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ELTA CEO resignation fails to stem political fallout from post office closures
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters 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... for the organisation’s management. PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis accused New Democracy of “devaluing ELTA and using
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Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
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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Government fails to break deadlock in dispute with farmers as SYRIZA loses MEP
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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Newsletter 443 - 29/11/2024
in cities and just over 24 pct in rural areas. Denmark follows Greece with similar figures in cities... and under 7 pct for rural areas. Looking at the housing costs as part of disposable income, Greece... by launching an attack on the government over its handling of the economy. PASOK leader Nikos
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Opposition pledges to continue pursuing OPEKEPE scandal as new evidence emerges
PoliticsGreek Politicsin 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... in the polls in the run-up to the 2027 elections. PASOK rumblings While PASOK president Nikos Androulakis
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Pandemic surge creates fresh political and economic doubts
PoliticsGreek Politicsfigures and influencers, to convince more Greeks to get the jab. For the time being, the increase... that are not abiding by the rules. This was followed by Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos... advising the government. Epidemiologist Nikos Sipsas suggested in a TV interview that the panel had
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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... to give the issue maximum prominence when leader Nikos Androulakis explained the party’s position via
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PASOK pushes for answers over farm subsidy scandal as ND maintains poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politics’s Institutions and Transparency Committee asking for the seven last rural development ministers (5... at the agency stretch back many years and that there is no evidence that any of its rural.... Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis also suggested that Prime Minister
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Top EU prosecutor lambasts anti-corruption efforts, calls for reform to bring ex-ministers to justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKaramanlis and former rural development ministers Lefteris Avgenakis and Makis Voridis. Kövesi’s blunt... the former rural affairs minister Lefteris Avgenakis, one of the politicians named in the EPPO file, testified that he had been subjected to political pressure by Avgenakis and the PM’s office. Nikos
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Predatorgate and OPEKEPE offer opposition ammunition amid deteriorating public sentiment
PoliticsGreek Politicsaltogether has also been hinted at by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Rural Affairs Minister Kostas... are stoking discontent in rural areas, with farmers accusing the government of neglecting the sector, while... Greek law. Nikos Androulakis, the PASOK leader whose testimony in 2022 that he had been targeted
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