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

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  4. Greece's post-lockdown hubris
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    Agora

    any hints to passengers and passers-by of the exceptional circumstances. Signage in parks... by the task at hand, it is impossible not to link the catalogue of unforced errors in the government’s

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  5. Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025

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    week has been dominated by payouts, protests and a memoir that hints at comeback. Prime Minister... 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

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  6. Eurogroup agrees return of mission to Athens but key issues unresolved
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    There were few hints following the Eurogroup on the two other areas of interest for Greece: Lowering...Monday’s Eurogroup culminated in an agreement for the institutions to return to Athens... as Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, ahead of the eurozone finance ministers’ gathering in Brussels

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  7. Tsipras readjusts expectations for crucial Eurogroup
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    more hints regarding what he might consider an acceptable compromise. He said that any agreement...The Greek government’s expectations ahead of the June 15 Eurogroup remain the subject of much... it as a ramping up of pressure on the creditors to tweak the proposal tabled at the May 22 Eurogroup so

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  8. PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come

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    , while some rural districts will lose seats as a result of dwindling population. Three seats will also

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  9. Eurogroup grants short-term debt relief but leaves Athens fretting over fiscal targets and IMF
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    EconomyProgramme

    points over the decades to come, the Eurogoup’s position on the medium-term fiscal targets...Monday’s Eurogroup concluded with eurozone finance ministers agreeing to the short-term debt relief... at the Eurogroup was the format of short-term debt relief measures, which will consist of the smoothening

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  10. IMF comments, blog leave no doubt credible debt relief has to be agreed soon
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    ’s perspective on dealing with sovereign debt. The article is written by Sean Hagan, general Counsel... of Research and Poul Thomsen, Director of IMF’s European Department. A few days after Monday’s Eurogroup... reforms and credible measures, while last May’s Eurogroup decisions on medium-term debt relief

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