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  1. ND braces for rural backlash to OPEKEPE scandal as law and order initiatives take centre stage

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , as mounting discontent over the OPEKEPE scandal and the government’s handling of rural affairs... focus back on law and order in a bid to win back disaffected conservative voters. Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras is set to meet New Democracy deputies from rural constituencies today

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  2. New Democracy losing grip on regions as farmers’ protests highlight rural frustration
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    numbers of voters in rural areas. Footage of the visit show the PM’s convoy being diverted along farm... in rural areas, where anger is boiling over of the misappropriation of farm subsidies, combined... the mood, which has grown increasingly restive as rural voters complained of being condemned

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  3. Mitsotakis dismisses poll speculation, promises swift housing relief and rural support
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    rural unrest and the government’s handling of agricultural subsidies. Mitsotakis reiterated his

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  4. Grave OPEKEPE claims add to climate of mistrust affecting ND, political system
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that political leaders, including former rural development ministers Giorgos Georgantas and Lefteris Avgenakis, were aware of her findings. She also accused the current Rural Development Minister Kostas.... Her testimony implicated former vice president Kyriakos Babassidis in efforts to unblock payments

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  5. Government tries to shake off OPEKEPE stigma as PASOK struggles to make gains
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    subsidies destined for Greek farmers was also evident in the statement issued by former rural development... pressure on Tycheropoulou to unblock subsidy payments to some recipients, the former OPEKEPE official

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  6. OPEKEPE scandal remains sore point for government despite wayward inquiry

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . This vendor fragmentation meant no single authority could guarantee data integrity when processing billions in EU subsidies. He recounted daily briefings to current Rural Development Minister Kostas

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  7. Newsletter 478 - 03/10/2025

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    Karamanlis and former rural development ministers Lefteris Avgenakis and Makis Voridis. Kövesi’s blunt... to a near two-year low amid vendor discounting. Firms raised selling prices modestly, with one

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  8. Greece and Albania seek to leave Beleri case behind in 2024 after year of turmoil

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    up his duties.” Albanian Foreign Minister Igli Hasani admitted last week that “there are negotiations, ideas, and commitments from both sides to find a solution.” Hasani denied that Tirana and Athens

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  9. Greek pensions laid bare
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    Agora

    pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since

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  10. Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    (Monastiri). Greece also values the fact that 3 million people from FYROM visited Greece

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