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Newsletter 469 - 04/07/2025
that knowledge of the scandal reached upper government tiers earlier than acknowledged. Additional memos... Avgenakis took over as Rural Development Minister. Evidence increasingly points to direct ties between
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Parties line up for second day in OPEKEPE debate as rivals accuse PM of cover-up
PoliticsGreek Politicsformer rural development ministers Makis Voridis and Lefteris Avgenakis, their proposers argue that a preliminary inquiry is the appropriate tool for handling the case referred by EPPO, rather than... signalled that government lawmakers will abstain en masse from the votes because of what they see
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PM gives ESY clean bill of health, prompting opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek Politicsof total health spending, which is more than double the EU average of 14.3 percent. The gap... units and embedding family doctor schemes; accelerating recruitment with adding incentives for rural
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Newsletter 478 - 03/10/2025
Karamanlis and former rural development ministers Lefteris Avgenakis and Makis Voridis. Kövesi’s blunt... started picking up. FDI in real estate went from less than 100 million euros per quarter during 2017
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Government tries to shake off OPEKEPE stigma as PASOK struggles to make gains
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan being a matter of political corruption. This pushback by the government against the accusations... subsidies destined for Greek farmers was also evident in the statement issued by former rural development
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Post Office branch closures spark internal revolt in ND as voter scepticism grows
PoliticsGreek Politics. “The country isn’t a corporation,” said Katsaniotis, echoing concerns that rural communities are being left... the most striking figure is the 21.5 pct of respondents who remain undecided. This figure is higher than
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Government unveils 2026 reform agenda as Karystianou party continues to shake up politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor moving to rural areas are a 10,000-euro relocation bonus which has been piloted for the Evros border... Karystianou could muster a support level of up to 31 percent, significantly higher than established
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Farmers roll back into Athens as government fails to resolve long-running dispute
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government is managing the crisis rather than solving it. For New Democracy, the prospect of renewed mobilisation is politically sensitive. Rural voters have long been a core part of the party’s
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The main political scenarios ahead for Greece should it reach a deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsand weeks. The first problem that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will face is to convince his ministers... decision” rather than technocratic talks was needed to settle the Greek issue. Tsipras has... for no more elevated a political discussion than Greece’s bailout program being debated
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Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015
than 15 November”. Although current estimates point to a lower level of official sector participation than the already disbursed first bank-related tranche of 10 billion, it is clear... into the party to freshen it up. However, Tzitzikostas, who at 37 is 10 years younger than Mitsotakis
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