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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. Tsipras seeks fair exchange with EU over migrant crisis
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    joint patrols by the Greek and Turkish coast guard, as a report by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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  7. Added layer of complexity to Greek-Turkish relations in wake of failed coup
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Monday backed up these concerns. Cavusoglu warned

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  8. Athens warms to idea of eurozone going it alone after Schaeuble IMF comment
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    In an interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble raised the possibility of the International Monetary Fund not participating in the Greek programme, prompting an immediate – and seemingly eager – response from Athens. Schaeuble told the German newspaper

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  9. Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
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    EconomyProgramme

    with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that it is unlikely the second programme review will be concluded before

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  10. Tsipras tries to take pressure off MPs but debt proving hard to settle
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Wolfgang Proissl wrote to the Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung daily to deny that the agreement between

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