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Government on alert again as farming subsidy probe zeroes in on two ex-ministers The government had been hoping that Wednesday’s vote in Parliament on the preliminary inquiry into former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis over the Tempe affair would provide the ruling conservatives with some breathing space but they are now facing the possibility of two other ministers being probed in connection to a farming subsidy scandal.
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Tempe and subsidy scandal back in spotlight as MPs prepare to vote on latest probe Tension is building ahead of Wednesday’s vote in Parliament on the proposed preliminary inquiries into the possible culpability of former transport ministers in the Tempe train crash.
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Hoping to continue poll recovery, PM tries to put lid on subsidy scandal Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has defended his decision to shut down the organisation at the centre of the farming subsidy scandal that has put his government in an uncomfortable spot at a time when it is trying to focus on rebuilding its commanding position in the opinion polls.
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PASOK pushes for answers over farm subsidy scandal as ND maintains poll lead The scandal involving allegedly fraudulent farming subsidies does not appear to be an issue that the government will be able to easily sweep under the carpet. It is also coming under scrutiny at a time when New Democracy had started to recover some of the popularity it lost earlier this year.
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ND courts voters with hardline migration bill as pressure grows over farming subsidy scandal The government yesterday announced a tightening of the migration framework, among a series of reforms which it hopes will move the agenda on from the farming subsidy scandal.
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Government under fire for failing to block Turkey from EU arms programme Opposition parties are accusing the government of a foreign policy fiasco after it failed to veto a potential role for Turkey in the EU defence procurement package. The accusations come after PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis suggested that Greece would seek concessions from Turkey in order to support its inclusion in the programme.
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ND attempts to shield itself from OPEKEPE fallout, further Tempe pressure The government and the opposition are at odds over the direction in which the Tempe inquiry should go, as well as the handling of the corruption scandal involving the Greek Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aids (OPEKEPE).
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ND tries to contain farm payments scandal as leftists disagree over Tempe inquiry The government is trying to take steps to contain the scandal involving alleged fraud over payments to farmers, which gained attention last week when the headquarters of the Greek Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aids (OPEKEPE) were raided last week.
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Opposition calls on PM to change tack over Gaza as ND faces new corruption probe Opposition parties are putting pressure on the Greek government to shift its position vis-à-vis Israel as the international community begins to harden its stance on the war in Gaza.
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ND throws weight behind pursuit of whistleblowers, prompting SYRIZA backlash The government seems intent on supporting efforts to reveal the identity of the whistleblowers who gave evidence shedding light on the Novartis scandal, which was also at the heart of a major political clash in Greece.