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Newsletter 482 - 31/10/2025
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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Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025
% 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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Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025
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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Farmers anger resonates with public as government struggles to resolve dispute
PoliticsGreek Politicssolutions 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..., internal critics and rural communities are all vying to shape the narrative. Opinion poll Against
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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 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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Reshuffle on horizon as second OPEKEPE dossier rattles government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 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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Greek households switch to natural gas in record numbers as winter approaches
EconomyFeaturesfrom Russia, and 25 percent comes in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG). DEPA was until recently... using the LNG terminal at Revythoussa, and more recently pipelines, to import gas. Distribution networks..., and the consuming nations of Europe, and its location on key seaborne routes for LNG shipments make
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Athens and Washington agree plan for closer ties as Skopje paves way for name deal
PoliticsForeign Policywith news regarding the first ever shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Texas to Greece. It is expected to arrive at the Revithoussa LNG terminal, west of Athens, on December 29. In a statement on Thursday, Greece’s Energy Ministry confirmed that LNG from the US will be unloaded before the end
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Government focusses on security of energy supplies in light of Ukraine escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicsplans are thought to involve building up reserves at the LNG terminal at Revithoussa and increasing... to be considering the possibility of bilateral deals with alternative sources of LNG such as Egypt, as intensified competition for LNG shipments globally is expected to cause further price spikes and restrict
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
AgoraLNG, covering 25 pct of Greek demand. The remainder has been supplied by Turkey via pipeline and a variety of other sources including Qatar and Algeria via LNG. In the latest diversification move... of additional gas storage and LNG regasification facilities, fast-track licensing for domestic
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