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

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

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    the prime minister listed the improvements to the pay of pensioners, national health service doctors..., while some rural districts will lose seats as a result of dwindling population. Three seats will also

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  4. U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
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    modernisation. Guam, in his words, is a linchpin for success, and collaboration with Japan will pay... a divorce. And, of course, there’s Elon Musk who views China as a key market for his Tesla company... close advisors and business intermediaries, such as Elon Musk. They argue that the threat of high

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  5. 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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  6. Greek pensions laid bare
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    as a benefit for low-income pensioners rather than retirement pay, reached 721 million euros last year... assets do not have the capacity to support the retirement pay under any type of asset management... pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly

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  7. PASOK-KINAL emerges reunited from first conference under Androulakis leadership
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    . In keeping with his strategy of guardedness, the PASOK-KINAL leader offered no further hints...-and-white rising sun logo which had accompanied the party to its past electoral victories. In a further nod

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  8. 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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  9. Government commits to uniformed personnel pay rises amid clamour for higher incomes

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    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been forced to commit to pay rises for all uniformed..., coast guard and fire service to be awarded more pay following the recent announcement of wage... that more pay increases would be announced in due course but “under the right conditions and at the right

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  10. Stournaras in firing line for arguing Greeks can pay more taxes
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    and indirect taxes should increase, in fact what he meant was that Greeks as a whole do not pay enough tax. He... had already been done. His original comment was interpreted as a suggestion that Greeks should pay... Antonis Samaras described 2013 as the worst year on record in terms of the taxes Greeks had to pay

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