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Mitsotakis seeks to appease farmers as they sow grievances on streets of Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsby an outbreak of sheeppox, the government is keen to shore up support among rural voters ahead... to return the dividends of growth to citizens. The government’s rural charm offensive is clearly
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Government pins hopes on payments, OPEKEPE shake-up to stem farmers’ protests
PoliticsGreek Politicssystem tidied up by the end of the year. Rural discontent is just one source of concern... delayed in an attempt to tackle fraud at the troubled OPEKEPE agency by the end of this week. Rural
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Lost decades for Greek incomes tell different story to recovery narrative
EconomyMacroeconomyin cities and 28% in rural areas fall into this category, compared with roughly 10% in EU cities and 6% in rural areas. Housing in Greece is also the most expensive relative to available income. Households
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Newsletter 487 - 05/12/2025
numbers, dominating headlines and exposing the disconnect between government rhetoric and rural realities... ability to bridge the gap between promises of stability and the lived experience of Greece’s rural
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KINAL launches leadership contest to settle internal disquiet ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsnetworks within the party of the veterans that he is standing against, and which ultimately delivered Gennimata her victory the last time around. The third candidate is Haris Kastanidis, a veteran MP
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Ex-minister's jailing a boost for faltering sense of justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was jailed for 20 years on Monday after being found guilty of money laundering. Although the ex-PASOK veteran will serve only a fraction of this sentence, his conviction is notable moment in Greek politics as it is the first time a frontline political
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
Agora, the Acropolis’s shadow virtually touched the luxury apartment the PASOK veteran purchased on Athens’ most
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SYRIZA MP asks: Just how will we find the money?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCritics have levelled the accusation at SYRIZA many times but the party’s veteran MP, Manolis Glezos, has broken new ground by being the first leftist lawmaker to express doubts about just where SYRIZA is going to find the money to fulfil its policy pledges. “People ask me about where we will find
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In clearest statement yet, Tsipras says he'd keep euro
PoliticsGreek Politicsconsumption in Tsipras's Austin speech. Last week, party veteran Manolis Glezos criticized his party
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DIMAR faces struggle to survive in 2014, a year of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the party’s new secretary. It has the appearance of a last throw of the dice by the veteran leftist
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