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  1. Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of 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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  2. Government fails to break deadlock in dispute with farmers as SYRIZA loses MEP
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . On Wednesday, Deputy PM Kostis Hatzidakis and Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras tabled a package... problem for the government and the authorities”. Farmers representatives, for their part, lean... turned its back on producers and rural communities, while accusing the government of using divisive

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  3. Athens pleased about new EU-Egypt deal, seeks closer ties with Cairo

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    with flows to the Italian and Greek (from Libya to Crete) coasts. Europe is offering a "strategic... urgently needs Egypt to control migration flows from its borders with Libya and, secondly, to improve its... not control the border with Libya, from where Sudanese refugees and Egyptian migrants cross

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  4. Greek firms rely on public procurement most in EU but also suspect corruption, survey indicates

    Society

    than the issues above. Just under seven out of ten companies (68 percent) say these are problems when... of 27.2 percent. The Greek figure was also noticeably higher than the next countries, Latvia (31.8... countries, a smaller percentage said that corruption was a problem for them when doing business

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  5. Court ruling on pension cuts could create new problem in talks, fiscal plans
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    EconomyProgramme

    sector pensions stood at 2.35 billion euros in March. The bulk (more than 88 percent) involves main

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  6. Newsletter 482 - 31/10/2025

    Newsletters

    familiar: Stalled subsidy payments, rising rural anger, fraying unity inside New Democracy, and a centre... and 2022; more than 10 of those detained have been formally arrested and remanded in custody. Prime... and historic compensation delays has pushed the traditionally conservative-voting rural community

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  7. Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025

    Newsletters

    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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  8. Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025

    Newsletters

    % of mail are now delivered directly to homes. Internal and rural discontent Yet the rollout... chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. MPs from rural constituencies were particularly... be present “at the side of citizens rather than asking citizens to go hunting for it.” Despite

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  9. Reshuffle on horizon as second OPEKEPE dossier rattles government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of 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... subsidy payments agency. Reaction The PM’s office has not reacted to the request, other than

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  10. Farmers anger resonates with public as government struggles to resolve dispute

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    are insufficient, and remain sceptical of dialogue, seeing it as a delaying tactic rather than a genuine... solutions to support rural communities. While the MPs did not break with the party line... to deliver tangible relief to rural Greece but also to maintain cohesion within his party. What began

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