clashing in an oak forest between the villages of Stratoni, where Hellas Gold has its base, and Ierissos, whose inhabitants mostly oppose the project.  Hellas Gold plans to invest 1.3 billion euros in the area overall, and extract 9.6 million ounces of gold.  The previous conservative government had supported the investment, arguing that it would create hundreds of jobs in the recession-hit country where the unemployment rate now stands at over 25 percent.”

http://news.yahoo.com/civil-war-brewing-over-disputed-greek-goldmine-064713850.html

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