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Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025
over delayed subsidies and the OPEKEPE payments scandal threatens to boil over. Rural Development... no sign of fading, and risks eroding the government’s credibility among rural voters. Labour deal...% of households in cities and 28% in rural areas fall into this category, compared with roughly 10% in EU cities
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Farmers anger resonates with public as government struggles to resolve dispute
PoliticsGreek Politicssolutions to support rural communities. While the MPs did not break with the party line... to deliver tangible relief to rural Greece but also to maintain cohesion within his party. What began..., internal critics and rural communities are all vying to shape the narrative. Opinion poll Against
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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsof farmers who have turned against the government in rural constituencies. Feeling the heat from among its... a resolution over the coming days. In a marathon meeting on Wednesday, MPs from rural districts vented their frustration to Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras and the officials tasked
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Budget passed as govt pins hopes on vaccine rollout to get economy on track
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Greeks. Greece is due to receive 5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 3.5 million of the jab... indicating that they will either not get the jab or will wait a few months before deciding. Along
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Newsletter 278 -14/12/2020
vaccine and 3.5 million of the jab developed by Moderna. Kikilias said the vaccines will be stored... half of respondents indicating that they will either not get the jab or will wait a few months before
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Attention turns to economic activity, support measures as Covid-19 vaccine rollout begins
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece launched its Covid-19 vaccination programme on Sunday, when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was among the first to receive the jab, but doubts remain about the next steps in the government... will see medical personnel and care home residents receive the jab, before other vulnerable groups
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PM mulling reshuffle to get political project back on track in 2021
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials are jumping the queue to get the jab ahead of frontline staff. Left-leaning Efimerida ton... that vaccinations for doctors and nurses were postponed so that political personnel could get the jab
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Govt concerned by virus mutations, encouraged by increase in vaccination rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the past few days. As of Saturday, more than 230,000 Greeks had received at least the first jab... vaccination rate, as measured per 100 people who have received the jab, stands just below the EU average
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Govt counts fiscal cost as Greece heads for lockdown extension
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the jab. The overall figures places Greece in the upper echelon of EU member states in terms... received the jab. In the meantime, Greece continues to be at the forefront of calling for simpler
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Govt hopes opening of cafes and bars marks next step in return to normality
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be shunning the AZ jab because of health concerns, while the vaccination rate among older Greeks.... Around 2.1 million have received at least the first jab. This is equivalent to around 20% of the Greek
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