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Uncomfortable questions regarding TV auction mount for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding the recent auction for TV licences, which the coalition has held up as a shining example... against the tender by the existing TV channels, most of whom failed to win permits in the recent... to rubber stamp the tender. A second controversial aspect to the TV permits auction has emerged this week
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TV licencing becomes key political battleground after court verdict
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter suffering the blow of seeing its centrepiece legislation on TV licences being shot down... a new ESR board so it can launch a new tender for TV licences that will not be blocked... the government save some face and prove that it is determined to regulate the TV sector. “We’ll see now whether
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Grand projects and even loftier ambitions drive Greece's energy project bonanza
EconomyFeaturesand Stara Zagora. Whilst relatively modest in length and capacity (it will deliver 3 bcm/y initially... pot of funding over the current five-year period. A key goal of this framework is to promote... euros, and so far the project has received an EU funding package of 45 million euros through the EEEPR
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Athens goes over energy plans, eyes enhanced role
PoliticsForeign Policybetween the natural gas systems of Greece and Bulgaria, entering near Komotini and exiting near Stara... cooperations with Cyprus, Egypt and Israel to be of great importance. - The third in row “energy funding
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Athens promotes role as energy hub as PM prepares for talks in Washington
PoliticsForeign Policythe northeastern Greek city of Komotini and Stara Zagora, in central Bulgaria. That includes... to carry 3 billion cubic meters of gas per year, received funding from the EU as well as Greece
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Greece and Turkey edging forward with political dialogue
PoliticsForeign Policyby both sides to rebuild trust and engage in political dialogue with a view to finding a definitive...Greece and Turkey plan to take the next steps in their political dialogue on 11 March. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou will meet her Turkish counterpart Burak Aksapar in Ankara
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TV permit auction boosts Greek coffers but questions linger
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the auction result is that Skai TV, with which the governing parties have had a long-running... Marinakis, a shipowner who is also chairman of Olympiakos football club, to the TV market is likely..., the government suggested it could get 340 million euros in revenues from the TV licence tender
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After joy of TV permit auction, Tsipras faces programme restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the representatives of the four firms that were successful in last week’s TV licence auction... Nikos Pappas, who has overseen the whole process of regulating the TV market. It is clear, however... disposal. The prime minister, however, will want to maximise the political benefit from the TV tender
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After TV permits setback, scrutiny of State Minister Pappas intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the wake of the failed TV permit tender that he oversaw. It was reported recently that Pappas travelled... that the government will launch a new effort to regulate the TV sector. In an interview with Le Figaro newspaper... licencing procedure. In a TV interview in Greece on Tuesday night, Pappas welcomed New Democracy proposing
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Government meets resistance on TV permits and revenues chief
PoliticsGreek Politicsan extension for the payment of a TV advertisment levy and the other for the review of a fine... abstained. Greece's digital network operator, Digea, which was formed by private TV stations, has also
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