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  1. Predatorgate and OPEKEPE offer opposition ammunition amid deteriorating public sentiment

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    altogether has also been hinted at by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Rural Affairs Minister Kostas... are stoking discontent in rural areas, with farmers accusing the government of neglecting the sector, while

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  2. Grave OPEKEPE claims add to climate of mistrust affecting ND, political system
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that political leaders, including former rural development ministers Giorgos Georgantas and Lefteris Avgenakis, were aware of her findings. She also accused the current Rural Development Minister Kostas

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  3. Mitsotakis seeks to appease farmers as they sow grievances on streets of Athens

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    by an outbreak of sheeppox, the government is keen to shore up support among rural voters ahead... to return the dividends of growth to citizens. The government’s rural charm offensive is clearly

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  4. Government pins hopes on payments, OPEKEPE shake-up to stem farmers’ protests
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    system tidied up by the end of the year. Rural discontent is just one source of concern... delayed in an attempt to tackle fraud at the troubled OPEKEPE agency by the end of this week. Rural

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  5. Lost decades for Greek incomes tell different story to recovery narrative
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in cities and 28% in rural areas fall into this category, compared with roughly 10% in EU cities and 6% in rural areas. Housing in Greece is also the most expensive relative to available income. Households

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  6. Newsletter 487 - 05/12/2025

    Newsletters

    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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  7. PM stands firm on festive blockades as farmers demand policies, not policing
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to 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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  8. Energy drives closer cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    process on the Syrian crisis, while also expressing “serious concerns over the situation in Libya.” The instability in Libya and the presence of jihadists there was highlight by the Egyptian president

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  9. Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the spat with Turkey over its signing of an agreement with Libya regarding the delimitation... is in control of all of Libya, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly told Turkish President

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  10. Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019

    Newsletters

    reaching an agreement with Libya last week to delineate maritime borders in the Mediterranean. Athens has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal

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