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After joy of TV permit auction, Tsipras faces programme restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the representatives of the four firms that were successful in last week’s TV licence auction... Nikos Pappas, who has overseen the whole process of regulating the TV market. It is clear, however... disposal. The prime minister, however, will want to maximise the political benefit from the TV tender
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Can the Green Transition be just?
AgoraThe European Green Deal (EGD) is essentially the EU’s development strategy for 2050. Its central.... A transition that is both green and just for all: is this wishful thinking or a realistically... the production of green hydrogen and biomethane and electricity storage. Thus, despite those advocating
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
critics, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to Alpha TV on Monday night in which he attempted... of an effort to create a licencing procedure, with national TV broadcasters having to meet certain... to introduce more flexible forms of labour. The unions reacted by pulling the plug on TV news bulletins
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Government tries to deflect criticism over wildfires with appeal to patriotism
PoliticsGreek Politics, however, took place against the grim backdrop of wildfires which continued to spring up on new..., the latest development forced the government to defend its safety record. Speaking on Ant1 TV... Forest Fire Information System, by Tuesday evening over 40,000 hectares had burned in wildfires so
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Parties turn attention to green transition as climate issues move up political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson the green transition as part of the country’s Covid recovery plan. On Thursday, the premier..., the emphasis on green initiatives are very much part of the political identity that Mitsotakis has been... with the belief that green issues are becoming potential vote winners. The government has said that it plans
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorathe negotiations with the lenders and by selecting Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the interior minister during 2004-2009... seemed like the end of the MoU era. In the meantime, SYRIZA had parted ways with the radical side
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Mitsotakis touts benefits of energy deals against backdrop of criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsfacilities. Against the backdrop of the construction site for a new gas-fired power plant linked
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WWF sets out road to green economic recovery in post-Covid landscape
EconomyFeaturesWWF Greece has released a blueprint for Greece’s green recovery which outlines a number of steps... their environmental impact. In its five-step plan, the WWF pointed out that green economy sectors... of the goals. “There is a significant “green investment gap” in enabling the transition of the economy
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Cost of living remains public's top worry, as government slashes green transition budget
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition. The government, meanwhile, has signalled plans to halve the budget for its green transition... discontent over unresolved issues to do with the economy and public services. Green transition cuts Public.... The latest version of the plan, which is due to be published at the end of July, sees spending on the green
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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeatureseconomic potential in green technologies and an appetite for change among the public. As the details of Greece’s “green new deal” begin to emerge, we assess the promise and the challenges of the new... in the rate of adoption of green technologies. The total level of investment called
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