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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Newsletter 487 - 05/12/2025

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    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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  4. 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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  5. Lack of perceived alternatives strengthens ND as challenger parties lose shine

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    no evidence to refer two former rural development ministers for further scrutiny. The latest poll... on the part of two former rural development ministers. This is the second parliamentary vote to exonerate

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  6. Opposition pledges to continue pursuing OPEKEPE scandal as new evidence emerges
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in which he claimed to have been pressured repeatedly by former rural affairs minister Lefteris... for the government, the Rural Development Ministry confirmed late last week that a memo sent by another

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  7. OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of an organisation treated as a political patronage mechanism in rural constituencies. The political management... the reporting, with Deputy Rural Development Minister Makarios Lazaridis publicly disputing aspects

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  8. In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and that it has to seize every opportunity if it is going to make headway in rural areas.

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  9. Education dispute opens up new front for coalition at sensitive time

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of sending children to study in other cities. But student groups and representatives of rural

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  10. Outcome of next vote on prior actions to set tone for political developments
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . There are concerns that this week’s vote may prove more testing because it affects farmers, and MPs from rural

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