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  1. Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?

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    fire prevention and suppression of all types of fire, urban and rural) grew steadily from 2001 onwards... and “not having a clue” when he implied last week that the firefighting fleet was less than airworthy. Funding

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  2. Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    into a corner. Images in the media of riot police confronting citizens in rural communities are causing..., for which funding is being sought from the EU. Coronavirus Meanwhile, at least one the government’s

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  3. ND attempts to shield itself from OPEKEPE fallout, further Tempe pressure

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    in the country’s history. He also argued that the previous Rural Development Minister, Makis... was the administrative oversight, pertaining to issues such as funding and staffing. It is expected

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  4. Newsletter 480 - 17/10/2025

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    in Livadia during a visit by the rural affairs minister. Farmers’ groups are threatening a prolonged... comfortably this year. Despite the availability of Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) funding since 2022

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  5. Farmers roll back into Athens as government fails to resolve long-running dispute
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    of renewed mobilisation is politically sensitive. Rural voters have long been a core part of the party’s... are examining a wider pool of 73 million euros in funding allocated between 2020 and 2025, tracing transfers

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  6. Newsletter 482 - 31/10/2025

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    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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  7. Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025

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    % 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... tensions in rural Greece, where delays in agricultural subsidies and the ongoing sheep pox crisis have

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  8. Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025

    Newsletters

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

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    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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  10. Reshuffle on horizon as second OPEKEPE dossier rattles government

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    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... to manage the political fallout. The list includes two current cabinet members, Rural Affairs Minister

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