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Latest Tempe report kicks off political storm as government claims vindication
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot suit its narrative, and of cherry-picking elements of the NTUA report which back its story... to the right as it tries to push its ratings back up above the 30-pct threshold which it missed
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ND directs fire at PASOK over Tempe as ruling party’s MPs grumble over land decree
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has taken advantage of the Tempe issue moving back to the top of the political agenda by turning its fire on PASOK, the party it sees as its most immediate rival. In the meantime..., on the back of its more militant stance on Tempe. However, reports in the local media indicated
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ND courts voters with hardline migration bill as pressure grows over farming subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsand win back right-wing voters who have drifted away from the ruling party. Mitsotakis acknowledged... was endemic and went back over several previous administrations; however, it is having trouble
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Government on alert again as farming subsidy probe zeroes in on two ex-ministers
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis an issue of broader failure in the public administration, stretching back to a period well before... Minister and Avgenakis was brought back into the party’s parliamentary group in December after being
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Fresh inquiry looms as file on farming subsidy investigation reaches Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso pushed back against what it sees as an attempt to spread the blame for the scandal, while... Kostas Tsiaras has insisted that the tax authorities will be pursuing the amounts back from
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ND in danger of being blown off course by farming subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof recent developments also coincides with ND’s attempt to claw back the support it lost earlier... that the percentage of respondents intending to back New Democracy has fallen from 22.6 pct in May
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Government vows to recover embezzled subsidies in bid to stem damage from scandal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs damaging revelations continue to emerge from the European prosecutor’s investigation into organised farming subsidy fraud, the New Democracy government has pledged to win back the public’s trust by clawing back the swindled funds and reforming the payments system. Chief government spokesman
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Migration opens new front for government after Libya snub
PoliticsGreek Politics, after an EU-led delegation including Migration Minister Thanos Plevris was turned back... as a bid to win back wavering right-wing voters. The eagerness with which many government officials have
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Energy at forefront of 2 pct decline for industrial production in May
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) continued its drop in May with 2 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a sharp fall of 4.2 percent in the previous month, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Thursday. This is the first back-to-back negative readings since
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Opposition sees ND’s call for broader subsidy inquiry as attempt to muddy waters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government caught its opponents by surprise on Monday when it announced that it will propose a broad parliamentary investigation into the alleged misuse of agricultural subsidies dating back... to build a relationship with the farming community on Crete, dates back many years. However, the opposition
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