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New Democracy losing grip on regions as farmers’ protests highlight rural frustration
PoliticsGreek Politicsin rural areas, where anger is boiling over of the misappropriation of farm subsidies, combined
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Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025
at Alexandroupoli airport. Local media described the scene as emblematic of rural frustration, where anger
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OPEKEPE inquiry sparks new political clash as despondent public looks on
PoliticsGreek Politicsbelieve new parties are needed because existing ones fail to meet citizens’ needs. Anger over
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Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
PoliticsGreek Politicsescalation. Underlying the anger are structural issues that go beyond the immediate cash flow
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Farmers’ fury grows as government scrambles for response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s farmers are intensifying their mobilisation, choking highways and border crossings with tractors as anger over subsidies and systemic dysfunction boils over, prompting the government to search for ways to quell the protests. What began as scattered blockades has now evolved
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Newsletter 487 - 05/12/2025
of the anger lies the scandal at OPEKEPE, the farm payments agency. Advance subsidies this year fell sharply
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
developments have left Mitsotakis facing a multifaceted crisis: mounting rural anger, internal dissent
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Farmers and government edge towards dialogue after weeks of escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe farmers’ anger at rising production costs and what they see as inadequate government support. The protests
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Athens walks tightrope as Trump rattles transatlantic ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyAleksandr Lukashenko, raising further questions about legitimacy. A rejection would anger Trump
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Newsletter 494 - 13/02/2026
, Mitsotakis has been grappling with a more combustible problem: the simmering anger of farmers
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