Lefteris Avgenakis

A statement explaining his behavior towards a worker at the airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” was issued on Wednesday morning by the MP and former minister of the Southwest, Lefteris Avgenakis, after the video came to light.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sought to rekindle his center-right government's spark with a reshuffle on Friday, excluding 11 members.

The move, which came amid a persistent cost-of-living crisis and a disappointing showing in the European Parliament election, also showed intent to demonstrate policy consistency with the foreign and finance ministers keeping their places.

The new regulation for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023-2027 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, introducing changes to the standards for Good Agricultural and Environmental Practices, which took effect on Saturday.

The 3rd Cretan Products Forum opened on Friday at the Helexpo exhibition center in Maroussi, northern Athens, with Rural Development and Food Minister Lefteris Avgenakis stating that "our ultimate goal is for Cretan products to conquer the world."

Food sufficiency and the climate crisis are the issues that will concern governments and international organizations, Minister of Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis said on Friday speaking at the 10th GAIA Business Conference, held in Kalamata.

Greece's minister of rural development and food, Lefteris Avgenakis, is visiting Beijing, from Monday until Thursday.

The Greek minister will have the opportunity to discuss, in meetings with government officials of the People's Republic of China, issues of common interest and mainly the promotion of Greece's primary sector exports to China.

As the Greek economy grows, so does the state's degree of flexibility for supporting the primary sector, Minister of Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis said on Wednesday in his message to the conference of the Panhellenic Association of Exporters on the topic "The Growing Extroversion of the Greek Economy."

Τhe decisions of the EU member states regarding changes in the regulations of the Common Agriculture Policy are a good development, but not enough to alleviate the farmers' concerns of farmers, said Rural Development and Food Minister Lefteris Avgenakis in an interview with state broadcaster ERT.

Europe's actions do not respond to the problems of farmers, Rural Development and Food Minister Lefteris Avgenakis said on Tuesday, adding that Greece is determined to act with all its "powers," in order to fix as many issues as possible in the current CAP 2023-2027 before the European elections.

"As long as the Common Agricultural Policy does not change, no country will be able to absorb 100% of the resources it is entitled to," Rural Development and Food Minister Lefteris Avgenakis said in an interview with Skai radio station on Wednesday.