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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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Tsipras hopes for 'spring' with Russia but brighter days not certain
PoliticsForeign Policyis the lifting of the Russian embargo on Greek agricultural products. Tsipras said in his interview
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Tsipras heads for Russia with specific aims, including halting speculation
PoliticsForeign Policyembargo on Greek agricultural products as Greece is one of the countries suffering economically
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Tsipras makes his point in Moscow but leaves with nothing tangible
PoliticsGreek Politicsat this stage to lift the embargo on Greek agricultural imports, underlining that he could not make
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