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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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Philip Roth's words of caution
Agorain 1940 and a wave of anti-Semitism and ultra-nationalism sweeps the country. Published in 2004... that both contained a single word - “Why?” – the conservative politician tweeted that “anti-Semitism... disrespect to my Jewish compatriots” and apologised to Greek Jews. “I firmly believe that anti-Semitism
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A summit of little substance
Agoraon the outcome of the European Parliament elections next May. The chances are high that anti-EU, anti-euro, anti-immigrant, and/or anti-establishment/elitist parties or movements will generally do well... with, and the climate within, the Parliament. Even more importantly, the success of ‘anti-parties’ could have
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Stalling vaccination campaign, protests raise concerns on health and political fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a combination of vaccine hesitancy and an increasingly active anti-vaccination front. Monday’s regular... the emergence of an organised anti-vaccination movement. Commenting on the events, the head of the National Vaccination Committee Professor Maria Theodoridou said that “we are talking about anti-vaxxers
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Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the streets. Wednesday saw the first mass anti-vax rallies in Greece, with police estimating..., including at the recent anti-labour law rallies, they also mark a scaling-up from the much smaller-scale anti-lockdown and anti-mask demonstrations which took place during the lockdown, while the presence
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Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policy. Central among them is the development of “Achilles’ Shield,” an integrated anti‑drone, anti‑aircraft and anti‑ballistic defence system. The unusually rapid approval process - swift parliamentary... of the anti‑drone, anti‑aircraft and anti‑ballistic ‘shield’ of our country… marking the transition to a new
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Is the Greek coalition about to cry over fresh milk?
PoliticsGreek Politicsindicated they are not prepared to vote for the new legislation. The lawmakers come from rural... will be found, as the government has done in the past when it was threatened by a rebellion from rural
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