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  1. ELSTAT survey finds 2013 household budgets devastated, inequality persists
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    Society

    in the rural than the urban areas. The average monthly expenditure in the urban areas fell 7.1 percent in 2013 and 28.6 percent since 2009. In contrast, the figures for the rural areas posted almost the half... is consistently above that in rural areas, yet the deviation significantly narrowed over the past

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  2. Government on alert again as farming subsidy probe zeroes in on two ex-ministers

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the alleged involvement of two former rural development ministers, reported to be New Democracy’s.... “There was a central mechanism at OPEKEPE and at the (rural development) ministry directing them,” the opposition... that this penalty was for administrative failures is not convincing and called for the current Rural

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  3. Resignations over EU subsidy scandal deliver new blow to PM, further tarnishing image
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Hatsivassileiou, Deputy Rural Development Minister Dionyssis Stamenitis and Deputy Digital Governance Minister Christos Boukoros, as well as the Rural Development Ministry’s general secretary, Giorgos... that the former head of OPEKEPE, Grigoris Varras, twice informed Voridis when he was the rural

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  4. Opposition takes aim at PM's inner circle over subsidy fraud as scandal halts ND rebound

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    payments, it has emerged that the instruction was overridden a few months later when a new rural... the high turnover at the top of the organisation and in the rural development ministry which oversees... appears in the EPPO file to have warned the then minister of rural development Makis Voridis

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  5. Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    served at the Rural Development Ministry during the 2019-2024 period investigated by the European... OPEKEPE officials allegedly colluded with representatives of the Rural Development Ministry... of the responsibility for the matter, 87 pct say that rural development ministers should be held

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  6. ELTA CEO resignation fails to stem political fallout from post office closures

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    voters have been complaining about rural abandonment. Rural voters say that this is the latest... sensitive time. Deputies from rural constituencies have been at the sharp end of complaints from voters over

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  7. Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , exposing the fragility of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s rural compact and fuelling opposition... to 363 million euros, down from 476 million last year. The Ministry of Rural Development and Food... with rural realities. Farmers represent a powerful social group, and their mobilisation threatens

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  8. Farmers’ protests escalate as political veterans express concerns about democracy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the depth of rural anger and placed fresh pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration..., while opposition parties are eager to amplify rural grievances. For now, the farmers’ mobilisation... the spectre of democratic erosion at a time when the government is already under pressure from rural unrest

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  9. Revenues at 4.77 bln in Oct, beating target for fourth straight month

    Economy

    estimates a gg primary surplus of 812 million (0.4 percent of GDP) in 2013, higher than the initially

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  10. Greek primary surplus at 400 mln to Oct but arrears keep piling up

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    EAP terms and comparable to the government’s estimate of 812 million for the whole year 2013

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