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Education dispute opens up new front for coalition at sensitive time
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlready plagued by a series of problems, the government has found itself fighting on another front... of sending children to study in other cities. But student groups and representatives of rural.... The university said that it has received 2,500 applications for transfers. Security checks Another
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Omnibus bill prompts no more than rumblings of discontent from coalition MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe submission of the draft law containing the first set of measures Greece has to pass to receive further bailout funding has prompted some disquiet within the government but not to the level... in July. MPs representing rural areas also expressed concern about changes to farmers’ taxation
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Government focuses on cost of living and farming as polls confirm strong lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe score board, far-right Greek Solution has overtaken Communist Party KKE to garner 7.8 pct... but have also supported protests by farmers and have built a strong base among conservative rural... support, which the government has warned it cannot afford, protection of domestic products from unfair
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Mitsotakis underlines support for MEP Beleri as field for PASOK leadership vote widens
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Fredi Beleri, the ethnic Greek politician whose imprisonment has been at the heart of an ongoing... supporters. Mitsotakis’s decision to add Beleri, who has a previous conviction for arms smuggling... for membership but that it would have to live up to the commitments it has made to the EU. Later, Beleri
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OECD report underlines sobering reality of economic recovery
EconomyMacroeconomyat the Paris-based think-tank a few days ago. The report has limitations as the latest available data... the 2010 levels, highlighting that no ground has been recovered since the debt crisis as an already... areas and one in three in rural areas live at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Price levels
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Newsletter 469 - 04/07/2025
, centered on the Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid (OPEKEPE), has... parties are resisting this narrative. PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has called for a judicial... Avgenakis took over as Rural Development Minister. Evidence increasingly points to direct ties between
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Newsletter 471 - 18/07/2025
, the ruling party has proposed a sweeping parliamentary investigation covering subsidy misuse dating... parliamentary committee has ignited controversy for three key reasons: it avoids a preliminary judicial inquiry... or administrations are excluded. He pointed to the €2.7 billion in fines Greece has incurred from
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OPEKEPE scandal remains sore point for government despite wayward inquiry
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough the government has tried to deflect attention from its responsibility for the OPEKEPE farm..., and several of the ruling party's MPs, to the multi-million scandal. The inquiry has just begun... billions in EU subsidies. He recounted daily briefings to current Rural Development Minister Kostas
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Government warned to brace for repercussions of farm payments clean-up
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras to offer reassurance has not had the desired calming effect... at the payments agency. PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has defended his decision to transfer... intervention was necessary in order to make a “clean start”. The prime minister has been under pressure
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PM’s rivals rally to farmers’ cause as protests continue across country
PoliticsGreek Politics. The crisis also highlights broader themes in Greek politics. Rural discontent has long been a potent...The confrontation between Greece’s government and protesting farmers has become the dominant theme... the government’s appeal for patience has been met with scepticism, not only from opposition parties but also
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