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Outcome of next vote on prior actions to set tone for political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be completed before August 20, when Greece has to pay a 3.7-billion-euro bond held by the European Central.... There are concerns that this week’s vote may prove more testing because it affects farmers, and MPs from rural... to be held once the agreement has been passed through Parliament. The prospect of going to snap
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Greeks’ mutual mistrust eases, survey indicates
SocietyWhile the percentage of Greeks who say they trust most people has increased in recent years, Greeks... survey on social capital has found. In the twelve years since a similar survey was conducted, Public... percent with a lower education), urban dwellers (22 percent compared to 16 percent for rural dwellers
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Second lockdown extension as Covid-19 infections remain high
PoliticsGreek Politicsand several of Greece’s northern regions, while a slight increase in recorded cases in Athens has... concern about the spread of the virus in surrounding rural areas and within households. According.... The prospect of reopening any commercial activity has been greeted with consternation by frontline
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Minister stresses limits on hospital resources as Covid rates continue to rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsa slightly different tack to that taken to vaccination so far which has tended to emphasise personal... of the population has been vaccinated, and these largely correspond to the areas currently experiencing pressure on the hospitals and high death rates. The situation is most pronounced in the rural north
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ND attempts to shield itself from OPEKEPE fallout, further Tempe pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicscrash, Greece’s deadliest rail disaster. PASOK has already submitted its suggestion, calling..., particularly populist Course of Freedom whose support has surged since the start of the year due to its focus... in the country’s history. He also argued that the previous Rural Development Minister, Makis
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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... other areas where the administration has delivered on its promise to clean up public life where its... into the evidence for possible criminal involvement by two former rural development ministers, Makis
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Temperature rises for Mitsotakis administration as investigations progress, with more to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsa motion calling for the two former rural development ministers from the ruling New Democracy party... deciding its own stance. Until now, it has been suggested that ND would prefer a broader and less... regarding the country’s deadliest train crash. However, the fact that the OPEKEPE scandal has also
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PM gives ESY clean bill of health, prompting opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith many Greeks still on their summer holidays, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has taken to social media to talk up the success of the evaluation process his government has overseen... and regional clinics has driven burnout among medical professionals and regular service disruptions
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Faltering relationship with farmers a sign of wider concerns for government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras has been forced to deny rumours that he is considering... which affects their sector. Tsiaras issued a statement on Thursday insisting that he has no plans... that the agricultural sector has a clear grievance with the government – namely the apparently corrupt use
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Greek household expenditure falls by another 2.5 pct in 2016
Societythat at current price levels, average monthly expenditure on goods and services has fallen by 28.8... was in food (-17.3 percent). Since 2008, an increase has been recorded in the percentage of income... years, the increase against the average monthly expenditure was 49.7 percent. Households in rural
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