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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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In absence of deal with lenders, some in SYRIZA keep political options open
PoliticsGreek Politicspersonal view. A little later, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos stressed the personal nature of the view expressed by Skourletis and insisted, given the coalition has 153 out of 300 MPs... of Macedonia for Skai TV, made public on Monday night, shows the gap between New Democracy and SYRIZA
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Tough choices ahead for Mitsotakis, as reforms risk irking voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsactivist Zak Kostopoulos. Critics of the move argue that the directive violates the constitutional... with other politicians, was accused of taking bribes from the Swiss pharmaceutical giant. He warned...”. Several other senior politicians and public servants named in the case, including former PASOK minister
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Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPavlopoulos, ends in February, has been attracting considerable attention. Speaking to Skai TV... politician, Pavlopoulos (who was first nominated by SYRIZA in 2015) is a unifying figure who has... for the former conservative interior minister to become president in 2015, even though New Democracy
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SYRIZA, PASOK leaders prepare responses to stark choice presented by PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsInterior Minister Stelios Petsas in a TV interview, when he suggested that Greeks will have to adapt over... why the politician was a target. Androulakis is due to deliver his speech at the Thessaloniki
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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
is expected to use the recent auction for TV permits as an example of his willingness to take... be sent back to Greece, it sounded like one of the most ludicrous things uttered by a European politician... to recognise reality, while finding someone to pin the blame on. When German Interior Minister Thomas de
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Mitsotakis steps up pressure on coalition over wildfire deaths
PoliticsGreek Politics. The conservative politician said that he has faith in the justice system to hold those responsible accountable... went to visit Mati early on Monday in the absence of TV cameras and claiming credit for the release... conference on Tuesday, during which he essentially called for the resignations of Interior Minister Panos
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Mitsotakis eyes multiple benefits after nominating top judge to be first female president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s political family,” as he told TV viewers, and one who SYRIZA and Movement for Change... to succeed Pavlopoulos. Although Sakellaropoulou is not a politician, her links to the centre-left... government. The leftists tried to cultivate a relationship with the ex-interior minister and with ex-prime
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ND holds on to large poll lead despite growing public dissatisfaction
PoliticsGreek Politics. A poll conducted by Marc for Alpha TV gave ND a strong lead against SYRIZA, with 38.6 pct against 20... popular with 53 pct. No SYRIZA politician approaches their approval levels, with the exception of health..., Interior Minister Makis Voridis argued that contrary to the report, the number of political
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