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Grave OPEKEPE claims add to climate of mistrust affecting ND, political system
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat could be severely damaging for the government, which has been engaged in a constant firefighting... 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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Between heaven and hell
Agoraand the future looks bleak. It is no surprise that there has been a rise in the number of Greeks seeking... and capital controls were introduced, the mental strain Greeks have been under has increased immensely. However, something surprising has happened: Rather than seeing Greeks panicking, as many people
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Government pins hopes on payments, OPEKEPE shake-up to stem farmers’ protests
PoliticsGreek Politicssystem 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... farmers. PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged 50 million euros in support by the end of the year
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Lost decades for Greek incomes tell different story to recovery narrative
EconomyMacroeconomyrealities on the ground: fresh data has once again highlighted the challenges confronting Greek... per capita income has not grown over the past 20 years. Between 2004 and 2024, Greece ranks... in cities and 28% in rural areas fall into this category, compared with roughly 10% in EU cities and 6
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Greece’s M&A market stagnates during recession
EconomyFeaturesactivity, in Greece, a sharp decline has been recorded. A January 2016 survey by PWC showed that M&A... 2016 M&A activity was domestic rather than foreign. Mr Iosifidis cited what for many has become... is tiny compared to the 584 billion euros worth of M&A deals that took place in Europe in 2015
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Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, Tsipras has shown a knack over recent years for convincing his party to put its faith in him...’s response was that as a professor of urban planning he has acted as a consultant on a lot... Ragousis, as well as Thanassis Theocharopoulos, who led tiny Democratic Left (DIMAR), which
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Newsletter 311 - 08/10/2021
economic plan for leaving the pandemic behind. Following an impressive recovery this year, which has been... that there are hundreds of thousands of votes up for grabs. While ultra-nationalist Greek Solution has attracted some... votes and open the door to a SYRIZA-led coalition. Alternatively, it could leave ND with a tiny
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Latest data highlights tough day-to-day economic conditions, giving opposition ammunition
Economythan 27 pct of those living in cities and just over 24 pct in rural areas. Denmark follows Greece... average for cities is roughly 11 pct and under 7 pct for rural areas. Looking at the housing costs as part of disposable income, Greece also has the top spot with close to 35 pct of income, against an EU
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Fall in Greek building activity accelerates to 19 pct in October
EconomyMacroeconomy). In contrast, Epirus recorded a rise of 9.3 percent. However, this corresponds to a tiny increase of just four permits over last year’s figure of 43. Building activity is one of the sectors that has been
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Alexis's choice
Agoraand the anxiety of the last few months has not been in vain. However, while the party may accept some... on the tiny island of Kastellorizo that Greece was going to activate the first memorandum
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