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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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GDP rises by 0.2 pct QoQ in Q1, increases by 1.3 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyprices increased by 2.1 percent from a rise of 2.2 percent in Q4, staying positive for nine... by 2.2 percent. Compared to Q1 2018, exports of goods decreased by 0.7 percent, and exports of services... meanwhile anticipates growth of 2.4 percent this year, followed by 2.2 percent in 2020 and 1.6 percent
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GDP rises by 0.8 pct QoQ in Q2, increases by 1.9 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyto the same quarter in the previous year, GDP at current prices increased by 2.2 percent from a downward revised rise of 2.2 percent in Q1, remaining positive for ten consecutive quarters... percent this year, followed by 2.2 percent in 2020 and 1.6 percent in 2021. The European Commission’s
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Consumption and investments drive Q3 GDP growth of 2 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyquarter of the year if the 2.2 pct growth forecast for the year of the finance ministry is to materialise... QoQ. Outlook In the final 2026 budget, the Finance Ministry sees growth at 2.2 pct for 2025 and 2.4 pct next year. The Bank of Greece (BoG) sees 2025 growth at 2.2 pct The European Commission in its
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In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that it has to seize every opportunity if it is going to make headway in rural areas.
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Education dispute opens up new front for coalition at sensitive time
PoliticsGreek Politicsof sending children to study in other cities. But student groups and representatives of rural
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