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Tsipras keeps IMF waiting, turns focus to MPs and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he is pushing as hard as he can for an agreement that is as painless as possible. SYRIZA MPs
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Athens in quandary over IMF as Fund's role in bailout is firmed up
PoliticsGreek Politicsare relatively painless, such as a levy on gambling, to achieve the targets. At the same time
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Out with the old, in with the old
Agoraup by the unsubstantiated promises that another viable (and painless) option to the bailout
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Third review seen taking longer than Athens had hoped
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the reasons it was expected to be a relatively swift and painless process was that no new fiscal measures
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agoraalternatives to the EU-IMF scheme, promising a relatively painless way out of the crisis and a quick
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Fresh inquiry looms as file on farming subsidy investigation reaches Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsemerged so far from the 3,000-page file confirms earlier reports that two former rural development... payments scandal over the coming months. The Rural Development Ministry is already bracing for a backlash..., this concerns 2.9 million euros handed out for fraudulently declared livestock. Rural Development Minister
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Newsletter 482 - 31/10/2025
familiar: Stalled subsidy payments, rising rural anger, fraying unity inside New Democracy, and a centre... and historic compensation delays has pushed the traditionally conservative-voting rural community... ministers implicated in the probes — former rural development minister Lefteris Avgenakis and Makis
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Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025
% of mail are now delivered directly to homes. Internal and rural discontent Yet the rollout... chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. MPs from rural constituencies were particularly... tensions in rural Greece, where delays in agricultural subsidies and the ongoing sheep pox crisis have
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Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025
PoliticsMitsotakis bets on energy diplomacy and rural outreachPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... at Alexandroupoli airport. Local media described the scene as emblematic of rural frustration, where anger... for natural disasters. Yet his assurances failed to calm the mood. Rural voters feel increasingly abandoned
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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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