FARMERS from around Greece headed towards Athens in tractor convoys yesterday to demand more financial concessions from the government as the cost of living increases.

Some 200 tractors formed the main convoy in central Greece heading southward, with thousands more set to join a mass rally in front of the Greek parliament.

With horns blaring, the convoy headed out from the central Greek town of Kastro, 75 miles north-west of Athens, with Greek flags, black flags and protest banners fastened to the tractors.