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    <copyright>MacroPolis 2013</copyright>
    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:18:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Democracy losing grip on regions as farmers’ protests highlight rural frustration</title>
      <link>https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.greek-politics.15552</link>
      <description>numbers of voters in &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; areas. Footage of the visit show the PM’s convoy being diverted along farm... in &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; areas, where anger is boiling over of the misappropriation of farm subsidies, combined... the mood, which has grown increasingly restive as &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; voters complained of being condemned</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ND braces for rural backlash to OPEKEPE scandal as law and order initiatives take centre stage</title>
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      <description>, as mounting discontent over the OPEKEPE scandal and the government’s handling of &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; affairs... focus back on law and order in a bid to win back disaffected conservative voters. &lt;strong&gt;Rural&lt;/strong&gt; Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras is set to meet New Democracy deputies from &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; constituencies today</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mitsotakis dismisses poll speculation, promises swift housing relief and rural support</title>
      <link>https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.greek-politics.15566</link>
      <description>&lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; unrest and the government’s handling of agricultural subsidies. Mitsotakis reiterated his</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 07:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2025-11-18T07:38:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again</title>
      <link>https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.the-agora.646</link>
      <description>of the Golden Dawn party, including parliamentary deputies and party leader &lt;strong&gt;Nikos&lt;/strong&gt; Michaloliakos... leader &lt;strong&gt;Nikos&lt;/strong&gt; Michaloliakos and two senior lawmakers were put behind bars pending trial on charges... as spring boards – a model seen at work in Antwerp, the base of Belgium's far right Vlaams &lt;strong&gt;Belang&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-11-25T11:22:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Greece seeks better relations with Albania as wariness of Turkey grows</title>
      <link>https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.foreign-policy.6876</link>
      <description>and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The same argument was used by Foreign Minister &lt;strong&gt;Nikos&lt;/strong&gt;... described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a “&lt;strong&gt;sultan&lt;/strong&gt;.” He also tried to distance himself... over the last five months on bilateral issues. Foreign Minister &lt;strong&gt;Nikos&lt;/strong&gt; Kotzias visited Tirana last week</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Soldiers' ongoing detention troubles Tsipras, riles Kammenos</title>
      <link>https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.greek-politics.6867</link>
      <description>president operates like a “&lt;strong&gt;sultan&lt;/strong&gt;.” Both comments seem to be an indication of the frustration...) are also at odds over the Macedonia name issue. Foreign Minister &lt;strong&gt;Nikos&lt;/strong&gt; Kotzias began on Monday briefing</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 13:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2018-04-03T13:51:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Sustained friction with Turkey reveals differing views, approaches in Athens</title>
      <link>https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.foreign-policy.6914</link>
      <description>.” "In a country where justice does not work properly and courts operate under the &lt;strong&gt;Sultan's&lt;/strong&gt; order... are something that Foreign Minister &lt;strong&gt;Nikos&lt;/strong&gt; Kotzias indirectly admitted during a recent interview with German</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 07:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2018-04-12T07:45:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Newsletter 482 - 31/10/2025</title>
      <link>https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.newsletters.15525</link>
      <description>familiar: Stalled subsidy payments, rising &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; anger, fraying unity inside New Democracy, and a centre... and historic compensation delays has pushed the traditionally conservative-voting &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; community... ministers implicated in the probes — former &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; development minister Lefteris Avgenakis and Makis</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Newsletter 483 - 07/11/2025</title>
      <link>https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.newsletters.15541</link>
      <description>% of mail are now delivered directly to homes. Internal and &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; discontent Yet the rollout... chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. MPs from &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; constituencies were particularly... tensions in &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; Greece, where delays in agricultural subsidies and the ongoing sheep pox crisis have</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025</title>
      <link>https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.newsletters.15558</link>
      <description>PoliticsMitsotakis bets on energy diplomacy and &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; outreachPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... at Alexandroupoli airport. Local media described the scene as emblematic of &lt;strong&gt;rural&lt;/strong&gt; frustration, where anger... for natural disasters. Yet his assurances failed to calm the mood. &lt;strong&gt;Rural&lt;/strong&gt; voters feel increasingly abandoned</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2025-11-14T11:12:00Z</dc:date>
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