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New Democracy seeks higher ground in escalating TV permits row
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA new chapter in the ongoing saga relating to Greece’s TV licences is due to be written this week, with the government hoping to recover from the blow dealt by the Council of State and New Democracy hoping to inflict further damage on the coalition. A new cross-party attempt to appoint a board
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
Democracy’s incumbent Kostas Bakoyannis in a surprise result. In a TV interview on Monday night... of the party’s central committee which is scheduled for June 30. In another TV studio, Kasselakis..., as well as in local government and at union level. He told ANT-1 TV that cooperation would have
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPappas (who retains his position), reportedly drafting the legislation for digital TV permits and the re... be leaving the Interior Ministry to become SYRIZA’s secretary, several other frontline officials... role is Alexis Haritsis. The 41-year-old was appointed interior minister, replacing the outgoing
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsbuses, were broadcast live on TV, drawing criticism from the opposition and from human rights...’ federation POASY, who, when asked to explain the raids in a TV interview, described the police operation... the poor impression created by the raids, the government spokesman released photos from the interior
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Mitsotakis urges voters to give ND clear majority amid KINAL turmoil
PoliticsGreek Politicsa coalition with anyone else. In an interview with ANT-1 TV on Monday, the opposition chief attempted... the state list of candidates for the general elections. In a TV interview on Sunday, Gennimata indicated...-right rival. Venizelos responded on Monday night with a TV interview of his own, in which he suggested
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsportfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos indicated on Friday in comments to ANT-1 TV that he agreed with the points made by Panousis
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
Mitsotakis said in a TV interview in December. At the time, the premier admitted that the lockdown.... Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos was also left out of the new line-up to be replaced by Agriculture... Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis. Altogether, 17 changes were made, including
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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek Politicsadmitted that his government had handled the TV permits tender and the investigation into the Novartis... before receiving an email from the Interior Ministry regarding the postal vote. The inference... available and does not contain contact information. The Interior Ministry issued a statement denying
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Mitsotakis lets budget measures sink in as he mulls presidential pick
PoliticsGreek PoliticsERT TV that he would not be announcing his candidate for President until early in the new year.... In an interview broadcast on ERT TV on Tuesday evening, Mitsotakis said he would be announcing his... its course. Speaking on Open TV on Wednesday, leader Nikos Androulakis said the results showed
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the media. Although the move reflects the controversy that surrounded the failed TV permits tender... paid the price for the drawn-out legal battle over the TV licences and the growing tension... Ministry to the Interior Ministry. Skourletis had recently been openly opposed to the government’s
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