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Opposition irate over watchdog briefing as govt hints at "rogue network" behind surveillance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe conservatives are concentrating their energies on the economy and on public order issues designed
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Government on mission to manage expectations in anticipation of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsis now clearly tempered by the acknowledgement that some of the more extreme scenarios now appear firmly... to the electoral map to the existing seven, mostly in the islands and rural areas of the country.
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Newsletter 276 -04/12/2020
there is increasing concern about the spread of the virus in surrounding rural areas and within households. The ruling... questioned increasingly by opposition parties, following hints in the media from members
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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... concern that the government may try to delay a decision in order to exhaust the statute of limitations... payments scandal over the coming months. The Rural Development Ministry is already bracing for a backlash
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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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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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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
Pensions remain central issue Positive hints from Eurogroup as IMF calls for more measures..., though, was his statement that in order to achieve a medium-term primary surplus target of 3.5 percent of GDP, Greece needs to take measures in the order of some 4–5 percent of GDP (up to 8.8 billion
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Resignations over EU subsidy scandal deliver new blow to PM, further tarnishing image
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHatsivassileiou, Deputy Rural Development Minister Dionyssis Stamenitis and Deputy Digital Governance Minister Christos Boukoros, as well as the Rural Development Ministry’s general secretary, Giorgos... that the former head of OPEKEPE, Grigoris Varras, twice informed Voridis when he was the rural
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Farmers’ protests escalate as political veterans express concerns about democracy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 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... order, implicitly contrasting his party’s stance with what he described as government complacency
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Outdoor gatherings with hint of protest raise concerns over relaxation of lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicshave attributed a political flavour to the events, there are hints that the evidence of growing... as a government-imposed “law and order” crackdown cloaked in the language of health and safety... earlier than the scheduled date of June 1, in order give an outlet to the crowds congregating in public
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