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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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Government suffers as farmers vow to continue protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsto intensify their protests and reject dialogue with the government for now. Anger over an error
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PM tries to isolate protesting farmers, dismisses talk of reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicschains disrupted. Speaking to Action24 TV, Mitsotakis acknowledged the anger but argued
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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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Government under fire for failing to block Turkey from EU arms programme
PoliticsGreek Politicsand failing to state its objections clearly. Criticism also came from SYRIZA’s former defence minister
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Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
PoliticsGreek Politicsrisked failing the bailout review by the country’s creditors because of the IMF’s insistence... published in UK daily The Guardian about the global lobbying activities of ride-hailing platform Uber... criticised SYRIZA’s attempts while in government to ban Uber and other ride-hailing platforms, accusing
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