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Mitsotakis defends his record against backdrop of tough migration package
PoliticsGreek Politicsare, we do not accept you”. Plevris followed up with a TV interview in which he said that non
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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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Final list of bidders confirmed ahead of contentious auction for TV permits
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe final list of companies that will be competing for the four national TV licenses on the digital... of taxes and social security. The other seven bidders are existing TV stations Ant-1, Alpha, Star, Skai, E TV and two newcomers: One backed by construction firm owner Yiannis Kalogritsas and the other
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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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Course of Freedom grabs opposition spotlight as PASOK and SYRIZA drift to wings
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the government remains low. Against this backdrop, only Course of Freedom is making any gains among New Democracy’s opponents. An opinion poll conducted by Alco for Alpha TV became the latest... as a credible replacement for New Democracy 13 pct of those questioned, which is one point lower than
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Mitsotakis attempts to outmanoeuvre Tsipras over lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicson Wednesday in a TV interview that his party will table on Monday an amendment proposing... once suggested that he would resign rather than lower the threshold. Neither party wants to be seen... from the top rate to the lower one. Another measure being considered is bringing back the 1.5
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Coalition to focus on constitutional reform after electoral law, as TV tender progresses
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the upcoming bailout review. TV licenses Another issue that serves as a useful distraction for the government is the tender process for the four national TV broadcasting licenses, which entered its... and Mega TV were rejected, while the former leader of ultra-nationalist LAOS and owner of Art TV channel
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Court delivers serious blow over TV permits, gov't vows to fight on
PoliticsGreek Politicsof State deemed that the recent tender leading to four bidders gaining TV licences and existing channels... the government could survive given that it had elevated the importance of the TV permits tender... and that efforts would continue to regulate the TV sector. When the decision was announced on Wednesday
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Newsletter 94 - 04/11/2016
, the coalition also has to settle the issue of the cancelled TV licence tender. Attempts this week to elect... that the government’s law allowing a tender to be held for four TV licences was unconstitutional...) and the mistakes made in dealing with them than about what the future holds. Surveying the current lay
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On campaign trail, PM promises higher pay as SYRIZA wavers over MEP assault claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsto lay out his priorities for the next term, while SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras found himself... paying lower taxes and the country now close to regaining investment grade. Mitsotakis listed his party’s... to question this assumption. Asked about the prospect in an interview with state TV channel ERT, former
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