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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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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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Outright majority in sight for ND as campaign takes detour through recent past
PoliticsGreek Politicswhen he left,” the SYRIZA leader told Open TV, adding that Karamanlis was responsible for waste... benches in Parliament next to KINAL. Opinion poll A new opinion poll by Pulse for Skai TV is the latest... Democracy stands at 36 percent (one point higher than a week earlier), while backing for SYRIZA remains
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Mitsotakis pleads for strong mandate as polls suggest ND heading for landslide win
PoliticsGreek Politicson May 26, Mitsotakis also attacked the party’s leader, TV presenter Kyriakos Velopoulos. He noted... as an institution.” Opinion polls The most recent survey, by Pulse for Skai TV, indicates that support for New... point out that the large gap is also the result of the left/centre-left vote being divided between
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Move to block far-right fuels conflict between ND and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe legislation continued to be a sore point in the relations between New Democracy and its main rival... Dawn. During a TV panel discussion on Skai TV on Wednesday, SYRIZA’s spokeswoman Popi Tsapanidou... the integrity of the electoral process. New Democracy’s response, led by Interior Minister Makis Voridis
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Government comes out swinging as tense week, building up to Tempe protests, begins
PoliticsGreek Politicspressure over the Tempe issue, we have not yet reached the point where his position is in direct... for this week, as far as the government is concerned, by producing a typically combative TV performance... TV. “It is, in essence, a protest against Mitsotakis.” He added that the Tempe victims
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Foreign policy emerges as potential point of friction between EU and new Greek government
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign policy, rather than bailout terms or debt relief, is emerging as the first potential point... with emerging new powers,” he said. Unusually, there was a small point of conflict during... create an immediate point of friction between Athens and its European partners, particularly
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