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Public investment under spotlight amid arguments over budget execution
EconomyMacroeconomyfunds 166 million and 859 billion by other legal entities, to make up the actual spend of 4.97
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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
was 2.82 billion, municipalities spent 1.12 billion, social funds 166 million and 859 billion
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PMI improves in May but points to further deterioration in manufacturing
EconomyMacroeconomysector for the ninth straight month. Markit data showed a further, albeit slower, decline in output, with new orders down for the ninth successive month. At the same time, the average purchase prices... that “The manufacturing PMI continues to point to a downturn in the Greek economy” with the ninth
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Greek PMI rises to 49.6 in May as uncertainty continues to impact
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI rose by 1.4 points in May according to Markit, posting the ninth..., optimism remained strong. Greek manufacturers reduced their output for the ninth time in as many months... decreased for the ninth consecutive month in May, albeit to the smallest extent in 2017 so far
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Newsletter 482 - 31/10/2025
familiar: Stalled subsidy payments, rising rural anger, fraying unity inside New Democracy, and a centre... and historic compensation delays has pushed the traditionally conservative-voting rural community... ministers implicated in the probes — former rural development minister Lefteris Avgenakis and Makis
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Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025
PoliticsMitsotakis bets on energy diplomacy and rural outreachPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... at Alexandroupoli airport. Local media described the scene as emblematic of rural frustration, where anger... for natural disasters. Yet his assurances failed to calm the mood. Rural voters feel increasingly abandoned
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Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025
over delayed subsidies and the OPEKEPE payments scandal threatens to boil over. Rural Development... no sign of fading, and risks eroding the government’s credibility among rural voters. Labour deal...% of households in cities and 28% in rural areas fall into this category, compared with roughly 10% in EU cities
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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsof farmers who have turned against the government in rural constituencies. Feeling the heat from among its... a resolution over the coming days. In a marathon meeting on Wednesday, MPs from rural districts vented their frustration to Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras and the officials tasked
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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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ELSTAT survey finds 2013 household budgets devastated, inequality persists
Societyin the rural than the urban areas. The average monthly expenditure in the urban areas fell 7.1 percent in 2013 and 28.6 percent since 2009. In contrast, the figures for the rural areas posted almost the half... is consistently above that in rural areas, yet the deviation significantly narrowed over the past
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