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  1. Government on alert again as farming subsidy probe zeroes in on two ex-ministers

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the alleged involvement of two former rural development ministers, reported to be New Democracy’s.... “There was a central mechanism at OPEKEPE and at the (rural development) ministry directing them,” the opposition... that this penalty was for administrative failures is not convincing and called for the current Rural

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  2. Resignations over EU subsidy scandal deliver new blow to PM, further tarnishing image
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Hatsivassileiou, Deputy Rural Development Minister Dionyssis Stamenitis and Deputy Digital Governance Minister Christos Boukoros, as well as the Rural Development Ministry’s general secretary, Giorgos... that the former head of OPEKEPE, Grigoris Varras, twice informed Voridis when he was the rural

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  3. Opposition takes aim at PM's inner circle over subsidy fraud as scandal halts ND rebound

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    payments, 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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  4. ELTA CEO resignation fails to stem political fallout from post office closures

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    voters 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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  5. Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
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    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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  6. Government fails to break deadlock in dispute with farmers as SYRIZA loses MEP
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    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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  7. Ankara springs surprise on Athens with Libya maritime deal

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Mogherini. Cairo and the Parliament of Eastern Libya, which supports commander Khalifa Haftar, have

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  8. Amid lack of communication, overflights add to Greek-Turkish tension
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by Russia, is something that has not gone unnoticed by Greece

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  9. Turkey ramps up rhetoric, Greece strengthens presence at Evros border
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    by Khalifa Haftar. The meeting of the five foreign ministers, and especially their joint declaration which

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  10. Athens assessing lay of land as Cyprus talks approach and UK seeks new role
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    National Army and Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. Menfi has not revealed what kind of stance he

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