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  1. The great turn-off: Greece's TV permits auction

    Agora

    At the start of the process to auction four TV licenses in Athens last week, one of the people... of usual suspects did not seem to herald a new era for TV in Greece. Beyond that, the start of the auction... broadcasting had been an open wound since the first private TV stations went on air in the late 1980s

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  2. Government fails to break deadlock in dispute with farmers as SYRIZA loses MEP
    Photo by Lazaros Koutsoukos/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . On Wednesday, Deputy PM Kostis Hatzidakis and Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras tabled a package... motives bent on disrupting the lives of ordinary citizens. In a TV interview, Marinakis urged... turned its back on producers and rural communities, while accusing the government of using divisive

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  3. PM appoints new national security advisor as talks with Turkey hang in balance
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    when he claimed on TV that the Turkish vessel Oruc Reis had been able to carry out hydrocarbon

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  4. Re-opening plans hang in balance due to unrelenting virus
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    a preliminary inquiry into Pappas’s behaviour in connection to the 2016 tender for TV permits. Pappas had

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  5. Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025

    Newsletters

    sympathy for rural grievances. Opinion was divided on tactics: 46 percent opposed road blockades, while... agency OPEKEPE, criticising delays and high production costs. At a marathon meeting on Wednesday, rural... developments have left Mitsotakis facing a multifaceted crisis: mounting rural anger, internal dissent

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  6. Reshuffle expectations doused as coalition braces for TV permits ruling
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greece’s governing coalition is on tenterhooks over the imminent verdict on the TV licences tender from the Council of State, which is holding its second session of the week on Wednesday. Should... administration will simply continue its efforts to regulate the TV broadcasting sector if the tender

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  7. Coalition opens up new political front with tender for TV licenses

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the government to launch, and oversee, a tender for four national TV licenses. The legislation has been... owners of TV licenses. The opposition has accused the government of adopting an unconstitutional approach by passing responsibility for the issuing of TV licenses to State Minister Nikos Pappas

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  8. New episode in Greek TV drama

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The suspense continues. A high court will hear a case against the government over its TV licensing... the news media. The Council of State’s 16-9 decision on Tuesday to take the complaints of private TV... complicated: A bid winner dropped out and was replaced, and TV companies strafed the government and each

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  9. Newsletter 468 - 27/06/2025

    Newsletters

    file delivered to lawmakers on Wednesday names 15 MPs, including 13 from New Democracy, alongside two former Rural Development Ministers: Makis Voridis and Lefteris Avgenakis. Wiretapped conversations..., opposition parties are struggling to capitalize on the turmoil. PASOK, though holding second place

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  10. Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025

    Newsletters

    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...% of households in cities and 28% in rural areas fall into this category, compared with roughly 10% in EU cities

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