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Newsletter 154 -9/03/2018
visit in late February. The aim of the next visit will be to secure a staff-level agreement (SLA... but the International Monetary Fund may yet have a say on the issue. If the SLA is in place in May... and the appointment of senior civil servants. Securing an SLA before the end of May would allow
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Institutions prepare for Athens return, completion of fourth review
EconomyProgramme(SLA) to bring the fourth review to a close later in the month, the Eurogroup decided on Friday... of achieving an SLA in time for the May 24 Eurogroup. This was the original target but there have been...” and that it is “more than doable” to reach an SLA by May 24. If this is the case, then there is still
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Newsletter 162 -18/05/2018
Progress in talks point to SLA Breakthrough on fiscal issues, agreement in other areas bode well... agreement (SLA) in place by the May 24 Eurogroup. The optimism was generated by the fact... to be sealed at the May 24 Eurogroup. While expectations of an SLA by May 24 appear to be rising
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Fresh inquiry looms as file on farming subsidy investigation reaches Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsemerged so far from the 3,000-page file confirms earlier reports that two former rural development... payments scandal over the coming months. The Rural Development Ministry is already bracing for a backlash..., this concerns 2.9 million euros handed out for fraudulently declared livestock. Rural Development Minister
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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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Q1 gg primary cash balance shows 2.5 bln surplus but 2014 arrears grow
EconomyMacroeconomyloans by 2.07 billion and EFSF/ESM/IMF loans’ redemptions of 611 million. The gross debt structure
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