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Government pins hopes on payments, OPEKEPE shake-up to stem farmers’ protests
PoliticsGreek Politicssystem tidied up by the end of the year. Rural discontent is just one source of concern... delayed in an attempt to tackle fraud at the troubled OPEKEPE agency by the end of this week. Rural
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Lost decades for Greek incomes tell different story to recovery narrative
EconomyMacroeconomyin cities and 28% in rural areas fall into this category, compared with roughly 10% in EU cities and 6% in rural areas. Housing in Greece is also the most expensive relative to available income. Households
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Newsletter 487 - 05/12/2025
numbers, dominating headlines and exposing the disconnect between government rhetoric and rural realities... ability to bridge the gap between promises of stability and the lived experience of Greece’s rural
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PM stands firm on festive blockades as farmers demand policies, not policing
PoliticsGreek Politicsto highlight perceived shortcomings in the government’s economic and rural policy. Farmers have also... Greece’s urban policymakers and its rural communities.
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Lack of perceived alternatives strengthens ND as challenger parties lose shine
PoliticsGreek Politicsno evidence to refer two former rural development ministers for further scrutiny. The latest poll... on the part of two former rural development ministers. This is the second parliamentary vote to exonerate
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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
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OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsof an organisation treated as a political patronage mechanism in rural constituencies. The political management... the reporting, with Deputy Rural Development Minister Makarios Lazaridis publicly disputing aspects
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Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty
Agoracomplicated by the fact that are they tightly linked with the old economic model in Greece. A model where... a wealth effect. Changing the economic model built up over decades does not happen overnight and while
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Of symmetry and adjustments in the eurozone
Agorareasons why an export-led model cannot work: The first is the many times recalled fallacy... on an export-led growth model Germany and Europe will be forced to rely on somebody else’s growth... model Europe would condemn itself to a secondary role. * Francesco Saraceno is Senior Economist
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The conundrum of Greek olive oil exports
EconomyFeaturesin Spain. But Greece’s olive oil export model is stuck in a rut. That’s because the vast majority... the mould of the current export model. The figures tell the story of how beneficial a change in strategy... model would increase efficiency, strengthen marketing and in turn help the branding of Greek olive oil
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