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Mitsotakis seeks inspiration from Cyprus as SYRIZA faces domestic mire
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNikos Pappas in particular, approached him when the initial tender for TV licences was launched in 2016... elections as municipal councilor in Piraeus, where his right-hand man Yiannis Moralis has been mayor
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Government offers free holidays, bigger fines and more hirings in evolving fire response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNikos Hardalias for the country’s biggest region instead. New Democracy also announced this week...-largest city. The conservatives said they will also back Piraeus Mayor Yiannis Moralis for a second
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Reshuffle on horizon as second OPEKEPE dossier rattles government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof one former rural affairs minister and three deputy ministers, but the two resulting parliamentary... another former rural development minister and his deputy, relating to the same period. The scandal... to manage the political fallout. The list includes two current cabinet members, Rural Affairs Minister
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Government on alert again as farming subsidy probe zeroes in on two ex-ministers
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe alleged involvement of two former rural development ministers, reported to be New Democracy’s.... “There was a central mechanism at OPEKEPE and at the (rural development) ministry directing them,” the opposition... that this penalty was for administrative failures is not convincing and called for the current Rural
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Opposition takes aim at PM's inner circle over subsidy fraud as scandal halts ND rebound
PoliticsGreek Politicspayments, it has emerged that the instruction was overridden a few months later when a new rural... the high turnover at the top of the organisation and in the rural development ministry which oversees... appears in the EPPO file to have warned the then minister of rural development Makis Voridis
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ELTA CEO resignation fails to stem political fallout from post office closures
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters have been complaining about rural abandonment. Rural voters say that this is the latest... sensitive time. Deputies from rural constituencies have been at the sharp end of complaints from voters over... for the organisation’s management. PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis accused New Democracy of “devaluing ELTA and using
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Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
PoliticsGreek Politics, exposing the fragility of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s rural compact and fuelling opposition... to 363 million euros, down from 476 million last year. The Ministry of Rural Development and Food... with rural realities. Farmers represent a powerful social group, and their mobilisation threatens
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Government fails to break deadlock in dispute with farmers as SYRIZA loses MEP
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Wednesday, Deputy PM Kostis Hatzidakis and Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras tabled a package... turned its back on producers and rural communities, while accusing the government of using divisive... from several blockades across the country had written to the rural affairs minister to request
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Newsletter 443 - 29/11/2024
in cities and just over 24 pct in rural areas. Denmark follows Greece with similar figures in cities... and under 7 pct for rural areas. Looking at the housing costs as part of disposable income, Greece... by launching an attack on the government over its handling of the economy. PASOK leader Nikos
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Opposition pledges to continue pursuing OPEKEPE scandal as new evidence emerges
PoliticsGreek Politicsin which he claimed to have been pressured repeatedly by former rural affairs minister Lefteris... for the government, the Rural Development Ministry confirmed late last week that a memo sent by another... in the polls in the run-up to the 2027 elections. PASOK rumblings While PASOK president Nikos Androulakis
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