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Opposition takes aim at PM's inner circle over subsidy fraud as scandal halts ND rebound
PoliticsGreek Politicspayments, 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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Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicsserved 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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ELTA CEO resignation fails to stem political fallout from post office closures
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters 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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Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
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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Farmers’ protests escalate as political veterans express concerns about democracy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 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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Government fails to break deadlock in dispute with farmers as SYRIZA loses MEP
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Wednesday, Deputy PM Kostis Hatzidakis and Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras tabled a package... turned its back on producers and rural communities, while accusing the government of using divisive... from several blockades across the country had written to the rural affairs minister to request
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Farmers threaten more action after inconclusive meeting as Karystianou courts controversy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDecember, reflects deeper strains in Greece’s rural economy. Rising fuel and electricity prices have... become a flashpoint. For Mitsotakis, the timing is delicate. With elections approaching, rural discontent.... For the government, limiting concessions preserves credibility but risks alienating rural voters
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Study calls for sweeping reform of Greek healthcare system
Societyidentified including an absence of organised primary health care, a lack of modern units, limited use... efficient and flexible. As a legal entity, the health system would be required to adopt modern accounting practices and modern administrative organisation, publish balance sheets and monitor the quality
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Worsening EU-Russia ties leave Greek coalition in precarious position
PoliticsForeign Policy, the funds from the EU are unlikely to make up entirely for the damage done by the embargo. Greece exported
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Is there (sustainable) growth in Greece?
Agoraof its strawberry exports. The Russian embargo contributed to a 1.8 percent decline in fruit
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