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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
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Hoping to continue poll recovery, PM tries to put lid on subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsdisagree with this stance, arguing that all five of the New Democracy officials who have served as Rural... offences. On Saturday, ANT-1 TV revealed that in 2019, the then Rural Development Minister Makis
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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
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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
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Grave OPEKEPE claims add to climate of mistrust affecting ND, political system
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat political leaders, including former rural development ministers Giorgos Georgantas and Lefteris Avgenakis, were aware of her findings. She also accused the current Rural Development Minister Kostas
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Mitsotakis seeks to appease farmers as they sow grievances on streets of Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsby an outbreak of sheeppox, the government is keen to shore up support among rural voters ahead... to return the dividends of growth to citizens. The government’s rural charm offensive is clearly
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Government pins hopes on payments, OPEKEPE shake-up to stem farmers’ protests
PoliticsGreek Politicssystem tidied up by the end of the year. Rural discontent is just one source of concern... delayed in an attempt to tackle fraud at the troubled OPEKEPE agency by the end of this week. Rural
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Lost decades for Greek incomes tell different story to recovery narrative
EconomyMacroeconomyin cities and 28% in rural areas fall into this category, compared with roughly 10% in EU cities and 6% in rural areas. Housing in Greece is also the most expensive relative to available income. Households
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PM stands firm on festive blockades as farmers demand policies, not policing
PoliticsGreek Politicsto highlight perceived shortcomings in the government’s economic and rural policy. Farmers have also... Greece’s urban policymakers and its rural communities.
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GDP grows by 0.1 pct in Q4, up by 1.4 pct in 2017
EconomyMacroeconomythe quarter. ELSTAT also released a first estimate of the overall GDP figure for 2017, showing that it grew... the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) final budget estimate of 1.6 percent. This was driven largely by a 15.7... in November 2017. For 2018, the MoF revised upwards the growth estimate to 2.5 percent from 2.4 percent
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