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Newsletter 364 - 23/12/2022
of his sleeve by announcing a shopping bill subsidy for millions of Greek households. The opposition... government will offer households a subsidy for their grocery shopping next year. The 6-month scheme.... The subsidy is due to be funded by a windfall tax on the profits of oil refineries. Mitsotakis presented
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Newsletter 465 - 06/06/2025
turbulence stirred by the farming subsidy scandal while reinforcing New Democracy’s appeal to right-wing... (OPEKEPE), the organisation at the heart of the subsidy scandal. He justified his drastic move... assured that farmers would not face any subsidy payment interruptions during the transition. Despite
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Government vows to recover embezzled subsidies in bid to stem damage from scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto organised farming subsidy fraud, the New Democracy government has pledged to win back the public’s trust... that voters would judge New Democracy on its total record rather than the single issue of the subsidy... optimistic that the poor perception created by the subsidy scandal can be turned around
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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
farming subsidy scandal, Greece’s political spotlight shifted sharply to migration this week... in the farming subsidy fraud. Back home, the fallout prompted an immediate and dramatic policy pivot... as the government faces rising pressure over alleged fraud tied to the OPEKEPE agricultural subsidy
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Grave OPEKEPE claims add to climate of mistrust affecting ND, political system
PoliticsGreek Politicsor regional networks - that triggered large subsidy payments. These arrangements, she said, were not isolated... to the Xylouris family, despite audit red flags. She alleged that one of the subsidy recipients... transparency, accountability, and the political will to reform Greece’s subsidy system. The extent
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Mitsotakis dismisses poll speculation, promises swift housing relief and rural support
PoliticsGreek Politicsas it was revealed that the government has decided to extend the My Home II mortgage-subsidy scheme... commitment to disbursing the basic EU subsidy by the end of November, despite delays linked to the troubled OPEKEPE payment system. He described the overhaul of the subsidy framework as “a difficult
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Government hoping dispute with farmers on way to being resolved as it counts cost of damage
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the majority of the demands being made by the farmers and that delayed subsidy payments, which were one... earlier this year about the scandal involving payments made by subsidy agency OPEKEPE. And, reports... involving the subsidy payments agency and trying to broaden the scope of the parliamentary inquiry
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PM unveils 300 mln support package, pairing economic relief with major defence upgrade
PoliticsGreek Politicsand May, include a subsidy on diesel, a new digital fuel card, support for farmers and a scheme... Fuel Card, usable at petrol stations, public transport and taxis. The average subsidy is estimated... million. Farmers will receive a 15 pct subsidy on fertiliser purchases for April and May
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Newsletter 500 - 27/03/2026
- a diesel subsidy, a revived Digital Fuel Card, support for farmers and compensation for ferry companies... an initial package of €300 million in targeted handouts, including a subsidy on diesel at the pump... on fertilisers, with a 15 percent subsidy, and discounts on ferry tickets. The total package amounts
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For Stournaras, it's out of the frying pan and into the heating oil
PoliticsGreek Politicsstarted to apply. Instead of cutting the tax, Stournaras favours broadening a heating fuel subsidy... oil subsidy from 0.28 euros per liter to 0.34. The report says the letter was sent without
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