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  1. ELTA CEO resignation fails to stem political fallout from post office closures

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    voters have been complaining about rural abandonment. Rural voters say that this is the latest... sensitive time. Deputies from rural constituencies have been at the sharp end of complaints from voters over

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  2. Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , exposing the fragility of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s rural compact and fuelling opposition... to 363 million euros, down from 476 million last year. The Ministry of Rural Development and Food... with rural realities. Farmers represent a powerful social group, and their mobilisation threatens

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  3. Farmers’ protests escalate as political veterans express concerns about democracy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the depth of rural anger and placed fresh pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration..., while opposition parties are eager to amplify rural grievances. For now, the farmers’ mobilisation... the spectre of democratic erosion at a time when the government is already under pressure from rural unrest

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  4. 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... turned its back on producers and rural communities, while accusing the government of using divisive... from several blockades across the country had written to the rural affairs minister to request

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  5. Farmers threaten more action after inconclusive meeting as Karystianou courts controversy

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    December, reflects deeper strains in Greece’s rural economy. Rising fuel and electricity prices have... become a flashpoint. For Mitsotakis, the timing is delicate. With elections approaching, rural discontent.... For the government, limiting concessions preserves credibility but risks alienating rural voters

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  6. Coalition unwound

    Agora

    pronounced, vision to spur the coalition’s efforts. As the drachma risk faded and lenders were

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  7. Lack of liquidity, political cost push Greek gov't to seek swift deal with lenders
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of money and is also losing public support in the process could prove the greatest spur in bringing

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  8. Greece eyes temporary solution to liquidity problem from Brussels Group talks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as a spur in negotiations. Revenues collected at the end of April as well as 90 million euros

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  9. Greece ranks 43rd in impact on global innovation

    Society

    -based think tank, the ITIF focuses on public policies that spur technology innovation. The University

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  10. OECD expects Greek economy to recover, stresses need for structural reforms and debt relief
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    conditions that would spur confidence and recovery are full and swift implementation of structural

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