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TV permit auction drags on as coalition tries to draw line under ELSTAT controversy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe auction for four broadcasting licenses on Greece’s national digital TV network dragged on into a third day on Thursday, with the results expected by the evening. Originally, the government had... from its efforts to regulate the TV broadcasting market, the government seems to be trying
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Tsipras encounters SYRIZA resistance, waits for court verdict on TV licences
PoliticsGreek Politics-making process. Until now, Pappas had been virtually untouchable but the controversy over the TV... this week on Wednesday to assess whether the tender for TV permits was in line with the country’s
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Reshuffle expectations doused as coalition braces for TV permits ruling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s governing coalition is on tenterhooks over the imminent verdict on the TV licences tender from the Council of State, which is holding its second session of the week on Wednesday. Should... administration will simply continue its efforts to regulate the TV broadcasting sector if the tender
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Newsletter 417 - 22/03/2024
by opposition parties, who accused the government of using its majority on the panel to suppress vital... by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country's data protection authority, while several... the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the resignations of a senior Interior Ministry official
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In tight election race, rare TV debate carries element of unknown
PoliticsGreek Politics. A Pulse poll for Action 24 TV on Tuesday was the latest to indicate that the situation remains very
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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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Parties at loggerheads over inquiry into media handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsspokesman) has begun its proceedings but the ND deputies, who form a majority on the panel, rejected... people. The panel includes people from various walks of life, including academics based in Greece... as part of the inquiry. SYRIZA had wanted Stelios Petsas, now the alternate interior minister, former
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe panel elects a head. In comments to the media he also said: “To investigate a case of privacy... conclusive findings and often result in each party represented on the panel submitting its own report... to be an option. Interior Minister Makis Voridis blamed the centre-left party for taking this option off the table
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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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