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Spree of media deals puts spotlight back on ownership issues
Societythe monopoly on print press distribution, and was already at an advanced stage of licensing a new TV channel, ONE TV, when he purchased MEGA. The MEGA deal follows Marinakis’s bid to purchase... platform Nova TV, which owns the broadcast rights for most of the Greek football SuperLeague
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Parties mark out battle lines for next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand this is one of the reasons that there is still intense speculation about whether Tsipras will call... though some of them were demanding for politicians to hang, of failing to take a position regarding
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What kind of poll win does SYRIZA need to eye snap elections?
PoliticsGreek Politicsof victory he expects to be decisive. Speaking to Skai TV on Wednesday, he said that a win of 4 to 6... this, then conditions will be ripe for the opposition party to call for snap elections. SYRIZA... to call national elections for October 2009. Buoyed by the result of the European elections, PASOK won
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The television will not be revolutionised
AgoraWhen Prime Minister Antonis Samaras decided to close down public broadcaster ERT in June 2013, then government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou stood in front of TV cameras and called the service... version that is at its beck and call instead. So much for the revolution. It is a wake up call
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Varoufakis and his friendly fire
Agorawhat Varoufakis revealed in a conference call with investors earlier this month. He said that a few... and to investors in a recorded call, creates scepticism about his motives and his judgement. In the recording... interest is to tell a good tale, regardless of how damaging the consequences may be. In a recent TV
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In absence of deal with lenders, some in SYRIZA keep political options open
PoliticsGreek Politics, that it does not need the votes of other parties. He did say, however, that the government would call... that believe Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras should seek extra support or call snap elections if he... of Macedonia for Skai TV, made public on Monday night, shows the gap between New Democracy and SYRIZA
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Judicial system becomes key battleground for political parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPresident Nikos Sakellariou conducted a televised address to call for a de-escalation. It is particularly... regarding a series of verdicts. “I call on all involved parties to show the necessary self-restraint.... One flashpoint came last October, when the Council of State deemed the TV permit tender held
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ND defends economic pledges as Kammenos repeats walkout threat
PoliticsGreek Politicselections, which many expect Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call in May. Macedonia name deal... will then be submitted to Parliament in Athens for approval in February or March. However, in a TV interview... Parliament and triggers a no confidence vote, which SYRIZA loses, forcing Tsipras to call snap elections
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Pension deal rekindles speculation about election date
PoliticsGreek Politicswould prefer to hold elections. In a recent TV interview, the prime minister insisted that he wants..., for the last few weeks it has seemed more likely that he would opt to call elections a few months earlier... make it tempting for Tsipras to call elections as soon as possible. While nothing can be ruled out
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To Potami expected to provide clinching votes in vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof its contents. The PM’s office also repeated its call for there to be a TV debate between Tsipras... by the conservatives, who suggested that if Tsipras wants a televised debate he should call snap elections
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