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OPEKEPE inquiry sparks new political clash as despondent public looks on
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farming subsidy scandal has been thrown into turmoil, with the government being accused by the opposition of ensuring that a key witness Giorgos Xylouris – a Cretan farmer and former New Democracy member nicknamed “Frappé” - will not testify. His refusal
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Government pins hopes on payments, OPEKEPE shake-up to stem farmers’ protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a general effort to improve public services. They face an uphill struggle, however, as farmer’s demands
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Labour agreement hailed by government as restoration of pre-crisis rights
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy candidate dubbed the “Ferrari farmer” enraged opposition lawmakers on the committee by denying
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Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025
“Ferrari farmer” denying knowledge of millions in family assets, to witnesses claiming repeated
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Dispute with farmers set to escalate as government offer rejected by holdouts
PoliticsGreek Politics-Mercosur trade agreement, which emerged as a key issue during the farmer’s protests. On Tuesday
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Company closures dropped sharply during the pandemic
EconomyFeaturesand retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” which saw 8,082 closures. While that may seem... actually dropped 18.9 percent. In fact, only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which saw an increase of 26.4 percent
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis
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Wages index edges up YoY in Q1 after sinking by 24.8 pct since 2010
EconomyMacroeconomybeaten by that of Cyprus (-7.9 percent). In addition, Greece and Cyprus are the only two countries
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