The heavy price of Greek gold

"We used to come to this area with my family and children," says Mr Verginis. "Up until a few months ago it was a beautiful place and we used to have fun. Now the entire area is deforested and if my children were here they would cry seeing this." The large-scale clearance on this remote mountain-side in north-eastern Greece is only the preliminary part of a gold mining project ...

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