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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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Opposition takes aim at PM's inner circle over subsidy fraud as scandal halts ND rebound
PoliticsGreek Politicspayments, it has emerged that the instruction was overridden a few months later when a new rural... the high turnover at the top of the organisation and in the rural development ministry which oversees... appears in the EPPO file to have warned the then minister of rural development Makis Voridis
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Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
PoliticsGreek Politics, exposing the fragility of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s rural compact and fuelling opposition... to 363 million euros, down from 476 million last year. The Ministry of Rural Development and Food... with rural realities. Farmers represent a powerful social group, and their mobilisation threatens
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Farmers threaten more action after inconclusive meeting as Karystianou courts controversy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDecember, reflects deeper strains in Greece’s rural economy. Rising fuel and electricity prices have... become a flashpoint. For Mitsotakis, the timing is delicate. With elections approaching, rural discontent.... For the government, limiting concessions preserves credibility but risks alienating rural voters
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ND aims to see off threat from right, with focus on fringe religious party
PoliticsGreek Politicsin which both Plefsi and Niki make up the minimum 3 percent while all other parties hang... as one of the main threats to their goal of a majority at the next polls, alongside voter apathy
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Fresh inquiry looms as file on farming subsidy investigation reaches Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsemerged so far from the 3,000-page file confirms earlier reports that two former rural development... with Open TV, in which he stated that “nothing happened at the agency now that wasn’t happening... in an interview with Skai TV on Thursday morning, claiming that the only evidence relating to him
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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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SYRIZA under fire for TV permit tender, tinkering with watchdog
PoliticsGreek Politics. The dispute over the TV licenses has been brewing for some time as the opposition suspects SYRIZA is trying to favour friendly media groups. The coalition counters that previous governments have allowed TV
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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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TV permit tender triggers turmoil in Greek judiciary, questions about gov't role
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTwo issues that have been thorns in the government’s side in recent weeks: The TV licence tender and friction in the judicial system combined on Wednesday to pose a fresh problem to the coalition... there was no chance of the court deeming the TV auction to be unconstitutional, even though
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