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Government comes out swinging as tense week, building up to Tempe protests, begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsdanger. However, in the meantime Georgiadis and Voridis are doing their leadership hopes no harm... for this week, as far as the government is concerned, by producing a typically combative TV performance... TV. “It is, in essence, a protest against Mitsotakis.” He added that the Tempe victims
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Greece: How events could unfold over the next few weeks
PoliticsGreek Politicsin this process. The strong element of opportunism that drives the nationalist party means it has... will unfold against a backdrop of fragility within the financial system, which saw almost 25 billion euros... ministers, to back the deal then the government would be in danger of losing its majority. In this case
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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Action24 TV last week indicated that around 70 pct of Greeks are not satisfied with the explanations....” Marinakis, whose media outlets were strong supporters of New Democracy and Mitsotakis in the past... is a symbolic move since ND has a comfortable majority in the House (158/300 MPs) and is in no danger
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... said. In his weekly Sunday post in social media he also stressed that “it is also a strong message... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya
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Newsletter 276 -04/12/2020
riding one of the motorcycles. SYRIZA also accused several TV channels of ignoring the matter completely... the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility is strong. Summarising, the OECD said that the current... challenges. 2 Apartment prices rise by 3.2 pct in Q3 Latest quarter marks eleven consecutive rises The rise
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Ministerial resignation adds to pressure on PM as Tsipras prepares for return to arena
PoliticsGreek Politicsinsiders, frustration within the parliamentary group was growing. It was against this backdrop... or “expert scientist” under ND ministers in 2007 and 2013. The controversy intensified when
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Coalition opens up new political front with tender for TV licenses
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 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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New episode in Greek TV drama
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 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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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agorathe picture-postcard backdrop of the Santorini sunset as borders reopened to visitors from most... by creating a false dichotomy. Throughout its response, the government has placed a strong emphasis... to print, TV and radio, and conventional news sites, a choice that flies in the face of every observed
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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